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Day: October 1, 2023

GENDER: Council has responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of employees

October 1, 2023 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Council employees in West Dunbartonshire are being encouraged and supported to report Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the workplace. Members of Corporate

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SNP INFRASTRUCTURE CHAOS THREATENS NHS RECOVERY – BAILLIE

October 1, 2023 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Scottish Labour has warned that chaos in the SNP’s infrastructure plan could prolong the crisis in our NHS as the report casts

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Failures of flood defences and SNP exposed by Storm Babet

October 1, 2023 heaneymedia

Tuesday 31 October 2023 By Lucy Ashton Storm Babet exposed the shortcomings of Scotland’s flood defences and the SNP’s indifference to rural Scotland, parliament will

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  • MSPs should face same child protection and vulnerable adult checks as teachers and social workers.
  • Swinney told to come to Parliament to outline full details of public sector reforms
  • Rules for seeking Irish citizenship to be tightened under proposals due to go to Cabinet
  • Seventeenth person charged in connection with July disorder in Glasgow
  • SEE NORTHERN IRELAND WHEN THE AUTUMN LEAVES START TO FALL
  • Chancellor takes axe to delays holding back growth …

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MSPs should face same child protection and vulnerable adult checks as teachers and social workers.

MSPs should face same child protection and vulnerable adult checks as teachers and social workers.

by BILL HEANEY Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton, pictured right, has today said that the Scottish Government must press ahead with measures to ensure

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Swinney told to come to Parliament to outline full details of public sector reforms

Swinney told to come to Parliament to outline full details of public sector reforms

by BILL HEANEY The Scottish Conservatives are today (Monday) demanding that John Swinney come to Parliament and give full details on exactly what his public

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Rules for seeking Irish citizenship to be tightened under proposals due to go to Cabinet

Rules for seeking Irish citizenship to be tightened under proposals due to go to Cabinet

Ireland Candidates would have to be resident in the country for eight years and undertake a language test under the proposed overhaul Minister for Justice

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Seventeenth person charged in connection with July disorder in Glasgow

Seventeenth person charged in connection with July disorder in Glasgow

by DEMOCRAT REPORTER A 31-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with disorder in Glasgow on Saturday, 25 July, 2026. The man has

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SEE NORTHERN IRELAND WHEN THE AUTUMN LEAVES START TO FALL

SEE NORTHERN IRELAND WHEN THE AUTUMN LEAVES START TO FALL

View online Hello Democrat readers, something magical happens in Northern Ireland in autumn The season uncovers hidden gems and quiet glens, secluded coastal paths where

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Chancellor takes axe to delays holding back growth …

Chancellor takes axe to delays holding back growth …

Chancellor John Healey has set out his plan to drive growth in every postcode, backing Britain’s extraordinary strengths to deliver benefits across the whole country.

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SNP hide secret exam figures which reveal ‘success’ was overblown by Education Secretary Mairi McAllan

SNP hide secret exam figures which reveal ‘success’ was overblown by Education Secretary Mairi McAllan

Scottish Government doesn’t publish accurate exam results figures as it uses a percentage of those who actually sit the exam, rather than all those who

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1.3 MILLION SCOTS GOING YEARS WITHOUT DENTAL CARE

1.3 MILLION SCOTS GOING YEARS WITHOUT DENTAL CARE

 by BILL HEANEY Scottish Labour has raised the alarm as new figures show one in four NHS dentistry patients have gone more than five years

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