The Scottish Parliament has no way to monitor what MSPs are using taxpayer-funded postage for. Holyrood officials have admitted they don’t ask MSPs to record how much mail they’re sending out using postage stamps bought using their allowance. It comes as a probe is underway into allegations of electoral fraud …
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The Scottish Government has avoided a dispute with thousands of emergency services workers after reversing a decision not to fund a royal medal. King Charles announced plans to give the award to all frontline workers across the UK as a thank you for their service and to mark his coronation. …
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Angus Robertson’s botched census has cost taxpayers an “exorbitant” £140m as the SNP were accused of losing public trust to run big projects. The Scottish Government decided to break away from the rest of the UK and carry out the survey alone in 2022, a year later than England, Wales …
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A campaign group who took the Scottish Government to court over fishing activity have claimed they are still granting licences despite a court ruling which found the practice unlawful. Open Seas has called on the Scottish Government to “immediately halt” their approach to licensing fishing activity in ways that cause …
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Thousands of Scottish postal workers are taking a further day of strike action today after talks between union representatives and Royal Mail reached a standstill. Around 11,000 members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) are embroiled in an increasingly bitter dispute over pay and working conditions with the postal service, …
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One of the UK’s most respected public health experts has called on the Scottish Government to scrap its “ridiculous and discriminatory” vaccine passport scheme. Professor Allyson Pollock spoke out after a study by The Lancet medical bible found double-jabbed people can be just as likely to pass on Covid-19. The …
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Welcome to the Daily Record’s Sunday briefing. The top stories you need to know today include news that the NHS passport app shares users’ personal data, a £1million inquiry into Edinburgh City Council, plus flood alerts across Scotland. Here are the latest headlines from Scotland and beyond on Sunday, October …
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Jonathan Cameron, Interim Director for Digital Health and Care for the Scottish Government Jonathan Cameron has been working for public health services since 2004, when he joined NHS Connecting for Health, the agency responsible for delivering the IT infrastructure of the NHS, as a Programme Control Manager. In 2005 he …
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