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A SOCIALIST Labour MSP has described the Scottish government’s legislative plans for the year as a “failed opportunity” to transform the economy.
North East Scotland politician Mercedes Villalba said the programme for government, unveiled earlier this week by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, will struggle to tackle the climate emergency, end inequality and shift economic power into Scottish communities.
Senior trade unionists in Scotland have raised issues with the SNP’s strategy to fight the climate emergency and support workers, with the STUC saying proposals on green investments were “not credible” and criticising its response to the Just Transition Commission’s recommendations.
Can Andy Burnham’s programme deliver a productive economy – or merely a softer version of capitalism, asks VINCE MILLS
If we can tackle the big issues, like delivering decent public services and affordable state-built and owned housing by making the richest pay a fair amount of tax, Labour can win back the trust and support of the electorate, argues ANDY McDONALD MP
Climate justice and workers’ rights movements are uniting to make the rich pay for our transition to a green economy, writes assistant general secretary of PCS JOHN MOLONEY, ahead of a major demonstration on September 20
On the release of her memoir that reveals everything except politics, Sturgeon’s endless media coverage has focused on her panic attacks, sexuality and personal tragedies while ignoring her government’s many failures, writes PAULINE BRYAN