Popular Glasgow bar 'attacked by far-right ultras' on day of 'pro-UK' rally
Published: September 7, 2024 16:45
A POPULAR bar in Glasgow has said that a group of “right-wing ultras” attempted to attack it on Saturday.
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'Putting crews at risk': New images spark fears of state of UK nuclear submarines
Published: September 7, 2024 16:00
CONCERNS have been raised that the deteriorating state of the UK’s nuclear submarines is “potentially putting the vessel and her crew at risk” ...
Ruth Wishart: Passing the buck seems to be order of the day right across society
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24569831.passing-buck-become-order-day-across-society/?ref=rss
Published: September 7, 2024 16:00
IT’S not an Olympic or Paralympic event just yet, but passing the buck surely qualifies as a top sporting achievement right now. The most recent contenders for a gold gong are the folk mentioned in the hugely detailed report on the Grenfell debacle.
Police step in to prevent violence as far-right Glasgow rally dwarfed by anti-racists
Published: September 7, 2024 14:07
TEAMS of police officers were forced to step in to prevent violent clashes as a “pro-UK” demonstration attended by fascist groups and an anti-racism counter-protest took place in Glasgow on Saturday ...
Council leader 'pleased' to see 'small far-right' turnout at Glasgow rally
Published: September 7, 2024 12:50
THE leader of Glasgow City Council has said she was “really pleased” to see a small turnout from “far-right” groups at a rally in Glasgow.
SNP warned not to water down commitment to tenants' rights
Published: September 7, 2024 12:20
THE SNP have been warned they must not water down their commitment to tenants’ rights and rent controls...
Scottish Tory leadership candidate makes formal complaint against John Lamont
Published: September 7, 2024 11:43
SCOTTISH Conservatives leadership candidate Meghan Gallacher has formally complained about one of the party’s MPs, with the MSP understood to be accusing the shadow cabinet member of threatening her career.
Watch as protesters mock Tommy Robinson at anti-racism rally in Glasgow
Published: September 7, 2024 11:07
PROTESTERS mocked Tommy Robinson at a Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) demonstration in Glasgow on Saturday.
Alex Salmond: Scotland would be in a better place had it voted Yes
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24569521.salmond-better-place-voted-yes/?ref=rss
Published: September 7, 2024 09:50
SCOTLAND is now worse in "every possible respect" than it was a decade ago, according to Alex Salmond...
Senior Labour figures raise concerns about 'damaging' Winter Fuel Payment cut
Published: September 7, 2024 08:57
SENIOR Labour figures have raised concerns about plans to axe the Winter Fuel Payment...
Taxpayer-funded Scottish Queen memorial 'inappropriate', says MSP
Published: September 7, 2024 04:00
ANY Scottish memorial project that is explored for the late Queen should be funded by the royal family and not the taxpayer, a former MP has said.
'No place for far-right in Scotland', warns Patrick Harvie ahead of counter-protest
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24568866.no-place-far-right-scotland-warns-patrick-harvie/?ref=rss
Published: September 7, 2024 04:00
POLITICS of hate and division must have no place in Scotland, Patrick Harvie has told counter-protesters ahead of a rally in Glasgow this weekend ...
Keir Starmer must U-turn on 'damaging' winter fuel payment cut, says Stephen Flynn
Published: September 7, 2024 04:00
MORE than 850,000 pensioners will lose out as a result of the change in eligibility for the winter fuel payment, the SNP has said as it called on the Prime Minister to U-turn on his “damaging plan” ...
Government deserves criticism but so too do Anas Sarwar and Jackie Baillie
Published: September 6, 2024 19:19
I AGREE with Roz Foyer (‘Workers will be scarred for years to come’, Sep 4) ...
BBC accused of 'blocking' Gaza humanitarian appeal after 'delaying' campaign
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24569247.bbc-accused-blocking-gaza-humanitarian-appeal/?ref=rss
Published: September 6, 2024 18:25
THE BBC has been accused of “blocking” a major humanitarian appeal for Gaza as it has been revealed the broadcaster has “delayed” the launch of a campaign ...
