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West Lothian Council faces paying an extra £1m a year for the next 30 years to cover the costs of the rebuild of St Kentigern’s Academy. ‌

That’s the cost of borrowing £15m on top of £20m to deliver a new school for Blackburn. ‌

This week council Leader Lawrence Fitzpatrick repeated the council’s plea to the Education Secretary to help cover part of the £35m bill for the rebuild. ‌

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In a letter to the SNP’s education minister, Jenny Gilruth, Councillor Fitzpatrick said: “I was disappointed and dismayed by your response that the Scottish Government has not recognised our des

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