💸 Ministers say they were kept in the dark over a six figure CalMac severance deal — now scrutiny is turning to SNP oversight of public spending. #CalMac #Accountability #PublicFunds#PublicMoney #SNP

A watchdog ruling, a secret settlement, and a government refusing to explain. What really happened at CalMac? #CalMac #Transparency #PublicSpending

'The secrecy surrounding this payment, and the fact that neither the government nor Transport Scotland will answer questions on it, suggests they have something to hide.' The CalMac story they wanted to go away. #CalMac #Islands #PublicSpending #ScotGov

Golden goodbye row: the questions ministers dodged over 'obscene' secret CalMac exit deal. Here’s what we know — and what they won’t say. #CalMac #Transparency #FOI #PublicMoney

Revealed: 'Fired' CalMac chief executive scooped £170k earnings in a year after completing just three days in post #CalMac #Transparency #ScotGov

'We can only hope that CalMac under its seemingly closer relationship with the Scottish Government will be far more open, and far more accountable,' Taxpayer-funded ferry firm caught unlawfully hiding severance deal #CalMac #Transparency

EXC - CalMac blocking of disclosure of boss's 'golden goodbye' ruled unlawful by anti-secrecy regulator #Transparency #PublicMoney

“The growing housing emergency in Scotland is pushing more people into homelessness as the gap between housing benefit and private rent continues to widen." Only 8% of private homes are affordable for Scots in need. #Scotland #HousingEmergency

'The increase in costs is clearly a result of the failure of the Scottish Government to order new vessels over many years' #CalMac ferry repair costs have doubled in two years. Ministers mount a defence. #CalMac #PublicSpending #Islands

EXC: Revealed: Housing support does not cover the rent for tens of thousands of the most needy Scots. Just £7.9m of a £97.1m housing support fund is available to help with the shortfalls. #Scotland #HousingEmergency

EXC: Revealed: Housing support does not cover the rent for tens of thousands of the most needy Scots. Just £7.9m of a £97.1m housing support fund is available to help with the shortfalls. #Scotland #HousingEmergency

Transport secretary grilled as #CalMac ferry upkeep costs soar and vessels keep breaking down. #Holyrood #TransportScotland

EXC - 'While Yes Minister was satire, I can assure you it has found modern day reality in the shape of the SPPA' Campaigners say the ScotGov pensions agency has mastered paperwork — not payment. #YesMinister #Pensions #Holyrood

EXC - From satire to reality? #YesMinister invoked over Scotland’s pensions 'meaningless' compensation letters. #PensionsCrisis #Holyrood

🗣️ “Spiralling out of control.” #Ferry repair costs have doubled in two years as its fiasco vessel remains sidelined #CalMac #FerryFail #ScottishPolitics #PublicMoney

EXC 🗣️ “A kick in the teeth for islanders and taxpayers alike.” CalMac repair costs have topped £260m over 11 years as annual bills double and its newest ferry remains out of action #CalMac #FerryCrisis #Scotland #IslandLife #PublicSpending

Top 100 Tunes from Scotland in 2025 Pt 2 (76-51): Jimmy Somerville to Taahliah 'Wolf represents want, shame, need, and blood. ' @kathrynjoseph @itslooroll @BarryCantSwim @slow_bones #Gulp #SimonSPX @loraysmusic @CelloSeales @vosrough @samwooddoowmas #Rahul @riannedowney_

Top 100 Tunes from Scotland in 2025 Pt 2 (76-51): Jimmy Somerville to Taahliah #ShagNasty #IonaZajac #Soapbox @mercygirlband @kathrynjoseph @itslooroll @BarryCantSwim @slow_bones #Gulp #SimonSPX @loraysmusic @CelloSeales @vosrough @samwooddoowmas #Rahul @riannedowney_

Top 100 Tunes from Scotland in 2025 Pt 2 (76-51): Jimmy Somerville to Taahliah @Franz_Ferdinand @Johnny_Marr #KaiReesu @BleedFromWithin #Psweatpants @LewisCapaldi #HensBens #JimmySomerville @itsyesandmaybe #Unmaking #ThreePointEnsemble @Eyve #Taahliah #ShagNasty

