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Ministerial quiz on £45m loan to Sturgeon adviser’s firm
THE SNP government will today face questions about a controversial decision to lend £45m to a struggling business owned by a billionaire adviser...
Analysis: Private patient income can benefit the NHS – so long as rationing is not used to boost it
THE idea that a private patient might be admitted into an NHS bed, undergo surgery in an NHS theatre, or attend consultations in...
Police ‘unable to establish criminality’ over Swinson election costs
POLICE Scotland have dropped their inquiry into Jo Swinson’s election expenses after being “unable to establish criminality” involving the deputy LibDem leader. ....
Rennie tells SNP ‘get off fence’ and back People’s Vote
NICOLA Sturgeon and the SNP will today be urged to “get off the fence" and back the call for a People’s Vote on...
May’s my deal or no deal Brexit ultimatum slammed by SNP as ‘reckless’ and ‘arrogant’ false choice
THERESA May’s Brexit ultimatum – my deal or no deal – has been denounced by the SNP as a “reckless false choice” with...
Cable attacks Brexiteers over wanting ‘erotic spasm’ of Brexit at cost of economic pain for UK
VINCE Cable will today claim that Brexiteers like Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg will seek to justify years of Brexit-induced economic pain because...
Case study: ‘I cannot say I slept for more than four or five hours every night’
DESPITE being praised for her leadership by school inspectors Maureen Tremmel admits there were times when she found the responsibility of headship difficult...
Headteachers attack ‘cynical and divisive’ pay offer
HEADTEACHERS have attacked a new pay offer as “cynical and divisive” arguing it will undermine the drive to tackle Scotland’s school leadership recruitment...
Bothy row: smoking ban loophole allows hillwalkers to light up indoors
SINCE the smoking ban was introduced in Scotland 12 years ago, cigarette smokers have been prohibited from lighting up everywhere from bars, restaurants,...
NHS Ayrshire earning £100k a year from providing private cataracts ops
A HEALTH board which has restricted referrals for cataracts surgery is earning around £100,000 a year from private patients paying to undergo to...
