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03 FEB 2012

Salmond under pressure to drop anti-Scottish agenda

The Scottish Conservatives have urged Alex Salmond to rein in his ministers and MSPs after a series of insulting comments. First, Joan McAlpine, a parliamentary aide to the First Minister, branded anyone who interferes in the referendum process as "anti-Scottish". Then, during a debate yesterday a...


03 FEB 2012

SNP to blame for school concern over implementation of new Curriculum for Excellence national exams

Teachers have called for schools to be able to delay the implementation of the new Curriculum for Excellence national exams. Scottish Conservative Education Spokesman, Liz Smith, has said the SNP must act urgently to address the concerns of the many schools which feel they are not fully prepared for...


02 FEB 2012

Retail levy threatens youth retail jobs

Today at the Finance and Sustainable Growth Question Time, Scottish Conservative MSP Margaret Mitchell pressed the Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism for more details on their proposed retail levy. In his response he failed to explain how the levy, which will take more than £100 mill...


02 FEB 2012

More flip-flopping from the SNP on the Euro

Ahead of a lecture in Edinburgh, John Swinney has indicated that in an independent Scotland they will keep the pound until well into the mid-2020s. The party's position on what currency to adopt has continually changed in the past decade from keeping the pound to joining the Euro. This latest U-tu...


02 FEB 2012

Time for SNP to reconsider drastic college cuts

The Scottish Conservatives have demanded that John Swinney re-thinks his budget proposals for college funding, which by 2014/15 will see a cut of £74million. There is deep-seated concern across the further education sector that there will now be additional cuts in staffing and in student place...


02 FEB 2012

Russell ‘Anti-Scottish’ comment insulting

Education Secretary Mike Russell today accused opposition parties of promoting "anti-Scottish" education policies. The comment came during a Scottish Conservative debate about the Scottish Government's plans to slash college funding. SNP MSP Joan McAlpine, a parliamentary liaison officer to Alex S...


02 FEB 2012

SNP’s approach to Prison Visiting Committees ‘seriously flawed’

The Scottish Conservatives brought forward a debate in the Scottish Parliament today on Prison Visiting Committees. The Committees provide vital and independent service and advice to prisoners but the SNP Government seeks to abolish them. Annabel Goldie MSP, who opened the debate, said: "The SNP G...


02 FEB 2012

Salmond’s ill thought-out defence plans put thousands of Scots jobs at risk

Alex Salmond today refused to guarantee the jobs of thousands of defence personnel in an independent Scotland. The SNP opposition to nuclear powered and armed submarines casts a major doubt on the future of the Faslane naval base, which as home to 6,500 workers is the largest single-site employer i...


01 FEB 2012

SNP college cuts need to be reversed

Tomorrow, the Scottish Conservatives will demand that John Swinney has a major re-think of his budget proposals for college funding, which by 2014/15 will see a cut of £74million. There is deep-seated concern across the further education sector that there will now be additional cuts in staffin...


01 FEB 2012

The SNP must stop playing politics with our colleges and universities

Following the publication today of both the Griggs and Von Prondzynski Reports on college and university governance structures, the Scottish Conservatives have warned that Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE) modernisation must not be used as an excuse to pave the way for government inte...


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