Herald View

  • 17 June 2013

    TAX avoidance will top the agenda of the G8 summit which begins today at Lough Erne in County Fermanagh.

  • 17 June 2013

    FOR more than a decade there have been specialist school liaison officers in some of Scotland's schools.

  • 16 June 2013

    IN the great 1970s satirical film The Candidate, Robert Redford's idealistic and unworldly character is groomed by a team of political spindoctors into a slick but bland electoral dynamo.

  • 13 June 2013

    NO single person was responsible for the banking crisis and no single person will solve it, but even so the news that Stephen Hester is to step down as chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland is a significant moment in the continuing struggle to return the banks to good health.

  • 13 June 2013

    A LEGION of experts on welfare have argued that change to the current UK social security benefits and pension arrangements is urgently required.

  • 12 June 2013

    TURKEY used to be regarded as a beacon of stability and proof that Islam and democracy could co-exist, even amidst the complex and turbulent politics of the Middle East.

  • 12 June 2013

    YESTERDAY was not a proud day for Scottish democracy.

  • 11 June 2013

    WHEN Alan Milburn accepted the Coalition Government's invitation to take on the chairmanship of the new Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg challenged him to "hold the Government's feet to the fire".

  • 11 June 2013

    AS The Herald reports today, hundreds of extra Scottish hospital beds intended to meet winter emergencies were still in use as recently as last month.