Local government financial blackhole increased to over £50m
25 Feb 2020
The financial deficits of local authorities increased to more than £50m according to the Local Government Finance Statistics, published today.
Repeated SNP cuts to council budgets have meant that local authorities across Scotland faced a deficit of £53m in 2018-19 which was funded through council reserve funding.
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SNP MSP: Brexit voters are ‘little Englanders’
31 Jan 2020
An SNP MSP has been criticised after he referred to Brexit voters as “little Englanders”.
Richard Lochhead, until recently a senior Scottish Government cabinet secretary, used the “inflammatory” phrase in a statement about the UK formally leaving the EU.
Mr Lochhead represents Moray, an area in which nearly 50...Read More »
Sturgeon’s indyref2 pursuit ‘entirely wrongheaded’
31 Jan 2020
Nicola Sturgeon’s vow to keep fighting for another independence referendum is “utterly predictable and entirely wrongheaded”, the Scottish Conservatives have said.
The First Minister took to the stage today to tell supporters she would embark on a number of plans to keep the divisive debate going in Scotland.
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SNP’s education record ‘one of unmitigated and continuing failure’
30 Jan 2020
The SNP’s record on education is “one of unmitigated and continuing failure” after more problems were revealed with school performance,...Read More »
SNP ensures ‘day of embarrassment’ for Holyrood with pointless debates
29 Jan 2020
The SNP has been accused of embarrassing the Scottish Parliament by ensuring a key parliamentary day has been dominated...Read More »