Category: Politics
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‘Nothing’s affordable’: buying a home now just a dream on Arran | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/22/nothing-affordable-buying-home-now-just-dream-young-couples-older-workers-arran-tourism-booming
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Housing crisis on Arran leaves hundreds of islanders without homes | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/apr/22/housing-crisis-on-arran-leaves-hundreds-of-islanders-without-homes
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Gaffe reveals why Sturgeon refused to meet nuclear waste protestor
https://theferret.scot/sturgeon-nuclear-waste-protestor/
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The fight to revive Rosyth’s link to the continent is a light in the Brexit gloom | The National
https://www.thenational.scot/news/17383521.the-fight-to-revive-rosyths-link-to-the-continent-is-a-light-in-the-brexit-gloom/
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“Sensitive” ScotGov documents cast new light on Ministers’ & SPADs’ FOI role
Newly released documents, obtained as a result of two appealed FOI requests, show that Ministers and Special Advisers have been deeply involved in the withholding of information from the public, sometimes despite the protests of civil servants – including those in the government’s own FOI Unit. As this is rather…
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FOI victory reveals the full extent of Teach First’s Scottish lobbying | Blog
Last week, in an exclusive story with Severin Carrell and published by The Guardian, I revealed that Prince Charles has finally admitted to lobbying the Scottish government, and in particular former First Minister Alex Salmond, in an attempt to help Teach First expand their operations into Scotland’s education system. These…
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FOI Watchdog Orders Government to Release Testing Advice | Blog
Government must publish standardised testing advice
James McEnaney 