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Council pays £14,000 to remove accidental double yellow lines

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A BUNGLING council which accidentally painted double yellow lines on the wrong road has forked out £14,000 to remove them. Transport chiefs at East Lothian...

Holyrood bosses ‘milk’ taxpayers for £6million on parliament upgrades

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AN average of £1m a year is being spent upgrading the parliament building at Holyrood despite its horrendously over-budget £400m price tag. More than £6m...

Councils fork out thousands in compensation cash to own staff

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THREE of Scotland’s biggest councils have paid out £164,000 in compensation cash to their own workers over the past two years. Payments included £5,000 to...

£20m bill for social worker taxis

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HARD-UP Scottish social workers spent £20million on taxi fares over the last three years. Official figures, released under Freedom of Information, show a large percentage...

Police have thousands of pounds worth of gear stolen from them

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SCOTS POLICE have had thousands of pounds worth of gear stolen from them in the last five years. Items such ID badges, shot-gun certificates, welcome...

Research shows £4 billion council pension deficit

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SCOTTISH councils have a combined pension deficit of £4.16 billion in 2010-11, new research has found. A study from campaign group the Taxpayers Alliance has found the...
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