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Amazon has raked in millions in taxpayer grants from the SNP

5th April 2017 

The SNP government has channelled millions of pounds of taxpayers' cash to Amazon since 2007.

Now figures released by Scottish Enterprise, Scotland's economic development agency,  show that Amazon has benefited from more that £3.6million of taxpayer grants since the nationalists came to power.

Amazon has hit the headlines in recent...Read More »


The SNP is silencing NHS staff

4 August 2017

The SNP has cancelled an annual survey of NHS staff which highlighted the pressure they are under.

The NHS Scotland staff survey is normally published in December, but so far no survey has been published for 2016.

Previous staff surveys have highlighted the pressure NHS staff are under due to...Read More »


Our hospitals need more nurses and midwives

3rd April 2017

New figures published by Scottish labour today show that the number of unfilled nursing and midwifery posts has rocketed under the SNP.

Since 2011 the number of  vacancies for nursing and idwifery posts has increased from around 600 to over 2,500. That’s a more than 280% increase.

Even more worryingly,...Read More »


Nicola Sturgeon should ban mesh products

30 March 2017

The mesh implant scandal has caused misery for hundreds of women in Scotland.

The implants are medical devices used by doctors to treat a number of conditions such as incontinence and other issues that can occur after childbirth.

Some women have reported severe and constant abdominal and vaginal pain following...Read More »


Ten things you may have missed this week

TEN THINGS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED THIS WEEK

 

While Nicola Sturgeon focused on her plan for a divisive second independence referendum, here are ten things that happened under the SNP government this week:

 

1. New statistics revealed the SNP government has failed cancer patients for the FOURTH year running as waiting time...Read More »


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