SNP minister John Swinney has been slated by opposition MSPs for environmental hypocrisy after he used his ministerial car for a journey of 200 metres. As the Scottish Government Minister for Finance and Sustainable Growth, Mr Swinney has overall ...
Fri 15 Feb 2008 by Helen Walker | Read more »
The SNP has created 24 new quangos since it was elected in May, despite promises by Alex Salmond to cut Scotland's 200 quangos by a quarter at the SNP conference in Aviemore.Quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations, known colloquially as quangos...
Mon 03 Dec 2007 by Alastair Sloan | Read more »
Students in Scotland have expressed dismay after the SNP shelved plans to scrap student debt. Nationalist finance minister John Swinney announced last Wednesday that the government would not deliver its manifesto promise to eliminate the debt accrued b...
Mon 19 Nov 2007 by Alastair Sloan, Sarah Clark | Read more »
