Zoe Streatfield

HARD-PRESSED Civil Service workers delivered a birthday message to Scottish Finance Minister Derek Mackay yesterday, demanding an end to the “unsustainable” public-sector pay cap.

Public-service union PCS members gathered in Edinburgh to hand deliver a card to the birthday...

Saturday 29^th Jul 2017

posted by Zoe Streatfield in Britain

WOMEN and girls are being held back because the Scottish government’s flagship Modern Apprenticeships programme is increasingly being gender segregated, Labour warned yesterday.

Research from Scottish Labour has revealed that last year, in almost half (23 out of 50) of apprentice...

Saturday 29^th Jul 2017

posted by Zoe Streatfield in Britain

SCOTTISH Labour called for urgent action from Holyrood yesterday after uncovering a “postcode lottery” of mental health services available to school children.

Fourteen of Scotland’s 32 councils do not employ a mental health worker in schools and a further 12 do not...

Tuesday 25^th Jul 2017

posted by Zoe Streatfield in Britain

Labour leader targets seats to take back from the SNP at the next election

Saturday 22^nd Jul 2017

posted by Zoe Streatfield in Britain

SECTARIAN throwbacks of the Orange Order have caused outrage after images emerged yesterday of members dressed up for halloween in a variety of offensive outfits.

A snap from fancy-dress competitions at one of the ultraconservative British unionist organisation’s lodges in...

Monday 17^th Jul 2017

posted by Zoe Streatfield in Britain

STUDENTS intend to take the London School of Economics (LSE) to court over allegations that they were made ill by their mouldy, ratty digs.

More than 200 LSE postgraduates have started an online crowdfunding page to raise cash to sue the university for what they claim is a...

Monday 17^th Jul 2017

posted by Zoe Streatfield in Britain

Scottish Labour will unveil a new industrial strategy today filled with “bold and radical ideas” to fix Scotland’s “stagnating” economy after official stats showed the nation only narrowly escaped recession.

Ahead of the launch Labour’s shadow...

Thursday 6^th Jul 2017

posted by Zoe Streatfield in Britain

EXPERTS have urged health services across the UK to learn lessons from Scotland’s NHS, though they warn that “serious” financial pressures could jeopardise its “unique system for improving the quality of healthcare.”

A report by the Nuffield Trust think...

Thursday 6^th Jul 2017

posted by Zoe Streatfield in Britain

FEWER than half of ScotRail trains arrive on time across a third of Scotland’s stations, latest figures showed yesterday leading to calls for renationalisation.

According to data from ScotRail, covering the period April 30 to May 27, less than 50 per cent of services were on time...

Tuesday 4^th Jul 2017

posted by Zoe Streatfield in Britain

Borough chief steps down after silencing a public meeting

Saturday 1^st Jul 2017

posted by Zoe Streatfield in Britain