David Bol
Deputy Political Editor at The Scotsman
Deputy Political Editor at Scotland on Sunday
📰 Deputy Political Editor for @TheScotsman and @scotonsunday | [email protected]
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1 week ago |
scotsman.com | David Bol
John Swinney will publish his last Programme for Government before next year’s Holyrood election - with the policy prospectus expected to set the tone for the march to the ballot box. Although the First Minister will likely need funding in next year’s Budget to pay for any bold policies and commitments, Mr Swinney could chart an more ambitious course than we have seen from him a year on from re-entering frontline politics to steady the SNP ship.
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1 week ago |
scotsman.com | David Bol
Anas Sarwar has warned his Labour colleagues at Westminster need to better deliver on election promises to counter the surge of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has laid into Sir Keir Starmer’s government - admitting UK ministers must go “further and faster improving people’s lives” to counter the threat posed by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Mr Sarwar has insisted that next year’s Holyrood election “is not about Nigel Farage”, claiming “it is about the NHS”.
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1 week ago |
scotsman.com | David Bol
Public-sector workers will have “little choice” than to launch strike action over the summer unless SNP ministers put forward a “serious offer” on pay, Scotland’s top trade unionist has warned. Following last summer’s strike ballots by public sector workers, including council staff, tens of thousands of local government workers are being balloted on strike action this year in the “biggest vote of its kind in years” - raising fears Scotland is heading for a “summer of discontent”.
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1 week ago |
scotsman.com | David Bol
Scotland's ecocide laws could result in public bodies such as councils and water companies facing criminal prosecutions, the MSP bringing forward the legislation has suggested. Labour MSP Monica Lennon has confirmed she will officially introduce her Ecocide Bill at Holyrood later this month. The proposals could see executives at companies found to be committing ecocide jailed for up to 20 years and have assets seized.
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1 week ago |
scotsman.com | David Bol
Scottish ministers have U-turned on a promise to legislate against misogyny and will revert to including protections in the controversial Hate Crime Act. SNP ministers have been accused of a “humiliating U-turn” after dropping their misogyny legislation plans. The Scottish Government will instead “add the protected characteristic of sex“ to the controversial Hate Crime Act despite initially refusing to do so, as it was confirmed the misogyny law plans were being dropped.
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