Stephen Curran

Stephen Curran, City Treasurer of Glasgow City Council

Balancing the Books

A member of Scottish Labour Party and Councillor for Newlands/Auldburn, Stephen Curran is City Treasurer. He has the unenviable task of running a council with £1.3billion debt which pays £90million on interest every year. Added to this, it is facing the huge expenses of hosting the Commonwealth Games 2014 (for which the stadium alone is currently estimated at £98m).

In the Register of Councillors' Interests, Stephen Curran declares the following:

Director of Culture and Sport Glasgow

Director of Culture and Sport Glasgow (Trading) CIC

Director of Streetwatch South CCTV Trust

Chair of Pollokshaws Settlement & Integration Network

Co-opted Member of New Shaws Housing Organisation Committee

Member of GMB Trade Union, The Fabian Society, Christian Socialist Movement, Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform, Electoral Reform Society, Make Votes Count and Charter 88

Gerry Braiden, Finance experts sign up for 2014 Games: Ernst and Young recruited to keep project on budget, 17 March 2008, p.4.