Ex-Glasgow council leader Frank McAveety charged over fraud offences

Former Glasgow City Council leader and ex-Labour MSP Frank McAveety has been arrested and charged over fraud offences.

Police Scotland confirmed the allegations were related to incidents in Glasgow between 2022 and 2024.

A force spokesperson said: “A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal in due course.”

Scottish Labour and Glasgow City Council have been contacted for comment.

Mr McAveety, 62, was council leader from 1997 until 1999, when he was elected to the Scottish Parliament.

He served as deputy minister for local government, deputy minister for health and community care and minister for tourism, culture and sport in the early years of devolution.

Mr McAveety lost the Glasgow Shettleston seat to the SNP in 2011 and was re-elected to Glasgow City council in 2012.

He became the local authority’s leader for a second time in 2015 but was succeeded by the SNP’s Susan Aitken in 2017.