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Secrets to Cutting Down Your Expenses Today

People tend to focus on their income and expenses when managing their personal finances. They work hard to increase their income while maintaining expenses at...

“Disgust” over councillor’s claim for funeral mileage

A COUNCILLOR has caused “disgust” after claiming expenses to attend a colleague’s funeral.   Alastair Cranston, a former Scotland rugby international and SNP councillor, even put...

£45,000 in expenses paid to tram consultancies

MORE than £45,000 in expenses has been payed to consultancies on the troubled Edinburgh Tram’s project. It has been revealed that Transport Initiatives Edinburgh (TIE),...

Victory for freedom of information

By Cara Sulieman SCOTTISH ministers have backed down in their bid to stop the country’s information commissioner from accessing their files. Lawyers for the government were...

Court clerk jailed over £130,000 expenses and blank cheques fraud

By Michael MacLeod A DISGRACED ex-court clerk who swindled £130,000 by faking expenses and writing blank cheques has been jailed for 24 months. Conman Graeme...

Council bosses massive election jackpot is “nonsense”

By Andrea McCallum SCOTLAND’S highest paid council staff will share a £200,000 jackpot – for announcing the results of the General Election. The extra cash will...

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