Government payouts articles
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Scottish Greens leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater are set to walk away with a £17,000 payout after being axed from government by Humza Yousaf
By Michael Blackley, political editor, Scottish Daily Mail Published: 6:23 p.m. EDT, April 25, 2024 | Updated: 9:26 p.m. EDT, April 25, 2024 The co-leaders of the Scottish Greens are set to receive a taxpayer-funded windfall of £17,000 for their exclusion from government.First Minister Humza Yousaf's decision to sack Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater from his government will result in both receiving lucrative...
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Are you sure Angela? Rayner under fire for claiming government has overseen 'more strikes than at any time before' when official stats show there were more days lost to industrial action under a previous Labour government (and Margaret Thatcher!)
Labour's under-pressure deputy leader made the remark as she kicked off Deputy Prime Ministers Questions in the Commons this afternoon.
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Very Bad Government
From the beginning, the SNP leadership has skilfully papered over its failures and absurdities with soaring rhetoric of the better life to come once Scotland is “free.”