Wee Ginger Dug: Scotland deserves better than what BBC offers
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24569170.scotland-deserves-better-bbc-offers/?ref=rss
Published: September 6, 2024 18:00
THOSE who are on sufficiently strong blood pressure medication to keep watching will have noticed that BBC Scotland has recently cut back its Scottish news output with Reporting Scotland on BBC1 no longer comprising a full 30 minutes of fitba, murrdurrs…
Scottish Labour party tickets cost more than pensioners' Winter Fuel Payment
Published: September 6, 2024 17:48
SCOTTISH Labour have been blasted as seats at their swanky winter party cost MORE than a Winter Fuel Payment for a struggling pensioner.
Back to school in Westminster – but have MPs just given up?
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24569120.back-school-westminster---mps-just-given/?ref=rss
Published: September 6, 2024 17:00
BACK to school this week and the new intake of Labour MPs, so bright-eyed and bushy-tailed in the afterglow of the election, seem to have dulled somewhat after a bit of contact with reality.
Humza Yousaf calls out BBC headline after 'Israeli' West Bank killing
Published: September 6, 2024 15:04
A FORMER first minister has called out the BBC for a headline it placed on a story after a woman was reportedly shot dead by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank.
Social media cesspit makes me happy I don't own a smartphone
Published: September 6, 2024 14:00
I’VE an earth-shattering announcement to make. I don’t have a smartphone! I’m used to getting ridiculed by family, friends and, even worse, the dreaded rolling of eyes from the grandbairns for being such a prehistoric Luddite. Firstly though, there is the…
American woman fatally 'shot by Israeli troops' in West Bank
Published: September 6, 2024 13:52
AN American woman was shot and killed in the West Bank on Friday, two doctors told The Associated Press.
Everything you need to know about tomorrow's far-right counter-protest in Glasgow
Published: September 6, 2024 13:47
A COUNTER-PROTEST against a planned far-right demonstration endorsed by Tommy Robinson is set to take place in Glasgow this weekend ...
Telegraph columnist says it's time for England to 'cut Scotland loose'
Published: September 6, 2024 13:33
A JOURNALIST for The Telegraph has said it is time for the UK to give Scotland “full fiscal independence” ...
Scottish health boards urged to step up on tackling racism
Published: September 6, 2024 13:14
HEALTH boards across Scotland will be required to develop anti-racism plans as part of a national effort to kick out discrimination in the NHS, the Scottish Government has said.
Post-Brexit checks on fruit and veg set to be delayed AGAIN
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24567658.labour-set-delay-post-brexit-fruit-veg-checks/?ref=rss
Published: September 6, 2024 11:23
POST-Brexit checks on fruit and vegetables being imported from the EU are set to be delayed again until the middle of next year, according to a leaked letter ...
Would Yes have won if Scots had known what was in store for the UK?
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24566457.yes-won-scots-known-store-uk/?ref=rss
Published: September 6, 2024 11:00
A DECADE after the independence referendum, one wonders how many people would have voted differently if they had known what the future actually held in store for them by sustaining the UK non-constitutional status quo?
First Minister hints at election if SNP Budget does not pass
Published: September 6, 2024 10:15
SCOTLAND’S First Minister has said there could be an early Holyrood election if the Budget fails to pass in December.
Cladding assessments in Scotland to be finished by end of autumn, says minister
Published: September 6, 2024 09:35
THE Scottish Government’s housing minister has said he hopes the assessment of buildings with potentially combustible cladding will be finished by the end of the autumn.
Anas Sarwar wins MSP of the Year at Holyrood political awards
Published: September 6, 2024 08:43
ANAS Sarwar has been named MSP of the Year at a political awards bash ...
Flamingo Land plans 'weaponised as political football', claims developer
Published: September 6, 2024 07:36
THE director of the company seeking to build a holiday park on the banks of Loch Lomond has claimed the plans for the development have been subject to "constant misinformation" and "weaponised as a political football".
Is Scottish Government arts funding overlooking queer projects?
Published: September 6, 2024 04:00
IS Creative Scotland on its way out, or are we simply overreacting to the headspin the Scottish Government has left us in?
Lorna Slater: This Budget isn’t the fair, green future I worked for
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24566557.budget-isnt-fair-green-future-worked/?ref=rss
Published: September 6, 2024 04:00
IF you want to know the difference that the Scottish Greens were making in government, just look at some of the policies that the SNP have backed away from over the last few weeks ...
