NAO report reveals how Branson ‘Glazered’ taxpayer on Northern Rock
A National Audit Office report has revealed the taxpayer may never see payment for the Northern Rock sale to Virgin.
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Tory MSP: Cameron thinks we’re an “irrelevance” and are “just not on his radar”
An unnamed Conservative MSP has told the Herald the Scottish Conservatives do not feature on David Cameron’s radar.
Regional Growth Fund is no more effective than the scheme it replaced
Replacing Regional Development Agencies with a more-aspirational Regional Growth Fund has not produced any evidential improvements for regional economies.
Her Majesty’s uncooperative Queen’s Speech
The Queen’s Speech did not deliver on energy bills, foreign aid or co-operative values.
Media reporting is the real foreign national prisoner ‘problem’
Certain sections of the press continue to run inflammatory stories on the UK’s apparent failure to deport foreign nationals convicted of criminal offences.
£25bn welfare cuts? Hilton’s plan is absolute nonsense
Even The Sun, the ultimate scrounger bashers, thinks Steve Hilton’s latest idea is “daft”, writes Richard Darlington, head of news at the IPPR.
Time for university fat cats to sup from the “efficiency” bowl
Zain Sardar of the Young Greens looks at the scandal of fat cat university Vice Chancellors.
In Community Relations Week, Northern Ireland’s painful divisions rear their head
This week in Northern Ireland is Community Relations Week – with a warning issued that the province continues to have a serious problem with sectarianism.
Cameron fails to protect frontline staff as promised
Tory cuts are having a detrimental effect on the frontline staff they promised to protect, according to a report from the British Association of Social Workers.
MSPs outline “grave concerns” about UK welfare reforms
MSPs today expressed “grave concerns” over the likely impact on Scotland’s most vulnerable people as a result of Westminster’s £2.5 billion cut in benefits.