Child poverty growing to horrendous levels under the SNP and the Tories
13 May 2017
Child poverty growing to horrendous levels under the SNP and the Tories – Gordon Brown
Shameful new figures show that child poverty in Scotland is projected to rise to unprecedented levels by the year 2022, Gordon Brown revealed.
In just five years’ time, 320,000 girls and boys will be living...Read More »
Key Scottish exports must be protected from Brexit disaster
Key Scottish exports must be protected from a Brexit disaster, Labour said today.
Speaking ahead of a visit to Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said the Tories' reckless approach to leaving the European Union (EU) will put at risk the protected status of food and...Read More »
DARLING AND McDOUGALL: VOTE LABOUR TO SAY NO TO INDEPENDENCE
11 May 2017
DARLING AND McDOUGALL: VOTE LABOUR TO SAY NO TO INDEPENDENCE
Former Better Together leaders Alistair Darling and Blair McDougall have joined forces to urge Scots to reject another divisive independence referendum by voting for Labour.
Former Better Together chairman Mr Darling has written to tens of thousands of voters in...Read More »
SNP literacy figures are “an absolute disgrace” - Gray
By Scottish Labour Education spokesperson Iain Gray MSP
The official Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy 2016 (Literacy) published yesterday has revealed slipping standards in reading and writing in our schools.
These figures are the education legacy of ten years of SNP government and they are an absolute disgrace. Standards in both...Read More »
NURSES ARE £3,400 WORSE OFF UNDER THE SNP
10 May 2017
NURSES ARE £3,400 WORSE OFF UNDER THE SNP
Scotland’s nurses have seen a real terms pay cut of £3,400 under the SNP, Labour can reveal.
Visiting the Royal College of Nurses today, Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale and health spokesperson Anas Sarwar will reveal the analysis showing how the average...Read More »