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IFS think tank confirms SNP Growth Commission means ‘austerity’
THE blueprint for independence laid out by the SNP’s Growth Commission implies a decade of austerity and public service cuts, the country’s leading...
Creative Scotland “fell below standard” for quangos, MSPs say in damning report
THE actions of Scotland’s national arts funding body “fell well below the standard" required for a quango, a damning new verdict by MSPs...
Chamber of Commerce and The Herald tie up again for this year’s Inspiring City Awards
By Martha Vaughan . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16292943.Chamber_of_Commerce_and_The_Herald_tie_up_again_for_this_year___s_Inspiring_City_Awards/
Bus driver fights for life after six hurt in Edinburgh Airport tram crash
A driver is in a critical condition in hospital after his bus was involved in a crash with a tram on the outskirts of...
Watch: How Storm Hector destroyed a Scottish Open marquee
IT’S not a day for golf with Storm Hector about. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16292037.Watch__How_Storm_Hector_destroyed_a_Scottish_Open_marquee/
Primary teachers ‘losing 70 hours a week’ to new standardised testing
PRIMARY teachers are losing around two weeks-worth of classroom time trying to oversee new tests for five-year-olds, it has been claimed. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16291901.Primary_teachers__losing_70_hours_a_week__to_new_standardised_testing/
Glasgow under fire for dropping congestion charge plan to tackle “pollution crisis”
GLASGOW has come under fire for dropping plans to look into congestion charging in the city to help tackle a “pollution crisis". ....
Nicola Sturgeon hints at law change to crack down on electronic tagging breaches
NICOLA Sturgeon has hinted she will support changing upcoming legislation to make it an automatic offence for criminals to breach an electronic tagging...
May facing Commons bust-up after her ‘compromise’ Brexit amendment is rejected
THERESA May is facing her biggest parliamentary bust-up yet on the Brexit Bill after a promised compromise designed to keep critics in her...
FMQs sketch: Bottom of the pecking order
SOMETIMES you think you’ve seen and heard it all at FMQs. You get jaded. You get cynical. You get used to being hosed...
