
New warnings over the safety of patient care
In Scotland, the Royal College of Nursing is warning that nurses are “propping up” the NHS by regularly working overtime, leading to serious concerns over the safety of patient care.

In Scotland, the Royal College of Nursing is warning that nurses are “propping up” the NHS by regularly working overtime, leading to serious concerns over the safety of patient care.

Left Foot Forward’s Devolution Correspondent Ed Jacobs reports on the launch of Scottish Labour’s election manifesto.

Hugh O’Donnell, the Lib Dem MSP for the Central Scotland region has announced that he is to quit the party and contest the seat in May’s elections as an independent.

Left Foot Forward’s Devolution Correspondent Ed Jacobs assesses reaction to the budget in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Ed Jacobs reviews the economic situation in the devolved nations and how the budget could feed into it.

With just weeks to go until voters in Scotland get the chance to elect their government and parliament for the next five years, Scottish Labour held their spring conference in Glasgow at the weekend, reports Ed Jacobs.

For Nick Clegg, it seems motions passed at party conferences condemning the government’s health reforms could soon become the least of his worries, with the Liberals facing meltdown in Scotland and Wales.

The decision by MSPs to provide for free prescriptions north of the border not only sees the enactment of a key SNP manifesto pledge, but highlights the divisions within the UK Conservative party on the issue of free prescriptions.

The man in charge of the Tories’ Scottish election campaign claims the party’s been “detoxified” and is on course to improve on the 17 MSPs currently held.

Save the Children in Wales has described as a “scandal” new figures showing that Children in Wales are more likely to live in severe poverty than other parts of the UK.