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Chris McCall

Reporter · GB

Indexed articles, last 90 days
142
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Oct 1, 2026
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Jul 5, 2026

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Chris McCall

    John Swinney 'misrepresenting' Andy Burnham over pensions triple lock plan (opens the original)

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    John Swinney has been accused of "misrepresenting" Andy Burnham's plan to review the triple lock on the state pension to fund a social care revolution. The Prime Minister used a landmark speech in Liverpool this week to announce he would modify the device used to calculate the annual increase to the state pension - if Labour wins the next general election. Burnham said his plans would see the state pension increase every year from 2030 by at least by inflation or 2.5 per cent - but would remove

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Chris McCall

    Hundreds of Scots jobs at risk as chemical manufacturer announces plans to closd (opens the original)

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    A multinational chemical manufacturing company is proposing to sack 377 Scots workers one year after it was awarded £2.2m from Scottish Enterprise to expand production at its site. Syngenta, a Chinese-owned agricultural technology firm, plans to quit Grangemouth after rejecting an offer of financial assistance from the UK and Scottish Governments. Today's announcement puts 377 jobs at risk of redundancy and could end a long association between the company and the town on the banks of the Forth.

  3. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Chris McCall

    Doctors' chiefs warn Swinney that axing heath boards won't improve care (opens the original)

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    Doctors' chiefs have warned his plan to axe the number of health boards across Scotland won't improve care for patients. The British Medical Association’s Scottish council has voted to oppose the reorganisation, which SNP ministers want to force through as part of plans to plug a £5 billion blackhole in Holyrood's finances. BMA Scotland chair Dr Nora Murray-Cavanagh insisted the move was “the wrong set of reforms”, adding that they had “many concerns” about the proposed restructuring. The BMA’s

  4. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Chris McCall

    SNP orders for new buses leaves 'Beijing buzzing' while 115 Scots jobs at risk (opens the original)

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    The SNP Government has been accused of "losing control" of a scheme that sees new buses ordered from China while Scotland's last remaining builder goes without promised furlough funding. Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) is shutting one of its two factories in Falkirk and plans to slash dozens of jobs as it focuses on chassis work in Scotland instead of building full vehicles. One MP told the Record that "boardrooms in Beijing are buzzing" while 115 Scots workers have had their jobs put at risk. Nation

  5. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Chris McCall

    SNP-led Glasgow City Council reissues threat to sack 23,000 workers (opens the original)

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    Scotland's largest local authority has reissued a threat to sack 23,000 workers after talks with a leading trade union broke down last night. Glasgow City Council said last week it had "paused" plans to fire-and-rehire non-teaching staff following negotiations led by the Scottish Government. But that temporary ceasefire between the two sides has ended after Unison, the country's largest union, refused to put the terms of a controversial pay deal to its members. The council faced a furious backla

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