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Swinney vows to press ahead with local income tax plan

19.07.2008 01:26    thescotsman.scotsman.com
FINANCE secretary John Swinney today pledged to press ahead with plans to scrap the council tax.


Glasgow East by-election: Abortion and embryo controversies back in spotlight for final days of campaign

19.07.2008 01:26    thescotsman.scotsman.com
CATHOLIC churches are alerting parishioners to the views of the Glasgow East by-election candidates on abortion and embryo research days before they go to the polls.

Glasgow East by-election: Cyberwar as blogger targets Sturgeon

19.07.2008 01:26    thescotsman.scotsman.com
THE struggle to win the Glasgow East by-election has been turned into a cyberwar between some of Scotland's most ardent bloggers after one targeted Nicola Sturgeon, the De

Ross Lydall's by-election blog

19.07.2008 01:26    thescotsman.scotsman.com
Friday, 1015hrs

Unions attack leaked 'work-for-dole' plans

19.07.2008 01:26    thescotsman.scotsman.com
INCAPACITY benefit will be scrapped within five years and the jobless will have to work full-time after two years out of work in exchange for the dole, under welfare reform pr

Glasgow East by-election: Curran accused over role in scrapping fire targets

19.07.2008 01:26    thescotsman.scotsman.com
MARGARET Curran, the Labour candidate for Glasgow East, has been accused of forgetting her role in scrapping guaranteed fire service response times.

Swinney's local tax in trouble

19.07.2008 01:26    thescotsman.scotsman.com
JOHN Swinney, the finance secretary, was yesterday told to forget his plans for a local income tax unless he made big compromises.

Lib Dem accuses rival of stealing ideas

19.07.2008 01:26    thescotsman.scotsman.com
ONE of the contenders to become the next leader of Scottish Liberal Democrats yesterday accused the front-runner, Tavish Scott, of trying to steal his ideas.

Brown set to ditch key economic rule as UK borrowing soars

19.07.2008 01:26    thescotsman.scotsman.com
GORDON Brown has been accused of gambling his reputation for economic prudence by plotting to ditch one of his key fiscal rules as the UK borrowing level reached a record hig

Glasgow East by-election: SNP seizes on warning of fuel cost surge

19.07.2008 01:26    thescotsman.scotsman.com
THE rising cost of living dominated the Glasgow East by-election yesterday after warnings of massive increases in gas prices.

'Calamity' Kate refuses to quit as pressure grows over £50m crisis

19.07.2008 01:26    thescotsman.scotsman.com
THE leader of crisis-hit Aberdeen city council yesterday defiantly refused to resign in the face of a mounting storm of protest over the scale of the authority's £50 milli

Glasgow East by-election: SNP say sorry over police on leaflet

19.07.2008 01:26    thescotsman.scotsman.com
THE SNP apologised to police after a picture of two officers was put on a leaflet distributed as part of the party's Glasgow East by-election campaign, it was reported las

Muslim panel to focus on wearing of Islamic veils in UK

19.07.2008 01:26    thescotsman.scotsman.com
THE wearing of the Islamic veil is one of the issues to be examined by a panel of Muslim experts being set up by the government, it was announced yesterday.

Glasgow East by-election: Mason counters drive to close 2,000 post offices

19.07.2008 01:25    thescotsman.scotsman.com
JOHN Mason, the SNP by-election candidate, spoke out against the UK government's post office closure plans when he visited an outlet in Shettleston Road, Glasgow, yesterd

Lennox: Africa's Aids crisis 'similar to horror of Nazi concentration camps'

19.07.2008 01:25    thescotsman.scotsman.com
ANNIE Lennox, the Scots-born rock star, has launched an outspoken attack on the South African government over its response to the HIV/Aids pandemic in southern Africa, a cr

MoD admits twice as many laptops stolen

19.07.2008 01:25    thescotsman.scotsman.com
THE Ministry of Defence yesterday admitted that 658 of its laptops had been stolen over the past four years â€" nearly double the figure previously claimed.

1bn EU grant frozen

19.07.2008 01:25    thescotsman.scotsman.com
The EU has frozen 1 billion in aid to new member state Bulgaria over fears of corruption and organised crime.

Referendum bid on Lisbon fails

19.07.2008 01:25    thescotsman.scotsman.com
TYCOON Stuart Wheeler has failed in a bid to force a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. An appeal judge held his challenge to the High Court's rejection of his case had &#

Man dies after lorry accident

19.07.2008 01:23    thescotsman.scotsman.com
A MAN has died after he was hit by a lorry in Saltmarket, Glasgow.

Stag parties home in on cheap nights

19.07.2008 01:23    thescotsman.scotsman.com
STAG and hen parties are forgoing expensive foreign bashes in favour of cheap nights out in the UK, according to a new survey.

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