Richard Walker: SNP must separate their governing role and the pursuit of indy
Published: September 6, 2024 04:00
THE first SNP conference since the party’s poor performance at the General Election was at least successful in laying out the perils which lie in store if it continues to send out mixed messages to an increasingly confused public and disillusioned party…
Wee Ginger Dug: Douglas Ross's hypocrisy over child poverty dig at SNP is laughable
Published: September 5, 2024 18:00
Yesterday the First Minister John Swinney announced the Scottish Government's Programme for Government for the coming year ...
Did Neil Gray learn nothing from the Michael Matheson saga?
Published: September 5, 2024 17:50
JUST what is happening within the SNP Scottish Government? They are treating the public as idiots as the latest fiasco of Neil Gray continues. Why did he claim he wasn’t waiting in the queue for Oasis tickets and then come clean and say he was? Did he…
Time to bin council tax and bring this in instead
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24566441.time-bin-scotlands-council-tax-bring-instead/?ref=rss
Published: September 5, 2024 17:46
Last week, I had the pleasure to address SNP members at the Revive Coalition’s fringe meeting on land reform where I presented Common Weal’s proposal to bring a land tax to Scotland.
Time to use hard-won Holyrood powers to introduce a land value tax
Published: September 5, 2024 17:40
WHILE politicians play the blame game for Scotland’s financial black hole, an interesting statistic emerges. The £500m figure for cuts is almost matched by the £460m that Shona Robison will transfer from ScotWind offshore leases, reminding us of the huge…
Branch Office Updates: Austerity Anas and boozy business drinks
Published: September 5, 2024 17:00
THE big word that was paraded around by Labour during the General Election was “change”. Change from cronyism, change from governments not sticking to their pledges, and – in the words of Anas Sarwar – “no more austerity”.
John Swinney 'admits' renewables 'failure' as eco funds raided, says think tank
Published: September 5, 2024 16:55
JOHN Swinney’s order for a major review of a state organ behind a controversial major renewables project should be read as an “admission” of the scheme’s “failure”, a top think tank has said.
Branchform police awaiting guidance as report on SNP probe handed to Crown Office
Published: September 5, 2024 16:28
Police Scotland have said they are awaiting direction from the Crown Office after presenting prosecutors with findings from their ongoing investigation into the SNP’s finances.
Second union backs latest offer from Cosla – but bin strikes still loom
Published: September 5, 2024 16:14
A SECOND trade union has voted in favour of a revised pay offer from the body that represents all Scottish councils ...
Anti-monarchy campaigners call on Lords reform to extend to royals
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24566036.republic-calls-lords-reform-extend-royal-family/?ref=rss
Published: September 5, 2024 15:22
ANTI-MONARCHY campaigners have welcomed the introduction of a bill to scrap hereditary peers from the House of Lords but have called on reform to extend to the royal family ...
Campaigners behind Chain of Freedom call on indy supports to celebrate anniversary
Published: September 5, 2024 15:15
CAMPAIGNERS have called on Yes supporters to celebrate the anniversary of the Chain of Freedom ...
Labour mocked as GB Energy Bill just FOUR pages long
Published: September 5, 2024 15:05
LABOUR have been mocked as their bill to create Great British Energy numbered just four pages – and contained “net zero” detail about what the company would do.
Research challenges negative portrayals of Scottish nationalists
Published: September 5, 2024 14:00
IT was pleasing but hardly a surprise to see it acknowledged that, according to research from Sir John Curtice, the nationalism behind support for Scottish independence is a “rather different” concept of identity to the nationalism underpinning Brexit.
Artists call for more funding outside Holyrood after Creative Scotland U-turn
Published: September 5, 2024 13:35
ARTISTS have staged a protest outside Holyrood over the lack of funding for the arts sector, despite the Scottish Government’s U-turn on Creative Scotland cuts ...
Nadine Dorries pledges to expose 'Westminster group sex parties' in bizarre book ad
Published: September 5, 2024 13:28
FOR everyone that didn’t read Nadine Dorries’s first book about the shadowy figures plotting to bring down democracy in the UK, there is another book on the way ...
Janey Godley joins celebrities attending Glasgow anti-racism rally this weekend
Published: September 5, 2024 13:12
JANEY Godley will join celebrities at a major anti-racism rally in Glasgow this weekend.
Labour could 'sideline' Waspi campaigners after 'weak' response, says SNP MP
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24565404.waspi-campaigners-sidelined-labour-says-snp-mp/?ref=rss
Published: September 5, 2024 13:11
AN SNP MP has raised concerns that the UK Government could be set to “sideline” Waspi campaigners as they continue their battle to receive compensation.
