Labour suspends Aberdeen councillors over coalition with Tories

Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale acted because of fears that power-sharing agreement would cause more austerityThe Scottish Labour leader, Kezia Dugdale, has suspended every Labour councillor in Aberdeen after they ignored orders to abandon a power-sharing deal with the Conservatives.Dugdale said the nine councillors, including the newly elected lord provost of Aberdeen, Barney Crockett, would now be disciplined for refusing to tear up a coalition deal with the Tories in a bid to prevent the