The First Minister promised to dump the debt, but student debt has soared, and students from the most deprived backgrounds are leaving university with the heaviest burden of debt. The Government is letting down our students, and it is letting down our universities.
Jackson Carlaw said: “The budget that the SNP Government receives from Westminster is on the rise, but what do we have to show for it? Leaking police stations and collapsing ceilings; half-built ferries; boarded-up hospitals and closed-off children’s wards; and a crisis in Scotland’s schools.
Residents can nominate employees who have gone the extra mile to help them or benefit the local community for an Employee Recognition Award.
Data obtained by The Ferret under freedom of information law shows that deployment of the device has been increasing each year, after a drop from 50 to 13 incidents between 2014-15 and 2015-16. Tasers were fired in a minority of occasions, however, with the device often drawn, aimed or not used at all.
The most recent figures available from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority for 2017 show the Assisted Conception Unit has a 43 per cent success rate. The unit provides over 900 treatment cycles annually. The data is two years behind as that is the standard time frame for publication of the HFEA reports.
“It’s amazing – a wee girl from Scotland winning a Grammy for classical music in the US. It’s really quite an achievement,” he told BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme.
