West Lothian council’s SNP group has called for a special meeting, and a vote of no confidence in the ruling Labour-led administration.

The meeting of the full council follows the opposition group’s recent walkout after their bid to debate the future of community centres was rejected.

And in fallout ahead of the meeting they accused the Conservative depute Provost Peter Heggie of excluding “opposition voices.”

Councillor Janet Campbell, the SNP group leader, said the group had called the special meeting following “ repeated use of council rules to block open debate and exclude opposition voices.”

She added that Councillor Heggie’s decision to reject the motion was “a choice not a Standing Order.”

The opposition group also questioned why the Conservatives had withdrawn an amendment on

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