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Scotland
Scottish budget means a continuation of underfunded public services
Philip Stott The Scottish government’s pre-election budget – the 19th since the SNP won power at Holyrood in 2007 –…
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News & Analysis
Greens new leaderships won’t deliver change – build a socialist alternative
Chris Sermanni, branch secretary Glasgow City UNISON (personal capacity) This summer – within days of each other – both the…
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News & Analysis
NatWest walks away with billions of public money
Jimmy Haddow Starmer’s Labour government has sold the last of its interest in NatWest – formerly Royal Bank of Scotland…
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Trade Union
End the council cuts scandal
Jim McFarlane, Dundee City UNISON secretary (personal capacity) Councils across Scotland are currently drawing up plans to make another round…
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News & Analysis
Hundreds protest threatened council cuts in Dundee
Jim McFarlane, Dundee City UNISON branch secretary (personal capacity) SNP-run Dundee City Council are currently consulting over the closure of…
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News & Analysis
Scottish Greens leadership under pressure from members on council cuts
Philip Stott Having been effectively kicked out of the Scottish government by former first minister Humza Yousef earlier this year,…
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Featured Articles
Support the home care strikes for pay justice
Text of a Socialist Party Scotland leaflet Hundreds of home care workers are striking for pay justice. Socialist Party Scotland…
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News & Analysis
Support the UNISON school strikes
Jim McFarlane, Dundee City UNISON branch secretary (personal capacity) Strike action by UNISON members in schools and co-located nurseries will…
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Featured Articles
Tens of thousands of council workers vote to strike
Jim McFarlane, Dundee City Unison secretary (personal capacity) Local government workers across Scotland have voted in record numbers to take strike…
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News & Analysis
Deposit Return Scheme: Make big business polluters pay
Philip Stott The SNP-Green Scottish government’s planned Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) has been effectively scrapped. A proposed start date of…
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