LATEST NEWS FROM SCOTTISH LABOUR

Scottish Labour today warned that progress made in tackling crime will be seriously undermined by SNP cuts to police officers and support staff. New figures out today showed that the increase in police numbers had almost ground to...

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Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray dismissed Nicola Sturgeon as “hopelessly out of touch with the country and guilty of abusing public money” as the deputy First Minister claimed today the Referendum bill would be the core issue in the...

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Reacting to NUS Scotland’s “Still in the Red” report, Scottish Labour has called for action to put more pounds in students’ pockets as the current economic climate continues to take its toll on those in further study. The...

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Scottish Labour today said that new statistics revealed by the Times Educational Supplement Scotland showed that older teachers are not delaying their retirement, putting paid to the argument that they are partially responsible for the desperate job prospects facing new...

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Labour MP Russell Brown said today he is “furious” at news that the Tory Lib Dem Government is to withdraw UK Border Agency funding for three ports police officers at Stranraer - where large numbers of immigration offences are detected....

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Scottish Labour’s Bill Butler has welcomed the Scottish Government’s announcement that £800,000 will be invested in swimming lessons for primary pupils, but called on the SNP to deliver on its pledge to provide children with free access to council pools....

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Scottish Labour’s Jackie Baillie has condemned the SNP for announcing a minimum price of 45p per unit, which would put over £140 million in the pockets of the big supermarkets without creating a single extra penny for more police or...

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In an address to the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce’s Annual General Meeting this morning, Labour's leader in the Scottish Parliament, Iain Gray said the capital had suffered triple-whammy with an SNP government at Holyrood, an SNP Lib Dem council running...

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Scottish Labour has welcomed news that after a relentless campaign from Labour the Scottish Government has at long agreed to take action on so-called ‘party flats’. Scottish Labour's Sarah Boyack MSP has pursued this issue...

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The SNP government has been criticised today for pulling out of a free fruit scheme for school children. Dr Richard Simpson, Scottish Labour’s Public Health spokesman, said: “The SNP have treated the free fruit scheme as...

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