The SNP once again naively thinks the EU will be the saviour of Scotland.
£34M whilst welcome, it is a very small amount of money.
Monies have been allocated to Glasgow Works, StARTworks, programmes in Dundee and Renfrewshire and 43 projects in the Highlands and Islands. Which projects in the Highlands & Islands I wonder?
Another Job creation [...]
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SNP Say £34M Ensures Job Safety
More “Hot Air” from the Scottish National Party
Westminster urged to follow SNP climate lead
SNP Westminster Energy spokesperson Mike Weir MP has welcomed a report by the influential House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee which calls on the UK Government to follow the Scottish Government’s lead by cutting emissions of greenhouse gases by 42 per cent by 2020 – the target enshrined in law [...]
Shelter say Scotland stares into housing abyss with fewest number of affordable homes since 1959
Scotland is staring into a housing abyss with fewer social rented homes than it had 50 years ago, according to a stark report published today (Friday) by leading housing and homelessness charity, Shelter Scotland.
The charity’s shocking new report Building Pressure, [1] which lays bare the growing chasm between the number of homes needed and the [...]
Swine Flu vaccination
Swine flu funding call rejected
The Scottish Government is seeking funding towards the cost of vaccination
Calls for Westminster to foot the bill for vaccinating everyone in Scotland against swine flu have been rejected by the Scottish secretary.
Jim Murphy dismissed the Scottish Government’s plea to be given £100m in contingency funding.
He said the costs should be met [...]
Conservatives winning across Scotland
Conservatives winning again and winning across Scotland
Pictured: Struan Stevenson MEP, David Cameron – Conservative Party Leader, Annabel Goldie Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party Leader
Annabel Goldie MSP, Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party Leader, said:
“The European election results show we would win seats like East Renfrewshire; Dumfries & Galloway; Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale; Edinburgh South; [...]
Royal Bank of Scotland begins consultation with Unite about 9,000 job losses
RBS has begun consulting Unite and other employee representatives about a business plan for its back office operations that will regrettably involve job losses.
The plan could affect up to 9,000 Group Manufacturing roles globally, including 4,500 in the UK, over the next two years.
However, the actual number of jobs lost is expected to be significantly [...]
Future Scottish elections should not be run by the Scottish Government
Future Scottish elections should not be run by the Scottish Government, a committee of MPs has said.
More than 140,000 ballots were spoiled at last year’s elections.
Holyrood ’should not run ballots’
The Commons Scottish affairs committee said transferring responsibility for the ballots was not necessary.
But it also hit out at the role of the Scotland Office in [...]
Mary Scanlon welcomes increase in Cognitive Behaviour Therapists
Mary Scanlon, Scottish Conservative MSP for the Highlands and Islands and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health, has welcomed an answer to a Parliamentary Question she submitted from Nicola Sturgeon which detailed the work being done to increase the number of cognitive behavioural therapists (CBTs). Commenting Mary said;
“I am pleased that more CBTs are being [...]
Scottish Highlands Rural Payphone Closure Scandal
Scottish Conservative MSP for the Highlands and Islands, Mary Scanlon, is urging residents to fight to save rural telephone boxes. Her call comes on the back of the announcement by BT that they are consulting on plans to close an incredible 194 phone boxes across the Highland council area.
Mary has contacted BT representatives and made [...]