Douglas Ross torn down in free school meals row as SNP blame 'austerity agenda'
Published: September 5, 2024 11:30
JOHN Swinney accused the Tories of having “destroyed” Scotland’s future – as he hit back at attacks for abandoning plans to make free meals universal for all primary school children.
Kate Forbes: Ministers ‘standing by’ free school meals for all primary pupils pledge
Published: September 5, 2024 11:02
THE Scottish Government is “standing by” its commitment to provide free school meals to all primary school pupils, the Deputy First Minister insisted – although she was unable to say when this would happen.
Scottish block grant may be larger this year but inflation has soared
Published: September 5, 2024 11:00
ON Wednesday morning, Scottish Conservatives chairman Craig Hoy was on the radio lambasting the Scottish Government for Tuesday’s financial statement, and subsequently Daniel Johnson, economy spokesperson for the Labour Party, was on the same groove.
MPs slammed for leaving Commons chamber before Grenfell statement
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24564614.mps-slammed-leaving-commons-grenfell-statement/?ref=rss
Published: September 5, 2024 10:08
MPs have been criticised for leaving the Commons chamber before the Prime Minister gave a statement on the Grenfell Tower disaster ...
Scottish Tory MSPs slam Ruth Davidson for 'misinformation' amid party civil war
Published: September 5, 2024 10:05
RUTH Davidson has been accused of spreading “misinformation” by two Scottish Tory MSPs ...
Angela Rayner squirms as she's confronted over pensioner U-turn
Published: September 5, 2024 09:49
ANGELA Rayner squirmed as she was confronted with her past tweets attacking the Tories for planning to hit pensioner benefits – while she tried to defend Labour taking money from the elderly.
'At last': Buffer zones law around abortion clinics to come into force this month
Published: September 5, 2024 09:29
Legislation creating buffer zones around abortion clinics in Scotland, banning any protests or vigils there, will come into force on September 24.
Scottish Tory in-fighting as Ruth Davidson backs Russell Findlay for leader
Published: September 5, 2024 09:04
THE Scottish Conservatives have descended into yet more in-fighting after Ruth Davidson backed Russell Findlay to lead the party and took aim at his opponents.
'Not acting in good faith': Scottish Greens cast doubt on support for SNP budget
Published: September 5, 2024 08:22
THE Scottish Greens have cast doubt on whether they will support the Scottish Government’s budget following John Swinney’s Programme for Government.
Lesley Riddoch: What Shona Robison should really say about cuts
Published: September 5, 2024 04:00
SHONA Robison – I salute your indefatigability. Faced with the usual suspects denying Westminster’s role in Scotland’s fiscal woes, you remained calm and polite ...
UK Government set to bring in bill to remove hereditary peers from Lords
Published: September 5, 2024 04:00
THE UK Government will begin the process of removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords, as it introduces legislation to reform the upper chamber ...
Ndaye Lisa Badji-Churchill: Why censorship is not the answer for far right
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24563887.censorship-not-answer-comes-far-right/?ref=rss
Published: September 5, 2024 04:00
THE wife of a Conservative councillor in England this week pleaded guilty to stirring up racial hatred during the week of the horrific far-right riots that struck in July ...
Iconic poster to be included in The National on referendum anniversary
Published: September 5, 2024 04:00
THE National will print an updated version of an iconic pro-independence poster from 2014 on the 10-year anniversary of the referendum ...
Convention of independence movements heads to Scotland – how to get tickets
Published: September 5, 2024 04:00
REPRESENTATIVES from 14 nations and regions across Europe and beyond are set to convene in Scotland next month for a first-of-its-kind conference ...
David Pratt: Civil war in Israel isn’t beyond realms of possibility
Published: September 5, 2024 04:00
IT’S inconceivable, some will steadfastly argue. For sure – they will admit – there are serious political differences and divisions. But civil war? Never ...
Wee Ginger Dug: Programme for Government shows all roads lead back to Westminster
Published: September 4, 2024 18:00
AS LABOUR Health Minister Wes Streeting admitted prior to the general election, all roads lead back to Westminster ...
