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Ferry contractor: Private detention firm Serco also runs ferries to the Northern Isles
FERRY services to the Orkney and Shetland isles will be put out to tender to privateers again, the Scottish government announced today.
The contract, currently held by Serco, is up for renewal — but unions and opposition parties have pushed for it to be taken over by the state.
SNP Transport Minister Humza Yousaf said he would prefer the service to be awarded to a state bidder, but it had “become clear the preference of the local communities is for this contract to be put out to tender, rather than a direct award to an in-house operator.”
Unison national officer CLARE WILLIAMS spoke to the Morning Star about the union’s priority campaigns and why they will not let up just because the Prime Minister has changed
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
