I really hope they can move quick with this!

Whisper it.......but this fund needs to be under the control of a stand alone crack squad. It would be a tragedy if this was to be yet another squandered opportunity by Glasgow City Council and their cabal of utter ineptitude.

Competent leadership should be the very minimum we expect, however this shower have only shown competence in degenerating every single aspect of the council service.

The reduction in council service over the last decade is staggering. I wouldn't trust the current leadership to deliver milk, which is a complete tragedy.

Glasgow City Council's greatest failure today is keeping the city clean. Councillors are inept in the face of the filth that blankets the city.

Agreed 2 and 3.

Plus the state of the newish paving on Sauchiehall St from the EU dosh is startling. Its a sea of cracked slabs and tarmac infill.

Who specified slabs that are clearly not fit for purpose in terms of durability? If it was D&B why is the contractor not back in to make good?

I miss the halycon days of the street sweeping machine and litter pickers. Clearly my expectations are too high.

Sorry all above, but the issue is not GCC the issue is people dropping litter! DO not blame the council for an uncontrollable problem! If Glasgow wants clean streets, it starts with the people!

The people of Glasgow have been badly let down by Susan Aitken and Glasgow City Council. The blame for the city centres decline sits squarely at her door.

#6 Really? You think she's the one at fault for decline? Maybe you should look at other cities across uk? All starved of funds from westminster. Why did the EU feel the need to fund areas of the UK out with London? Penny dropping yet?

The Land Commission identified that 60% of all vacant and dilapidated land and property in urban Scotland is in the public sector. Glasgow epitomises this. It has happened over many generations when Labour was in power. there are some signs that small attempts to address this They are far too tiid to really tackle it
This is a culture issue which includes lack of pride in your communities.

The first thing yio b3e done on property andf vcacant land is to charge AGFRR on all public and private land and property. If you make ownership a liability as well as an asset owners will quickly do something with it or give it away to those who will. It will also improve the look of our townscapes and that should help increase pride in our places.

If this money is not quickly and transparently allocated to physical projects it will be dissipated in a miasma of touchy-feely conceptual projects and feasibility studies. Another property tax is not the solution either. It will end up in a series of gap sites owned by shell companies. As to getting the Scottish people to treat their environment with a bit of respect.....

And with that Glasgow Bob wins the Nat Award for droppping Westminster into the illogical defence of our leaders. Top culting GB.

Littering is one of the many problems facing the council. If only the public bins were emptied from time to time.

I dont remember Glasgow ever being as bad for it mind you. Do you think the issue is more people littering or fewer resources being allocated waste? I think I know what the answer is.

Any other of the city wide problems that are Westminster's fault and nothing to do with Susie and her motley crew?

Bob - you'll get a yellow and black rosette if you can squeeze in a reference to HS2.

No 7 - its not just her but the rest of the mob calling themselves Glasgow City Council, and yes they are to blame. As a proud Glaswegian the city centre makes me weep in its current dirty state. I know many friends who no longer come to town to shop due to the LEZ, dirty streets and litter, bus gates, beggars, not feeling safe on the Golden Z streets and thats before we start adding in "safe" drug rooms, removing Buchanan Galleries carpark etc. I was in Glenrothes the other day and was so impressed by how tidy the streets were, free of litter and lovely flower beds etc, so we cant blame Westminster for everything!

Please spend wisely. Agree about and land tax comment above and blame for dereliction goes top to bottom from local council through Scottish Government to Westminster so you are all right/wrong (delete as appropriate). Lack of ambition and lack of money is endemic in our country especially in Glasgow in this moment. If we took charge of our own finances and ambitions top to bottom then would be able to change this rather than scrabbling around like this blaming each other.

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You don't remember Glasgow ever being this bad? Really? Truly? Did you just arrive a fortnight ago? If so, weclome. To gain an insight into what the city used to be like, check Raymond Depardon's book of Glasgow photographs circa 1980. It's a garden paradise, full of smiling locals and a spotlessly maintained urban landscape.

Just because Aitken and her crew of grifters are bloody awful let's not write the hagiography of the endless parade of prior bloody awful and bent grifters.

Of course as pure clever people like you and me and yer Uncle Mason of the Pringle Jumper Masons on messageboards know, if only we'd put our faith in the hands of trusted public servants like Liz Truss, Boris Johnson and yon Keir fella who rightly talks to the unwashed, worse-than-anywheres here like the bunch of recalcitrant chattels they are, who've dared to speak their mind and must now surely come back into the fold of their betters. God bless the mighty Union, and may God smite those who question it, because of the litter.

Calm down grandad, 1980 was the tank top era and was 43 years ago! Im sure our dear friend Rob was talking about in modern history - ie the turn of the century onwards, and I happen to agree with him.

Lovely whataboutery used there too - if you just squeezed in HS2 you could have won that badge.

All the empty ex retail spades is the problem, and those that are left are of poor quality or legacy stores like Boots.

What is needed is a totla re-imaginng of what the street is and what its purpose will be as we move forward into the 21st century. I do hope this money isnt just pissed up the wall on landscaping and active transport cycle motorways for deliveroo riders.