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Scottish police criticised for spending £600,000 on foreign travel

SCOTTISH police have been criticised for spending almost £600,000 on foreign travel over the past four years. A single visit to Thailand cost taxpayers £26,000 –...

Police bosses “obscene” £1million pay-off

POLITICIANS and tax campaigners have hit out at “obscene” Government plans for a £1million ‘golden goodbye’ to police bosses. Scottish ministers have agreed to reward...

Councils spend more on paper despite expensive iPads

TWO Scottish councils who lavished their top bosses with brand new iPads have failed to cut down on printing costs as planned. Local authorities in...

Black-out on private Holyrood bar

By Neil Pooran MSPs have banned pictures of their luxurious new £125,000 bar at Holyrood. The swanky watering hole - called the Queensberry House Lounge -...

Councils demand birth certificates to prove need for bigger wheelie bin

SCOTS councils are demanding that families requesting bigger wheelie bins hand over birth certificates to prove they aren’t lying about the number of children...

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