ScotRail is being urged to ditch pricey first class seats after it emerged just 2 per cent were used last year – leaving 150,000 luxury seats going spare every month. The shocking findings come despite routine complaints of overcrowding on many key services this year – exacerbated by a reduced …
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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 Socialist Party is appealing to residents to sign the Rutherglen and Hamilton West recall petition to trigger a by-election so locals can vote for their new candidate. The party selected lifelong socialist and trade unionist, Bill Bonnar, as their potential candidate for the by-election. He will stand as …
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A Cambuslang trade unionist has launched his campaign ahead of a potential Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election. The Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) steering committee has agreed that Chris Sermanni, a leading trade unionist and a Cambuslang resident, will stand if there is a Rutherglen and Hamilton West …
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Royal Mail staff will go on strike on Tuesday in a long-standing dispute over pay and conditions. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) will mount picket lines outside sorting and delivery offices across the country. Efforts to break the deadlock are continuing despite the ongoing industrial action. More strikes …
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Plans to push back the opening times of Royal Mail delivery offices all over Ayrshire are being considered. Hubs in Ayr, Cumnock, Dalry, Irvine, Kilmarnock, Kilwinning, Prestwick and Troon are among those across the UK being assessed for the changes. Some offices could see their opening times pushed back by …
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The vast majority of Scotland’s councils will bid for money from an £800million “levelling up” fund launched by Boris Johnson, the Sunday Mail has learned. Senior figures in the SNP have condemned the Prime Minister’s spending plans as a “naked power grab” and accused Westminster of failing to match EU …
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Glasgow’s SNP group has accused Conservative and Labour candidates of “disrespecting” East End residents by littering closes in the Shettleston and North East Wards. Conservative candidate John White said he enlisted the help of a partially sighted person to help him deliver his leaflets which is why some have ended …
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The Scottish Government ’s controversial vaccination passport shares the personal data of users with a host of private firms, the Sunday Mail can reveal. Proof of inoculation is now required by law to get into football grounds or nightclubs north of the border, despite plans for a scheme having been …
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Number 10 apparently considered sending Prince Edward to live in Edinburgh in a bid to save the UK amid growing support for indyref2. With growing calls for a second referendum and surging support for Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP, aides at Number 10 reportedly considered relocating the Queen’s youngest son to live …
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