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‘Petulant’ SQA response to education report shows why change is needed, say MSPs

The “petulant” response to an education expert’s report has shown why a change of leadership at Scotland’s exam authority is needed, a cross-party group of MSPs has said. Professor Ken Muir, who published a report on Scottish education earlier this ...

24 Mar 2022 at 13:25

Scotland

MSPs back economic crime Bill

MSPs have backed a Bill designed to tackle “dirty money” hidden in the UK. The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill cleared the House of Commons without opposition on Monday and was waved through by Holyrood on Wednesday. The Bill ...

09 Mar 2022 at 20:25

Scotland

SQA chief defends approach to exams as MSP says it has ‘failed young people’

The head of the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has defended her approach to this year’s exams, as an MSP accused it of failing young people “for the third year in a row”. Chief executive Fiona Robertson said the exams body did ...

07 Sept 2022 at 13:33

Scotland

Labour demands details of Government plans to maintain teacher numbers

Scottish Labour has called for clarity on what the Government plans to do to maintain teacher numbers. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville will lay out plans which would ...

05 Feb 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Redacted report into Tayside breast cancer services ‘was not cover up’

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has rejected cover-up claims after a report into breast cancer services in NHS Tayside was altered. The urgent question from Labour MSP Michael Marra was in response to reports that NHS Tayside ...

06 Dec 2022 at 19:13

Scotland

Dundee University ‘too big to fail’, says local MSP

A local MSP has said Dundee University is “too big to fail” amid concerns about its future. In November, staff were told that job cuts were “inevitable” due to a £30 million deficit at the institution and just weeks later ...

08 Jan 2025 at 12:58

Scotland

£14.2m of public funds spend on civil service card transactions in three years

More than £14 million of taxpayers’ cash was spent on credit card transactions by Scottish civil servants in a three-year period, including almost £10,000 on VIP airport upgrades, figures show. Senior government staff ...

08 Aug 2023 at 10:14

Scotland

Robison appears to drop public sector staff shrinking policy

The Scottish Government appears to have dropped plans put in train by Nicola Sturgeon’s administration to cut the public sector workforce to pre-pandemic levels. The move was announced last May by then-finance ...

13 Jun 2023 at 12:05

Sturgeon: Pay offer to teachers was fair and on par with other council workers

Nicola Sturgeon has defended the “fair pay offer” made to teachers as school staff prepare for more walkouts over the dispute. Teachers rejected the offer which would see those earning under £40,107 receive ...

01 Dec 2022 at 15:40

Scotland

Ferry disruption ‘catastrophic’ for South Uist, Holyrood debate hears

Ferry cancellations have been “catastrophic” for South Uist, with one business owner saying it has had a bigger impact than the pandemic, an MSP has said. On Wednesday, Holyrood debated Labour’s call for a ...

14 Jun 2023 at 17:54

Scotland

Refugee girl returned to Ukraine for urgent dental care due to lengthy NHS wait

A seven-year-old Ukrainian girl and her mother have told how they had to return to Kyiv from Aberdeenshire due to lengthy waiting lists for NHS dental treatment. Oksana Martirosova decided to take ...

17 Mar 2023 at 11:43

University of Dundee job losses should be ‘wake-up call’, Swinney told

The looming job losses at the University of Dundee should be a “wake-up call” for the Scottish Government to take action to support the sector, John Swinney has been told. The First Minister said ...

13 Mar 2025 at 13:38

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