First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is joining calls for next year's Eurovision Song Contest to be hosted in Scotland.
31.05.2022 - 13:01 / dailyrecord.co.uk
All council leaders have put their names to a letter demanding extra cash from the Scottish Government to avert a summer of strikes.
Town hall bosses warned Nicola Sturgeon that a failure to resolve the dispute will damage the mental health of workers.
Council umbrella group COSLA is responsible for pay talks with staff and has offered a 2% rise.
However, with inflation predicted to hit 10%, critics say the offer amounts to a significant pay cut.
The GMB trade union is intending to ballot their school, early years and cleansing service members, while Unite is initiating ballots in all 32 council areas.
With Unison also revealing huge support for industrial action, key council services could be brought to a standstill.
Every council leader, including SNP figures, have backed a letter to Sturgeon and Finance Secretary Kate Forbes calling for more central government help.
Penned by councillor Gail Macgregor, COSLA’s resources lead, the letter states: “I write to you today, on behalf of all 32 Leaders, to seek an urgent meeting with you and our Trade Union colleagues to discuss the ongoing impact of the rising cost of living on our workforce and to understand what further support you can provide to ensure a revised offer can be made.
“Without effective engagement the distinct likelihood of industrial action grows ever stronger at a time when we are trying to ensure our communities recover from the impact of COVID.
“This is not only those receiving essential care services, but also our children and young people being in school, and our wider essential services ensuring our local economies continue to revive and rebuild – this will have serious implications for all areas of Scottish society.
“You will fully appreciate that action
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is joining calls for next year's Eurovision Song Contest to be hosted in Scotland.
Anas Sarwar has urged Nicola Sturgeon to fix problems facing her government instead of focusing on another independence referendum.
Nicola Sturgeon will lay out her plans to hold another independence referendum by end of next year later today.
Cynthia Littleton Business EditorWhat’s harder to work with when it comes to writing a limited series — true stories taken from real life, or the stuff of fiction? A panel of top writers debated the challenges of working with headline-driven and historical material during the final hour of Variety‘s Night in the Writers’ Room on June 9 at 1 Hotel in West Hollywood.“There’s a little bit of a tightrope-walk in a true story that you don’t necessarily have to walk in fiction,” said Dustin Lance Black, the writer-producer behind FX’s “Under the Banner of Heaven.” He noted that the series, about the 1984 murder of a woman and her infant daughter in Salt Lake City, deals with three intertwined stories, one of which is fictional. “That one to me, I had a slightly easier time with.
Council leaders across Scotland are said to be "deeply disappointed" with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Finance Secretary Kate Forbes for refusing to intervene in a dispute over local government pay.
Nicola Sturgeon has admitted her government could be forced to pass new laws to halt protests outside abortion clinics in Scotland.
Nicola Sturgeon has backed calls for councils to write-off school meal debt incurred by families.
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An independence referendum will take place in Scotland by the end of next year, according to the SNP Constitution Secretary.
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Nicola Sturgeon has claimed Scottish industry is footing the bill for the UK Government’s response to spiralling energy costs across the UK.
Anas Sarwar is now more popular than Nicola Sturgeon, according to a new opinion poll.
Finance Secretary Kate Forbes has signalled a tight grip on public sector pay as she faces up to a multi-billion pound funding black hole.
Rail bosses are under pressure to reinstate a ‘full service’ from parts of Stockport to Manchester city centre with angry commuters complaining of overcrowded trains and a timetable that makes juggling work and family commitments a near impossibility. Northern has cut the number of trains between New Mills and Manchester Piccadilly at peak times - a move campaigners say is causing ‘real issues’ for commuters in places such as Marple, Bredbury and Reddish.
Nicola Sturgeon is under pressure to fund universal free school meals for secondary school pupils to combat “horrifying” food price increases feared to be leaving children hungry.
SNP and Green ministers are under pressure to back an emergency rent freeze to help hundreds of thousands of tenants.
Stacey Solomon's son tricked his mum into parting with more cash than expected - but it was for a good cause. The Loose Women star revealed how her son got her to sponsor him £110 for his latest fun run.