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John Swinney

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First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Report: First Minister's Questions

Key points- First Minister Alex Salmond was in the Scottish Parliament to answer questions from opposition party leaders and backbenchers.- The case of Maureen Fleming and her fight for a cancer drug not readily available was highlighted at FMQs for a ... [Published BBC - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Johann Lamont, Scotland, Drugs, Denis Healey, Twitter

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Scottish Parliament

Elements of stamp duty replacement blasted by experts

Parts of the SNP’s proposed replacement of stamp duty have been described as “a disgrace”, “a dog” and “a broken toy” by leading experts.The Land and Buildings Transaction Tax plans were discussed in today’s finance committee in the Scottish Parliame ... [Published Scottish Conservative Party - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Stamp Duty, Scottish Conservative Party, Law Society, Scottish Parliament, Scottish Government

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

The Labour Party (United Kingdom)

Labour accused of tax 'hypocrisy'

Labour has been accused of hypocrisy by criticising Scottish Government grants to companies who "dodge tax" and plans to cut corporation tax at Holyrood while praising grants and tax cuts elsewhere. Labour finance spokesman Ken Macintosh criticised £10 ... [Published Wharfvalley - 6 hours ago]

Entities: The Labour Party (United Kingdom), Taxes, Helen Eadie, Neil Bibby, Hypocrisy

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

VIDEO: Scottish Parliament

Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop told MSPs the government was holding talks with various public agencies about setting up a film studio in Scotland, during general questions on 23 May 2013.MSPs also questioned Environment Minister Paul Wheelhouse, Welfare ... [Published BBC - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Scottish Parliament, Fiona Hyslop, Michael Matheson, Keith Brown, John Swinney

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Senior police officer calls for scrapping of Scottish councils

Some of Scotland's 32 local authorities and 14 health boards should be scrapped to reduce the number of senior management posts, deliver better services and reduce costs, a senior police officer has said.Chief superintendent David O'Connor, president ... [Published Local Government Executive - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Police Officer, David O'Neill, John Swinney, Public Policy, Police

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 18 hours ago - 3 reports

Scottish police chiefs suggest councils follow their merger lead

Senior officers in Scotland’s newly centralised national police force have angered council leaders by suggesting that the police merger could form a template for getting rid of many local authorities. Scotland’s eight regional police forces were formed ... [Published Public Finance Magazine - May 22 2013]

Entities: Mergers & Acquisitions, Police, Scotland

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

Osborne told to expect losses in RBS sale

George Osborne has been warned his austerity drive will hurt the economy and that he must be prepared to lose billions of pounds selling off Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).The International Monetary Fund (IMF) also expressed concern the Chancellors's flagship ... [Published Herald Scotland - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, George Osborne, International Monetary Fund

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

Michael Kelly: Police have right to quiz services

With the advent of devolution, is there still a role for local government to play, asks Michael Kelly Our police rarely have the ability to surprise us. However, just when I thought that the new Police Scotland had abandoned any sense of priority and ... [Published The Scotsman - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Michael Kelly, Police, Scotland, Reformism

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Pressure grows on UK Government to change course

22/05/2013On the same day that the IMF's deputy managing director, David Lipton, suggested the government should slow the rate of its austerity programme by bringing forward measures like infrastructure spending, Finance Secretary John Swinney told business ... [Published Noodls - May 22 2013]

Entities: UK Government, Scotland, John Swinney, United Kingdom

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Assurances over future of Tayside GPs’ surgery

Assurances on the future of Invergowrie Medical Practice have been given by NHS Tayside chief executive Gerry Marr.After a meeting with Perthshire North MSP John Swinney, Mr Marr said there was no question mark over the future of the surgery and no possibility ... [Published Evening Telegraph - May 22 2013]

Entities: John Swinney, NHS, Mike Gray

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

John Swinney will love Edinburgh trams - father

THE father of finance secretary John Swinney has predicted his tram-sceptic son will be won over once the Edinburgh line opens next year.Ken Swinney, who travelled on the first completed section yesterday, told The Scotsman he thought many critics would ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 22 2013]

Entities: John Swinney, Edinburgh (United Kingdom)

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

John Swinney: Independent Scotland would not be over-reliant on oil

SNP Finance Secretary John Swinney denies the suggestion that an independent Scotland would be over-reliant on incomes from North Sea oil. ... [Published PoliticsHome - May 21 2013]

Entities: John Swinney, Scotland, North Sea Oil

Quotes

Mr Swinney said: "can i give mr bibby a few words from one of his friends: 'we have cut corporation tax twice and i want to go further. we will reduce the tax again when we are able to do so'."

