Tag: Labour

Transport Minister held to task as hundreds spend the night trapped on Scottish roads

Scottish News

Clare Carswell - December 7, 2010

OPPOSITION parties rounded on Scotland’s Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson today (tues) demanding he explain why the country was not better prepared for...

Scottish Enterprise spent £100,000 on hiring celebrities

News

Deadline News Journalist - November 7, 2010

SCOTTISH Enterprise has splashed out more than £100,000 to hire celebrities such as Fred MacAulay, Jackie Bird and Sally Magnusson to attend business events. The...

Edinburgh jobs tribunal orders former Labour Livingston MP Jim Devine to pay his ex office manager £35k

Shaun Milne - October 14, 2010

By Cara Sulieman DISGRACED former Labour MP Jim Devine has been ordered to pay his former office manager more than £35,000 in damages after she...

Russell shrugs off "Minister of Fun" tag over American trips

Politics

Deadline News Journalist - July 29, 2010

By Michael MacLeod EDUCATION secretary Mike Russell has been accused of losing focus of the Scottish education system and having “far too much fun” in...

Thousands of operations cancelled every year

Deadline News Journalist - June 20, 2010

By Cara Sulieman MORE THAN 600 operations are cancelled in Scotland a week, with a quarter of them being scrapped by the hospital. NHS Fife chalked...

John Prescott Heads All-Star Line Up At Borders Book Festival

Shaun Milne - June 2, 2010

by Shaun Milne FORMER deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has been unveiled as the surprise main speaker taking part in this month’s Brewin Dolphin Borders...

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