Drug use in jail now at 8-year high The number of prisoners disciplined for taking drugs in jail has now hit an eight-year high, figures have revealed.
SNP propose reducing requirement for school playing fields The SNP want to water-down the requirement for playing fields for new schools, it has emerged.
Schools could call in nursery teachers to deal with recruitment crisis A Scottish council has warned it may have to call in nursery teachers to take primary school classes if the nationwide recruitment crisis do
Huge gulf exposed in number of subjects offered in schools Schools which are only a few miles apart are offering pupils a vastly different number of subjects to study, new research has found.
Nicola Sturgeon reinstated 2014 indyref domain name The Scottish Government reinstated the website domain name it used during the 2014 referendum, despite polls showing no increased support fo
Matheson urged not to shun enforcement in drive to prevent crime The Scottish Government has been warned not to overlook the need for crime enforcement as it seeks to boost focus on prevention.
SNP misses five out of six stroke targets The Scottish Conservatives have urged for a greater emphasis on improving the quality of care for stroke patients across Scotland.
SNP’s ‘radical’ relaunch doesn’t include a single new policy Ideas set out by the SNP for a “radical” relaunch of government in the autumn don’t contain a single new idea, it has emerged.
Senior medics rake in £15k a head as NHS bonuses soar Bonuses were paid to thousands of leading NHS consultants last year, averaging more than £15,000 per head, it has been revealed.
‘Control freak’ SNP tried to meddle in Audit Scotland report The Scottish Government tried to persuade auditors to water down a damning report – which was supposed to be independent – into the country’
