7 Jun 2019 Teachers inundated the SNP government with concerns over combined classes, new documents have shown. On the day after education secretary John Swinney described concerns over multi-level teaching as a “moan-fest”, more than 30 letters to … read more
6 Jun 2019 More than 100 schools in Scotland are being forced to run combined classes where at least three different qualifications are being taught by the same teacher at the same time. Research by the Scottish Conservatives has revealed the extent… read more
31 May 2019 The SNP’s tactic of blaming Brexit for the billion pound black hole in Scotland’s finances has been exposed by the Fraser of Allander Institute’s Stuart McIntyre. The Finance Secretary, Derek Mackay explicitly blamed Brexit for the poor … read more
31 May 2019 More than one in eight drug-related hospital admissions in Scotland are now caused by cannabis, scotching theories that the substance is harmless. New statistics revealed there were 1689 people taken to hospital in 2017/18 after using th… read more
30 May 2019 A black hole exceeding £1 billion has been revealed at the heart of Scotland’s budget as a result of slow economic growth under the SNP. The Scottish Fiscal Commission revealed today that budgets were being adjusted to account for Scotla… read more