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Counter-protesters gather in Glasgow to drown out anti-immigration rally

COUNTER-PROTESTERS have gathered in Glasgow in a bid to drown out an anti-immigration rally attended by people trying to “divide communities”…

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Hundreds at Glasgow Green anti-immigration demonstration and counter protests

The Pink Ladies organised a rally which sparked counter-protests.

Evening Standard

Why the Scottish Government can't keep running from council tax reform

EARLIER this year, YouGov polling for Tax Justice Scotland found a staggering 83 of Scots want a fairer system to replace Council Tax with more…

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John Swinney faces backlash over 'reckless' plans to slash Scotland's health boards

Plans to cut the number of regional health boards in Scotland from 14 to just two could be “more reckless than revolutionary”, John Swinney has…

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John Swinney is warned reform package may be ‘more reckless than revolutionary’

The Scottish Trades Union Congress’s Roz Foyer said he was ‘presenting the public with a misleading choice of cuts packaged as public sector reform’.

Evening Standard

STUC boss calls for national strategy for Scotland’s AI data centres

SCOTLAND risks being left “fighting for the crumbs from the table” as tech giants cash in on the AI boom, a union boss has warned ...

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How Westminster limits what Scotland can do with wealth taxes

IMPLEMENTING a wealth tax in Scotland would require “careful navigation of constitutional constraints”, a new report has said.

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Elon Musk's trillionaire status is the result of a broken economic system

A TRILLION dollars is usually used to describe the GDP of the largest economies in the world, but now it can equally be applied to the net worth of…

The National (Scotland)

Wealthiest Scots see 'incomprehensible' surge in wealth since Holyrood reconvened

The 10 richest people in Scotland have seen their wealth increase by more than 800 per cent since the Scottish Parliament was reconvened, new…

The National (Scotland)

Reform making ‘fake promises based on fantasy economics’, union boss warns

STUC leader Roz Foyer also described the feud between Scottish Labour and Reform as a ‘psychodrama’.

Evening Standard

Leaders hope budget funding will boost Labour in next year’s Scotland and Wales elections

Scottish Labour’s Anas Sarwar and the Welsh first minister, Eluned Morgan, both face humiliating defeat in next year’s elections, according to polling

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Wealth tax on the 10 richest families could rescue 30,000 children from poverty

Enough money to lift 30,000 children out of poverty could be generated from just the top 10 richest families in Scotland if the country introduced a…

The National (Scotland)

Wealth tax on 10 richest Scots could lift 30,000 out of poverty, report suggests

The STUC said the £492 million a year raised could alternatively fund 12,000 new nurses in hospitals, or 11,000 more teachers in classrooms.

Evening Standard

Nicola Sturgeon and Val McDermid among 200 to sign letter against far-right

FORMER first minister Nicola Sturgeon and the wife of former first minister Humza Yousaf, Nadia El-Nakla, have signed a letter which insists that…

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Richest 2 per cent of Scottish households have 15 per cent of wealth, report finds

THE wealthiest households in Scotland have on average £1.3 million in total wealth, while in comparison the least wealthy had just £7600, a new…

The Independent UK

Report finds top 2% of households have 18% of wealth in Scotland

Campaigners at Tax Justice Scotland said the study highlighted the ‘vast scale of unfairness in Scotland’.

The National (Scotland)

'Illogical': Trade union concerns over planned £1bn public service cuts

THE Scottish Government’s plan to reform public services and save billions by the end of the decade has been branded “reckless and illogical”…

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'Right to choose independence' should be focus of Holyrood 2026, former MP says

Pro-independence parties should have the "right to choose" independence at the "front and centre" of their Holyrood election…

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John Swinney reaffirms support for trans people amid 'uncertainty and anxiety'

John Swinney has reaffirmed his support for trans rights as he reflected on "feelings of enormous uncertainty and anxiety" in the…

The National (Scotland)

John Swinney to call on UK to back Scottish industry in STUC Congress address

JOHN Swinney will call on the UK Government to fully support Scottish industry when he addresses the STUC Congress.

The National (Scotland)

What did we learn from John Swinney's anti-far-right summit?

HOURS after Scotland's political leaders gathered to discuss how they plan to safeguard the country’s democracy from the rise of the far-right,…

The National (Scotland)

Summit attendees must be ready for 'hard conversations', says union leader

ATTENDEES at a summit held by the First Minister to counter the far right must “be ready to have hard conversations about how we got here”, the…

The National (Scotland)

Reform UK attack 'Scottish political class' over exclusion from anti-far-right summit

REFORM UK have attacked Scotland's "political class" ahead of the anti-far-right summit called by John Swinney, from which they have been…

The National (Scotland)

Labour accused of letting Reform UK exploit working-class voters by union chief

LABOUR have abandoned working-class voters and left a “political vacuum” for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK to exploit, the head of a union…

The National (Scotland)

Industry body demands River City job securities from BBC Scotland

BBC Scotland has been accused of “needlessly” throwing workers into “completely avoidable” uncertainty as union and industry heads demand an…

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