Our NHS needs a Labour government now more than ever
Today marks 69 years since Clement Attlee’s Labour government created our National Health Service.
In 1948, in the aftermath of war and national bankruptcy, it was a Labour government which found the resources to create a National Health Service (NHS) – our proudest achievement – providing universal healthcare for all on...Read More »
Insecure work soars under SNP
Figures revealed by Labour today show insecure work has increased by nearly a third since 2011.
The figures show 220,000 people in Scotland are in low paid or insecure work, a 32 per cent rise since the SNP won a majority in 2011.
This is...Read More »
Scottish Labour calls for action on ScotRail performance
Fewer than half of ScotRail services arrive on time at as many as 20 stations across Scotland, new figures have revealed.
The latest data from ScotRail, covering the period May 28 to June 24, shows that under 50 per cent of services were on time at these stations.
Scottish Labour's Neil Bibby...Read More »
Labour keeps up the pressure on public sector pay
3 July 2017
Public sector workers need a pay rise. That's why today Kez Dugdale has written to Nicola Sturgeon calling for clarity on vague promises about a pay rise.
The story so far…
On 10 May 2017, Nicola Sturgeon and other SNP MSPs voted against a Labour motion at Holyrood to scrap...Read More »
It’s time to end Tory and SNP austerity
REVEALED: THE SNP HAS CUT COUNCIL SERVICES THREE TIMES FASTER THAN THE SCOTTISH BUDGET HAS BEEN CUT
A report by independent experts has revealed that the SNP government has cut council services three times faster than the Scottish Budget has been cut.
Research by the independent Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe)...Read More »