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Tories to call for more ferry funding as watchdog reports on Ferguson Marine

The Scottish Tories are to call for an increase to ferry funding in a debate this week. The debate will push for long term financing for the ferry fleet, which the party’s transport spokesman, Graham Simpson, has said is “ageing and ever more ...

21 Mar 2022 at 14:25

Scotland

Tories make last-ditch bid to scrap ‘punishing’ workplace parking levy

Scottish Conservatives will make a last-ditch attempt to scrap controversial proposals to give powers to councils to introduce charges for workplace parking. Holyrood is to debate the scheme on Wednesday, but ahead of that the Tories will ...

22 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Move to publicly-owned rail operator must not mean job losses, warns Labour

There should be no compulsory redundancies at Scotland’s new publicly owned rail provider, Scottish Labour has said ahead of a Holyrood vote. A motion tabled by Labour MSP Neil Bibby – to be debated on Thursday – calls on the Scottish ...

03 Feb 2022 at 08:55

Scotland

Move to publicly-owed rail operator must not mean job losses, warns Labour

There should be no compulsory redundancies at Scotland’s new publicly-owned rail provider, Scottish Labour has said ahead of a Holyrood vote. A motion tabled by Labour MSP Neil Bibby – to be debated on Thursday – calls on the ...

03 Feb 2022 at 03:55

Scotland

Transport strategy raises more questions than it answers, claims MSP

A flagship transport strategy published by the Scottish Government “raises more questions than it answers”, an MSP has said. The second strategic transports projects review (STPR2) outlined on Thursday makes 45 ...

20 Jan 2022 at 17:55

Scotland

Rail union to put new pay deal to members after talks resume

A train driver’s union will put a new 4.2% pay offer to members as Scotland’s railway moves closer to a return to normal. Official negotiations restarted on Thursday between Aslef and ScotRail, with the ...

26 May 2022 at 21:40

Scotland

Jenny Gilruth: Extra ScotRail train services are set to be announced soon

The announcement of extra train services could come on Thursday or Friday, Scotland’s transport minister has said. Last week, the newly-nationalised ScotRail announced it would be cutting more than 700 ...

26 May 2022 at 15:50

ScotRail’s reduced timetable begins amid driver dispute

Scotland

ScotRail’s reduced timetable to begin amid driver dispute

ScotRail’s reduced timetable began on Monday, with more than 700 services cut across the country. A dispute with the Aslef union, whose members are refusing to make themselves available for overtime, ...

23 May 2022 at 08:36

Scotland

Ministers urged to review costs of public transport amid drive to cut car use

Ministers are being urged to review the costs of travelling by public transport as part of efforts to cut car journeys. The Scottish Government has set the goal of reducing the numbers of miles ...

01 Nov 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

MSPs urged to back Bill to unseat politicians who fail to turn up to Holyrood

MSPs have been urged to back a Bill which aims to unseat MSPs convicted of a crime or who do not take part in their parliamentary duties. Scottish Conservative MSP Graham Simpson has lodged ...

27 Sept 2022 at 15:01

Scotland

No evidence of Ferguson criminality but not my job to determine, says Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon has said she has not seen any evidence of criminality in the procurement and construction of two late and over-budget ferries, but she insisted coming to that conclusion ...

28 Sept 2022 at 17:36

News

Efforts to reduce car use are ‘shifting up a gear’, says minister

Efforts to reduce car use in Scotland by 20% are “shifting up a gear”, the Transport Minister has said, as he published a route map for achieving the goal by the end of the decade. As ...

13 Jan 2022 at 17:55

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