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Wednesday, Oct 15

11

Stirling Council urged to halt 'tourist tax' plans until Scottish Government clarifies law

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

The Federation of Small Businesses has called for Stirling Council to either drop its plans for a 5-per cent overnight accommodation charge or wait until the Scottish Government clarifies the law.

Tuesday, Oct 14

14

UK and Scottish Governments commend returning national damp and mould campaign ahead of introduction of Awaab’s Law

www.shropshirestar.com

A national campaign aimed at tackling the scourge of damp and mould in people’s homes has received formal recognition from the UK and Scottish Governments, as the housing sector prepares for the introduction of Awaab’s Law.

13

Couple in bitter 30-year feud with neighbours over trees take row to Scottish Government

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The trees separate their rural properties near the village of Kemnay, Aberdeenshire.

Monday, Oct 13

19

Swinney says Scottish government will sponsor visas for foreign care workers

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First minister tells SNP conference older people should not ‘pay the price for Westminster’s prejudice’ over immigration

18

SNP demands MORE immigration: John Swinney says Scottish Government will sponsor visas for foreign care workers - making a mockery of Keir Starmer's crackdown

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The First Minister and SNP leader set out his 'solution' to the UK Government's immigration crackdown, which he claimed had left care homes 'crying out for staff'.

17

Scottish govt to 'step in' to sponsor care home workers after skilled worker visa axed

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The Scottish government will sponsor care home workers after Sir Keir Starmer changed the skilled worker visa this year, Scotland's first minister has announced.

06

This SNP Government looks more knackered than ever after 18 years in power

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

In his regular column for the Record, the Scottish Labour leader says his party is ready to put ambition back at the heart of politics and deliver a new direction for Scotland.

Saturday, Oct 11

08

SNP Scottish Government urged to boost defence sector to become world leader

www.scotsman.com

Aerospace, security and defence lobby group unveils inaugural manifesto for Holyrood elections

Friday, Oct 10

00

China’s Ming Yang to invest up to £1.5bn in Scottish turbine factory

www.ft.com

Company says the project is subject to ‘final approvals’ from the UK government

21

Patients at scandal-hit hospital ‘justified’ to feel government failed them, says Jeane Freeman

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The former SNP minister, who held the health portfolio between 2018 and 2021, gave evidence to the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry on Friday.

15

Freeman tells inquiry Government was ‘naive’ in hospital oversight

www.standard.co.uk

The former health secretary told the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry she felt NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde took a ‘nothing to see here’ approach.

Freeman tells inquiry Government was ‘naive’ in hospital oversight

www.expressandstar.com

The former health secretary told the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry she felt NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde took a ‘nothing to see here’ approach.

Freeman tells inquiry Government was ‘naive’ in hospital oversight

www.shropshirestar.com

The former health secretary told the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry she felt NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde took a ‘nothing to see here’ approach.

13

Resident doctors to vote on strike action in pay row with Scottish Government

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BMA Scotland claimed ministers have ‘shamefully reneged on the deal we agreed in 2023’.

Resident doctors to vote on strike action in pay row with Scottish Government

www.shropshirestar.com

BMA Scotland claimed ministers have ‘shamefully reneged on the deal we agreed in 2023’.

Resident doctors to vote on strike action in pay row with Scottish Government

www.standard.co.uk

BMA Scotland claimed ministers have ‘shamefully reneged on the deal we agreed in 2023’.

Resident doctors to vote on strike action in pay row with Scottish Government

www.independent.co.uk

BMA Scotland claimed ministers have ‘shamefully reneged on the deal we agreed in 2023’.

Thursday, Oct 9

15

Less than half of Scots trust Government to do right by country, report finds

The Scottish Social Attitudes survey looked at attitudes today compared to the dawn of devolution.

Less than half of Scots trust Government to do right by country, report finds

The Scottish Social Attitudes survey looked at attitudes today compared to the dawn of devolution.