Labour accused of tax 'hypocrisy' [Published Wharfvalley - 6 hours ago]

Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney said: "the chancellor must change the uk's approach to the economy and deliver greater capital investment to stimulate growth and support construction."

Osborne told to expect losses in RBS sale [Published Herald Scotland - 18 hours ago]

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Elements of stamp duty replacement blasted by e... [Published Scottish Conservative Party - 3 hours ago]
Labour accused of tax 'hypocrisy' [Published Wharfvalley - 6 hours ago]
VIDEO: Scottish Parliament [Published BBC - 8 hours ago]
Report: First Minister's Questions [Published BBC - 9 hours ago]
Senior police officer calls for scrapping of Sc... [Published Local Government Executive - 9 hours ago]
Hey, don't forget about our Aberdeen Bay wind p... [Published Daily Record - 14 hours ago]
Osborne told to expect losses in RBS sale [Published Herald Scotland - 18 hours ago]
Michael Kelly: Police have right to quiz services [Published The Scotsman - 18 hours ago]
Environment Tracker [Published Holyrood - 19 hours ago]
Pressure grows on UK Government to change course [Published Noodls - May 22 2013]
Alistair Darling: Salmond's Default Position Ba... [Published Huffington Post UK - May 22 2013]
Scottish police chiefs suggest councils follow ... [Published Public Finance Magazine - May 22 2013]
Assurances over future of Tayside GPs’ surgery [Published Evening Telegraph - May 22 2013]
Police chief in council merger call [Published BBC - May 22 2013]
Holyrood morning roundup: Wednesday 22 May, 201... [Published Holyrood - May 22 2013]
Police chiefs call for local authorities to be ... [Published Herald Scotland - May 22 2013]
John Swinney will love Edinburgh trams - father [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 22 2013]
John Swinney will love Edinburgh trams - father [Published The Scotsman - May 22 2013]
John Swinney: Independent Scotland would not be... [Published PoliticsHome - May 21 2013]
UK Treasury indy claims undermined by Bank of E... [Published NewsnetScotland.com - May 21 2013]
Independence not just possible but necessary sa... [Published NewsnetScotland.com - May 21 2013]
Warning over impact of ONS reclassification - P... [Published Holyrood - May 21 2013]
Independence 'would push up finance costs' [Published Herald Scotland - May 21 2013]
Scottish independence: Yes vote savings threat [Published The Scotsman - May 21 2013]
Scottish Independence & the Third Sector [Published Tods Murray - May 20 2013]
Scottish independence could threaten thousands ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 20 2013]
Concern for Scottish Banks in Independence Effort [Published AdBanks.net - May 20 2013]
Recovery ‘more robust’ as job creation hits 12-... [Published Tayside and Fife Courier - May 20 2013]
Scotland Risks Cyprus-Style Crisis: Report CNBC [Published Yahoo! Finance - May 20 2013]
Millions of savers with £750bn at risk if Scotl... [Published Telegraph - May 20 2013]

Blogs

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Concern for Scottish Banks in Independence Effort [Published AdBanks.net - May 20 2013] The document, to be published Monday, is the latest of three studies by the British government meant to sway opinion in Scotland ahead of next year’s planned referendum there on independence. Last month the British government suggested that an independent ...
British Study Raises Warning on Scottish Banks [Published AdBanks.net - May 19 2013] LONDON — An independent Scotland could find its banks too big to rescue in the event of another crisis, according to a British government report that compares the Scottish financial sector to those of debt-laden Iceland and Cyprus. The document, to ...
Independent Scotland open to Cyprus-style bank ... [Published AdBanks.net - May 19 2013] Sun May 19, 2013 4:31am EDT * Referendum on independence due in Sept. 2014 * Breakaway would leave Scotland vulnerable-British Treasury * Scottish financial sector would dwarf economy, says report By William James LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) ...
Marine Energy Breakthrough: New Technology Mult... [Published Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - May 13 2013] Marine Energy Breakthrough: New Technology Multiplies Potential from Renewable Energy News - RenewableEnergyWorld.com by Anders Jansson, CEO, Minesto Marineenergy is the 'best of the best' amongst green energy sources: it hasthe greatest potential ...
Scotland's independence debate is giving unioni... [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Apr 24 2013] Alex Salmond's SNP should be crowing after Osborne's speech. But pro-UK politics is making a confident comeback This week Alex Salmond was gifted the sort of opportunity he is supposed to dream of. A widely disliked silver spoon English Tory chancellor, ...