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SNP 'misled' public

Labour demands Sturgeon apologises over £30bn blackhole

Jackie Baillie
Jackie Baillie: ‘SNP would have given us turbo-charged austerity’ (pic: Terry Murden)   Labour is demanding an apology from Nicola Sturgeon after unearthing data showing a £30 billion blackhole inRead More

Legislation in pipeline

May calls a halt to directors’ abuse of pensions

Theresa May on Marr
Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to protect workers pensions from executives who...

Calls for new Government rules

Ministers accused over worsening late payments

Derek Mackay
SNP ministers have been criticised over the government's worsening record of not paying its bills on time.

As I See It

Review the SFT but avoid playing the Scottish card

Terry smiling
SUNDAY COMMENT: Arguments over the use of public-private financing deals, in their various forms, to support hospital and school building programmes took a new twist last week..but Terry Murden asks if some key point were missed.

Spotlight on Scottish Futures Trust

Baillie: ‘we must all learn and improve’ on funding deals

Jackie Baillie
Labour's economy spokesman Jackie Baillie today attempted to quell a war of words over the financing of infrastructure projects in Scotland.

Labour in disarray over leaked recording

Baillie accuses Rowley of leadership ‘hypocrisy’

Alex Rowley
Scottish Labour has been thrust into a divisive internal battle ..

Party 'making false claims'

SNP has powers to help WASPI women, says Labour

Jackie Baillie
The SNP has been accused of wrongly claiming that it cannot help women fighting a delay to their state pension age...

Labour dubs flagship policy a failure

Scots firms ‘ignoring’ SNP’s call to back living wage

Jackie Baillie
An SNP attempt to persuade businesses to pay the living wage and promote fairness at work has been dubbed a failure after signing up just a handful of supporters.

Late payment 'threatening firms'

Scottish government ‘failing to pay bills on time’

Derek Mackay
The Scottish government has been accused of threatening the viability of small firms by not paying its bills on time...