SNP must work ‘proactively’ to tackle shortage of residential drug rehab
12 Sep 2019
The SNP government must start tackling the shortage of drug and alcohol rehabilitation services ‘proactively’ rather than reacting...Read More »
More than 300,000 kids miss out on new Sick Kids hospital care
12 Sep 2019
Children in need of emergency hospital care have missed out on treatment at the new Sick Kids hospital on more than 300,000 occasions because of delays to the project, it has emerged.
The £150 million facility at Edinburgh’s Little France site was supposed to be up-and-running by the...Read More »
SNP admits Sick Kids won’t open for at least another year
11 Sep 2019
Edinburgh’s new Sick Kids hospital won’t be open for at least another year, and fixing the latest blunders will cost the taxpayer an extra £16 million.
In a statement at Holyrood today, health secretary Jeane Freeman revealed problems with ventilation, water systems and drainage will “take time” to...Read More »
Sturgeon wants to plunge Scotland back into referendum division
5 Sep 2019
Nicola Sturgeon has again said she wants to overturn the result of the EU referendum, just weeks ahead of the UK’s Brexit deadline.
She told Jackson Carlaw at First Minister’s Questions today that, rather than see UK Government negotiations succeed, she wanted to thwart them.
The interim leader of...Read More »
Scotland set for further £1.2bn Barnett boost
4 Sep 2019
Scotland’s budget is set to be boosted by a £1.2 billion Barnett Consequentials bonus, announced by the UK Government today.
Chancellor Sajid Javid confirmed that, thanks to a range of new spending commitments south of the border, Scotland was in line for a major windfall.
Shadow finance secretary Murdo...Read More »