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  • 1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Michael Blackley

    Fat cats and quangocrats are earning ‘eye-watering’ daily rates for working on the boards of Scotland’s public bodies, sparking calls for reforms to cut costs. Board members of public sector organisations cost the taxpayer almost £9million a year, analysis of the Scottish Government database reveals.

  • 2 weeks ago | msn.com | Michael Blackley

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

  • 2 weeks ago | msn.com | Michael Blackley

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  • 2 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Michael Blackley

    SNP ministers have been urged to turn down an astonishing £20,000 pay rise handed to them at the start of this month. John Swinney’s ministerial team were quietly given the massive increase in their salaries after previously having earnings frozen since 2009. But they are now under pressure to forego the extra payment after the First Minister concluded it would not be appropriate for him to accept it.

  • 2 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Michael Blackley

    People are being asked to pay £75 a head to attend a ‘meet and greet’ session with Nicola Sturgeon before an on-stage interview. Special tickets are being sold which give ‘a unique opportunity to meet Nicola Sturgeon in person’ ahead of an Edinburgh event in October. Tickets priced at £75 - plus a £7.75 booking fee - went on sale yesterday for the ‘pre-show meet and greet’ ahead of an event at the Usher Hall on October 7.

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Michael Blackley
Michael Blackley @Mike_Blackley
10 Apr 25

Scottish Government staff have been told they only need to work from the office at least once a week… and a Scottish council has revealed it has staff working from UAE, Germany and Bulgaria. https://t.co/kvdKKvyGHH

Michael Blackley
Michael Blackley @Mike_Blackley
9 Apr 25

“The last thing our struggling economy needs”: Now SNP Government tells private firms they should introduce four-day working weeks and give staff more holidays. https://t.co/Yjeq5E9NCf

Michael Blackley
Michael Blackley @Mike_Blackley
9 Apr 25

£1.3 billion funding gap looms for Scottish Government due to ageing population and soaring health spending. https://t.co/6Wtxu62QBr