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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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Workplace News
Stop the college funding cuts
Wayne Scott The latest round of cuts to Scotland’s colleges is yet another damning indictment of an education system suffocating…
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Campaigns
Homes for all – a socialist approach
Against the background of rising tensions and protests over the issue of asylum seekers being accommodated in hotels, urgent discussion…
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Youth & Students
University funding crisis needs campaigning socialist solutions
Oisin Duncan Following the Scottish government’s announcement in January that more than 1,000 funded university places for Scottish students would…
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News & Analysis
National Care Service plan in tatters – fight for public ownership
The Scottish government have announced another delay in their much talked about National Care Service amid overwhelming opposition from care…
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News & Analysis
Scotland’s drug deaths scandal driven by capitalism, poverty and cuts
Lynda McEwan Scotland continues to be the drugs death capital of Europe for the sixth year in a row. 1,172…
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News & Analysis
Labour’s budget won’t deliver for workers – socialist policies would
Editorial from the Socialist – the paper of Socialist Party Scotland – Nov-Dec edition Behind the rhetoric of a Labour…
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News & Analysis
Perth and Kinross UNISON strike for pay justice
Text of a Socialist Party Scotland leaflet Socialist Party Scotland offer our full support to the striking UNISON members at…
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News & Analysis
Scotland’s housing emergency – For a mass council house building programme
Matt Dobson The SNP government, in May, declared a national housing emergency. 10,000 children in Scotland are in temporary accommodation.…
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Equality
Hate Crime Act won’t aid the fight against oppression
Socialist Party Scotland statement The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act was implemented on 1 April to a storm…
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