The SNP should stop slavishly chasing the latest hashtag cause
Published: September 4, 2024 18:00
WHILE I agree with some of Kelly Given’s comments on the SNP conference, I wholeheartedly disagree with her view that “progressive policy” will win independence and that such things as a right to abortion should be enshrined in a Scottish constitution (I…
Reject the divisive myth that higher pay makes a person 'middle class'
Published: September 4, 2024 17:30
APPARENTLY First Minister John Swinney encouraged activists at the closed session of the SNP conference on Friday to go out to win back middle-class voters. Mr Swinney should understand that the middle class is a myth created by the upper class to have the…
Eight key points from John Swinney's Programme for Government explained
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24563502.key-points-scottish-programme-government/?ref=rss
Published: September 4, 2024 15:59
AFTER the Scottish Government announced a package of £500 million of cuts to balance the books, John Swinney delivered his first Programme for Government as First Minister at Holyrood on Wednesday ...
Concern as Scottish Government favours UK-wide ban on conversion therapy
Published: September 4, 2024 15:50
THE Scottish Government has said it may drop its proposed ban on conversion practices in Scotland in favour of backing UK-wide legislation.
John Swinney announces nearly £600 million investment in affordable housing
Published: September 4, 2024 14:56
THE First Minister has announced a nearly £600 million investment in affordable housing as part of his first Programme for Government.
Neil Gray admits he was waiting for Oasis tickets during SNP conference event
Published: September 4, 2024 14:42
THE Health Secretary has conceded that he was in fact in the queue to buy Oasis tickets during an event at the SNP conference – despite previously dismissing reports that said he was ...
Priti Patel eliminated in first round of UK Tory leadership contest
Published: September 4, 2024 14:33
FORMER home secretary Priti Patel has been eliminated from the Tory leadership campaign after the first round of voting.
John Swinney confirms 'key' Creative Scotland fund can continue
Published: September 4, 2024 14:21
JOHN Swinney has announced the resources required for Creative Scotland to continue the work of its Open Fund have now been made available.
Ghost of Thatcher still haunts this failing post-imperial Britain
Published: September 4, 2024 14:00
WE are poised to hear the outcome of the Grenfell report, following an inquiry into the fire that ravaged a tower block in one of London’s most wealthy districts seven years ago.
Fears raised as Scottish factory eyes more than 440 job cuts
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24562794.fears-raised-scottish-factory-eyes-440-job-cuts/?ref=rss
Published: September 4, 2024 13:29
A SCOTTISH factory is reportedly set to axe more than 400 jobs as orders plummet.
Scottish Government to ‘carefully consider’ recommendations of Grenfell report
Published: September 4, 2024 13:24
SCOTLAND'S housing minister has said the Scottish Government will “carefully consider” the recommendations of the final report into the Grenfell Tower fire.
Keir Starmer panned over 'calamitous' drop in popularity ratings
Published: September 4, 2024 11:54
KEIR Starmer was confronted on his “calamitous” fall in popularity as he was challenged on Labour’s “things can only get worse mantra”.
Greta Thunberg arrested at pro-Palestine protest
Published: September 4, 2024 11:28
GRETA Thunberg has been arrested at a protest against the war in Gaza, according to reports ...
'The ideal place to be': Lesley Riddoch on our indyref anniversary event
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24562277.lesley-riddoch-attend-nationals-indyref-event/?ref=rss
Published: September 4, 2024 11:26
THE National's independence referendum anniversary event is the "ideal place to be" as Scotland marks 10 years since the historic vote, Lesley Riddoch has said ...
Labour must take inspiration from Scotland's 'fair' tax system, SNP demand
Published: September 4, 2024 11:14
LABOUR should take inspiration from Scotland’s “more progressive and fair”, MPs have heard.
There’s no sign the SNP have identified their strategy’s fatal flaw
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24561177.no-sign-snp-identified-strategys-fatal-flaw/?ref=rss
Published: September 4, 2024 11:00
SADLY, but as anticipated, the SNP conference has passed without the slightest indication that the party has even the barest notion of what the fatal flaw is that it has manufactured for itself, and which at the July election destroyed it as a functioning…
Grenfell fire result of 'decades of failure' by government and construction industry
Published: September 4, 2024 10:43
THE devastating Grenfell Tower fire was the result of “decades of failure” by central government and the construction industry to act on the dangers of flammable materials on high-rise buildings, a long-awaited report has found ...
