John Swinney

Swinney urged to fund crisis welfare payments

Monday 17 September 2012

ANTI-POVERTY campaigners have called on the Scottish Government to use its budget to compensate for UK-wide cuts to crisis welfare payments.

'Austerity isn't working ... we need to show our opposition'

Sunday 16 September 2012

The decision last week of the TUC to investigate the practicalities of organising a "General Strike" recognises a growing sense of anger among union members and the public more generally about the direction of Coalition policy and about who is being made to pay for the current crisis.

£100m to save Hall's plant

Saturday 15 September 2012

BOSSES of a meat processing plant that rejected a £2 million bailout from the Scottish Government have said it would cost up to £100m to save the plant.

Owners reject proposal for Hall's of Broxburn

Friday 14 September 2012

A PLAN to minimise potential job losses amongst the 1700-strong workforce at Hall's of Broxburn has been rejected by the firm's Dutch owners.

MSP's anger over meat factory salvage plan rebuff

Friday 14 September 2012

Fiona Hyslop, the MSP for Broxburn, today expressed "extreme disappointment" at the swift rejection by Vion of the Scottish Government’s offer to purchase and lease back the Halls facility in her constituency.