Stephen Curran
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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, the council is facing the huge expenses of hosting the Commonwealth Games 2014 (expected to cost £373m, with the stadium alone estimated at £98m),[1] and the M74 extension which, in February 2008, look set to cost £657m.[2]
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
Notes
- ↑ Gerry Braiden, Finance experts sign up for 2014 Games: Ernst and Young recruited to keep project on budget, The Herald, 17 March 2008, p.4.
- ↑ Magnus Gardham, 'M74 Go-ahead signals end to city snarl-ups: 60 year wait over for link road but final bill may reach £657m', Daily Record, 15 February 2008, p.2.
