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MSPs pass £30bn Scottish budget

February 9, 2012

MSPs have approved the Scottish government’s £30bn budget in a Holyrood vote which saw 70 members backing it and 52 members rejecting it.
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Concern over Lockerbie report law

February 8, 2012

A new bill which could aid publication of a secret legal report on the Lockerbie bomber may fail to work properly, it is claimed.
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Scots ‘locked out’ on procurement

February 7, 2012

Scottish firms are being “locked out” of public procurement contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds, a think-tank claims.
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Call for new fair employment body

February 6, 2012

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) calls for a new body to be set up to protect workers from abuse and exploitation by bosses.
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Union plea to delay exams change

February 5, 2012

Schools should be allowed to delay a new exam system if they are not ready to implement it, Scotland’s largest teaching union says.
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New date set for referendum talks

February 4, 2012

First Minister Alex Salmond and Scottish Secretary Michael Moore are to hold independence referendum talks in Edinburgh on 13 February.
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Keeping pound ‘has restrictions’

February 3, 2012

An independent Scotland could be more constrained on economic policy than at present, a study suggests.
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Peer in ‘double referendum’ bid

February 2, 2012

A former Scotland Office minister is calling for a “double referendum” to decide Scotland’s constitutional future.
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Extra cash for Scottish projects

February 2, 2012

The Scottish government’s Finance Secretary John Swinney announces £33m extra cash for housing, job programmes and roads.
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Cluster plan for Scots colleges

February 2, 2012

Scotland’s colleges will be grouped into 12 separate regions and encouraged to work more closely together….
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