A new ‘state of the art’ military firing range has been officially opened at Garelochhead Training Centre by Major General Robert Bruce CBE DSO General Officer Scotland. read more
John McDonnell MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, commenting on the IMF’s report out today, said:
“The IMF report out today is yet another blow to the Chancellor’s already crumbling economic credibility – it is no wonder many of his fellow colleagues in his own party are calling for him to be sacked.
“With nearly all other advanced economies recovering at a faster rate than the UK, alarm bells should be ringing at the Treasury. Philip Hammond’s plans to continue the austerity policies of his predecessor are failing.
“The IMF’s confirmed downward revision to the UK’s growth has also made clear that seven years of Tory economic failure has left our economy fundamentally weakened. On a day when other worrying data and reports have been published highlighting the failure of Tory austerity, this directionless Chancellor needs to follow Labour’s lead and urgently change course.
“The next Labour government will provide the proper investment our country needs, underpinned by our Fiscal Credibility Rule, to build a high wage, high skill economy for the many not the few.”
read more10 Oct 2017
The number of homicides in Scotland rose by 10 per cent last year, new figures have shown.
There were 64 victims in 2016/17, compared to 58 the year before, meaning it’s the first increase in seven years.
Sharp instruments such as knives were the most common method of killing, the statistics revealed, accounting for nearly half the incidents last year.
As it stands, three cases remain unsolved from that period.
However, instead of facing up to the hike in victims, justice secretary Michael Matheson chose to compare current data to that of 10 years ago, hailing it as a success for the Scottish Government.
Scottish Conservative shadow justice secretary Liam Kerr said:
“Whichever way the SNP wants to spin it, there has been an increase over the past year in homicides in Scotland.
“Instead of messing around with the statistics, Michael Matheson should be outlining to victims’ families what he intends to do to stop this increase.
“This rise in killings comes at a time when the SNP has never been softer on crime.
“Instead of confronting dangerous criminals head on, the nationalists want to get rid of jail terms of less than a year.
“Their conference even wants to focus on the legalising of drugs, which is further indication of their skewed priorities.
“The SNP should ditch the false boasting, and start giving hardworking police officers the support they deserve to tackle serious crime.”
Fair Taxation: Commission welcomes new rules to resolve tax disputes The European Commission welcomes EU Member States’ formal green light for new rules to better resolve tax disputes. The decision taken by EU finance ministers at the ECOFIN Council meeting … read more
The European Commission welcomes EU Member States’ formal green light for new rules to better resolve tax disputes. The decision taken by EU finance ministers at the ECOFIN Council meeting in Luxembourg today will ensure that businesses and citizens can resolve disputes related … read more