Scotland Vote 2011: Devolved elections campaign round-up
Ed Jacobs looks at all the key issues, policies and dividing lines between the leaders and parties in the Scottish Parliament elections tomorrow.
Ed Jacobs looks at all the key issues, policies and dividing lines between the leaders and parties in the Scottish Parliament elections tomorrow.
John Park, Labour’s campaign manager for the Scottish elections and shadow minister for the economy and skills, writes exclusively for Left Foot Forward on Labour’s vision for Scotland.
A leading housing organisation has outlined how poor housing is costing the NHS in Wales £67 million a year, reports Left Foot Forward’s Ed Jacobs.
Ed Jacobs rounds up all the latest gaffes and electioneering from Wales and Scotland in the run-up to the elections.
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 UK government is putting too much emphasis on the use of volunteers and is expecting too much of them to provide a vital service requiring 24-hour manning, a service now facing such serious cuts.
It will cost the Scottish Government £12 million to carry out their independence referendum – money it can ill afford in the present economic circumstances.
The Government White Paper, unveiled this week, offers voters a clear alternative to nationalism, as support for Scottish independence slumps to below 30%.
The Scottish Labour leadership try to turn round the party’s fortunes in Scotland with a reshuffle.