Bathgate’s Community Centre Management Committee the latest to refuse to sign up to council plans for change. ‌

The Committee has won the agreement of community groups for its plans to hand over management of the community facilities to the council from April next year. ‌

The current management committee which oversees lets of public space in the Bathgate partnership building on South Bridge Street had proposed its own dissolution. ‌

In a communication to council officers and councillors, Donald Stavert from the management committee said: “You have left us with no option but to reject the only option you offered us.” READ MORE: West Lothian Council may struggle to make savings in its school community wings

He added: “We have explained our decision to our members, user groups,

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