A councillor has been reported to standards watchdogs over claims that she described the SNP as fascists during a stormy council meeting this week.

Councillor Angela Moohan (Labour), who sits on West Lothian Council, has robustly denied making the remarks.

But SNP group leader Peter Johnston said that 14 out of 15 SNP councillors had been present at the meeting and as it was "crystal clear" what Ms Moohan had said.

He said they had all signed the letter of complaint reporting her to the Standards Commissioner.

In a letter to Ms Moohan, he said: "As you will gather from the motion we moved to exclude you from the rest of the meeting, my colleagues are I are absolutely clear that your comments are wholly untrue, unfounded and unacceptable and way beyond even robust political debate."

Mr Johnston further claimed that Ms Moohan had declined an offer made at the meeting to apologise and withdrawn her comments.

However, Ms Moohan said: "I did not accuse the SNP of being fascists; nor did I say that the SNP were responsible for death threats.

"Both allegations are simply untrue and this is typical of the personal attacks from the SNP on people who speak up against separatism."