UK gov must not pander to 'poverty myths'

Tue, 14/05/2013 - 15:12

 

Scottish National Party spokesperson for Work and Pensions Dr Eilidh Whiteford MP has slammed the UK Government for pandering to ‘poverty myths’ as new research shows more and more people believe that individual characteristics rather than societal issues cause poverty.

SNP condemn LibDem attempt to narrow access

Tue, 14/05/2013 - 15:01

The SNP has condemned moves by the LibDems to attempt to limit widening access in the Scottish Parliament’s Education Committee today.

Amendments lodged by the LibDems to the Post-16 Education Bill would have significantly restricted efforts to widen access if passed.

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Poll - Tories pandering to peripheral party

Tue, 14/05/2013 - 13:48

Scotland risks being dragged to the right by Tories pandering to UKIP – despite the latest polls showing the party in Scotland has less than a tenth of the level of it’s UK wide support.

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UK gov must stop callous attacks on vulnerable

Tue, 14/05/2013 - 13:01

Christina McKelvie MSP will tonight (Tuesday) hold a

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Change of course needed on economy

Tue, 14/05/2013 - 12:44

The SNP has tabled an amendment to the Queen’s Speech calling for a change in economic policy to boost growth and jobs. The amendment will say that the programme announced “fails to meet the aspirations of the people of Scotland.”

SNP delivering for Aberdeen with Wi-Fi for station

Tue, 14/05/2013 - 11:17

The announcement today that Aberdeen station is set to benefit from the introduction of Wi-Fi for passengers has been hailed as the latest demonstration of the SNP Government's commitment to improving infrastructure in Aberdeen and the wider the North East.

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Mark McDonald selected as SNP Donside candidate

Mon, 13/05/2013 - 19:27

Aberdeen Donside Constituency Association have tonight selected North East MSP Mark McDonald as the SNP's candidate for the forthcoming by-election on the 20th of June.

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The benefits and possibilities of independence

Nicola Sturgeon

Please find enclosed the text of a speech delivered today by Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish National Party Depute Leader and Deputy First Minister, in which she focuses on the themes of "the benefits and possibilities of independence", and the "two futures" facing Scotland under either a Yes or No vote in the referendum.

Ms Sturgeon said:

Nicola Sturgeon
May 13th, 2013
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Gordon Brown's argument for the union is nonsense

Sun, 12/05/2013 - 15:56

Speaking at a Yes campaign event in Glasgow this evening (Sunday), Scottish National Party leader and First Minister Alex Salmond said that the case against independence now being made by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown - i.e. that Scottish MPs are necessary to determine a Labour government at Westminster - is "political, arithmetical and intellectual nonsense".

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Westminster must play fair on Referendum

Sun, 12/05/2013 - 12:02

Responding to Professor Matt Qvortrup’s research which shows that on independence the consequence of the UK government and no campaign’s claims that the rest of the UK is entitled to all of the assets built up by all parts of the UK, is that Scotland would be entitled to become independent without having to take on any of t

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