Most pensioners in poverty will lose Winter Fuel Payment, research shows
Published: September 4, 2024 10:36
MOST pensioners in poverty will lose their Winter Fuel Payment (WFP) under Labour UK Government cuts according to fresh analysis.
'Security risk': Sanctioned Russian oligarchs buy stake in Scotland-based oil giant
Published: September 4, 2024 10:34
THE UK Government is facing criticism after two sanctioned Russian oligarchs became part-owners of a Scotland-based oil company.
By-election to be held after SNP councillor resigns on health grounds
Published: September 4, 2024 09:36
AN SNP councillor has resigned his seat, meaning a by-election will be held to replace him ...
LIVE: John Swinney set to deliver first Programme for Government as FM
Published: September 4, 2024 09:26
John Swinney is set to deliver his first Programme for Government since becoming First Minister
David Cameron sat on advice showing breach of humanitarian law in Gaza, officials say
Published: September 4, 2024 08:50
FORMER foreign secretary David Cameron sat on advice from official in Israel and London that there was clear evidence of breaches of international humanitarian law (IHL) in Gaza...
John Swinney: I'm optimistic about tackling child poverty despite budget cuts
Published: September 4, 2024 04:00
JOHN Swinney will say today he is “optimistic” about cutting child poverty – despite presiding over cuts worth £500 million ...
I love the Baby Box — here’s why it matters more than you might think
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24561194.love-baby-box----matters-might-think/?ref=rss
Published: September 4, 2024 04:00
THREE years ago, I found myself in my living room, capturing a moment I wanted to share with my family. I was unboxing the Baby Box that had just arrived—a simple cardboard box filled with essentials for my soon-to-be-born child. It felt like Christmas…
John Swinney to deliver first Programme for Government – how to watch
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24561159.watch-john-swinneys-first-programme-government/?ref=rss
Published: September 4, 2024 04:00
JOHN Swinney is set to deliver his first Programme for Government since becoming First Minister.
Seamus Logan: The next independence white paper must paint a clear picture
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24561182.next-independence-white-paper-must-set/?ref=rss
Published: September 4, 2024 04:00
IT’S no exaggeration to say this week will be looked back on as a pivotal one in Scottish politics. Not only for the SNP, but also for the prospects for independence more generally.
Sewage overflow monitoring in Scotland must be improved, says watchdog
Published: September 4, 2024 04:00
ACTION must be taken to improve the operation of storm overflows in Scotland, an environmental watchdog has said.
Ministers should Think Independence First when making every policy
Published: September 3, 2024 18:30
THE SNP annual conference was a good start in the party’s advance towards the 2026 Holyrood election. It was far from doom and gloom, and the efforts to involve the membership are to be commended. The arrangements for members to hold the leadership to…
It would be sensible for SNP politicians to take forgiveness seriously
Published: September 3, 2024 17:45
IT is very good news to learn that the SNP has said that it will back a convention of all the Yes parties. How often have we hear spokespersons for the SNP declare that somebody’s position or opinion is “unforgiveable”? How often have we seen a good and…
Wee Ginger Dug: Inclusivity of Yes movement stands in stark contrast to Brexit
Published: September 3, 2024 17:33
SOME new research for the British Social Attitudes report published today has uncovered some telling differences in outlook between those who support Scottish
'They could have acted': Trade unionists react to Shona Robison cuts speech
Published: September 3, 2024 17:15
SCOTLAND’S top trade unionist has said that workers across Scotland “will be scarred for generations to come” after Shona Robison announced millions of pounds in cuts ...
How to create a more powerful anti-austerity message
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24561039.create-powerful-anti-austerity-message/?ref=rss
Published: September 3, 2024 17:13
Unfortunately, we think too narrowly about austerity policies ...
SNP provide new update on party's 'research and rebuttal' unit
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24560028.snp-provide-new-update-research-rebuttal-unit/?ref=rss
Published: September 3, 2024 17:00
THE SNP have provided an update on their rebuttal unit, with only two articles published on this section of the party’s website...
Scotland to move to 'regional model' of gender identity healthcare for under-18s
Published: September 3, 2024 16:08
THE NHS in Scotland is set to follow England in moving to a "regional model" of providing gender identity healthcare for under-18s.
Explained: The financial background to Shona Robison cuts speech
Published: September 3, 2024 16:06
THE Scottish Government has set out budget cuts of around £500 million – as ministers warned of the “enormous and growing pressure on the public finances”.
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