Top 100 Tunes from Scotland in 2025 Part 1 (100-76): Django Django to Deacon Blue 'That’s the song I’m most pleased about - in this recent period..' Ricky Ross, Deacon Blue   @BarryCantSwim @Girobabies @jacobal0n @deaconbluemusic #Majorca @fidaofficial_

Top 100 Tunes from Scotland in 2025 Part 1 (100-76): Django Django to Deacon Blue @lcgmac @joesefjoesef @JusticeElectro @HudMo @lizziereidmusic #Telmo #ZoeGraham @samgellaitry #InVertigo @JWax19 #LoveShaun @mogwaiband @CelloSeales @StarskyRae

Top 100 Tunes from Scotland in 2025 Part 1 (100-76): Django Django to Deacon Blue @thedjangos @ProcFiskal @heavenlycrecs @Franz_Ferdinand @itslooroll @xidontlie @askSupermann On Da Beat @HawkOffical @Sonotto10 @Cathal_Murphy_ @samwooddoowmas

'The board acknowledges that there is material risk and uncertainty relating to going concern' That’s the warning from Scotland’s state-owned ferry shipyard as losses double and future funding remains unclear. #FergusonMarine #Scotland #Audit #Taxpayer

Why is nationalised Scots shipyard firm Ferguson Marine in trouble?

EXC - Scotland’s ferry fiasco deepens as Ferguson Marine warns funding doubts threaten its future — despite £270m of public cash. #FergusonMarine #FerryFiasco #ScotGov #PublicSpending

'Meaningful progress requires coordinated intervention and support from the Scottish Government' - ministers warned to act on council homelessness failures or face humiliating court action #HumanRights #ScotlandPolitics #HousingEmergency

EXC - Lawyers issue warning of court action to Scots housing secretary if there is no intervention on systemic homeless law breaches #HomelessRights #ScotlandHousing #CourtAction

"Senior leadership team needs to be replaced - £1.7bn pensions mess explodes as retirees lose all confidence in SPPA leadership #PensionRights #McCloudRemedy #SPPA #Scotlandhttps://www.heraldscotland.c...

EXC - Campaigners: ‘Pathetic Pathirana must go’ as public apology issued as pension delays stretch into 2027. #ScotPol #Pensions #McCloud #Accountability

'I sit here owning the problem, and I need to put it right': Over 100,000 Scots left in limbo as pensions boss apologises and admits remedy years late. #Pensions #ScotPol #McCloudRemedy #PublicSector

Pension chief apologises amid fury over massive delays and broken promises. #ScotPol #SPPA #Pensions #McCloudScandal

By far the best option is therefore to phase out private provision completely' - Think tank urges ban on for-profit care as ministers backtrack on pledge to protect children. #SocialCare #ScotGov #ChildrenFirst #ThePromise

Revealed: Scots childcare bosses earning up to double the FM’s salary as firms profit from vulnerable kids. #Scotland #CareCrisis #ThePromise

🛑 Pensioners fight for privacy rights — but why is Swinney is facing the heat. #PensionsCrisis #PrivacyProbe #SPPA #Scotland

EXC: 'You couldn't make it up': 🏴 Swinney under pressure as privacy watchdog steps in over the mishandling of pensioner complaints. #SPPA #PensionsCrisis #ScotlandNews #DataBreach

EXC: Scottish government reviews procedures as probe launched into whether Swinney’s government unlawfully shared personal data as pensioners wait years for remedies. #PensionsScandal #ICO #SPPA #PublicSector

🔍 What’s Swinney’s link to Scotland’s £1.7bn public sector pension privacy row? #Pensions #SPPA #Scotland #Swinney

EXC: 🚨 Privacy storm as regulator probes “unlawful” handling of pensioner complaints to John Swinney in Scotland’s £1.7bn pensions scandal. #PensionsScandal #ICO #SPPA #PublicSector

EXC - "There can be no excuse from the Scottish Government for not delivering". McAllan warns UK cuts could choke off funding to meet affordable homes pledge after Scotland hits 12-year low in new starts. #HousingCrisis #ScotPol #AffordableHousing #Homelessness

EXC "It is just deluded to believe that there is a 'nothing to see' situation regarding these charters". £50,000 every day on emergency ferries… and it’s the Isle of Man Government bailing us out 🤯 #Scotland #CalMac #FerryFiasco

EXC - ScotGov housing pledge “at risk” as McAllan sounds alarm over UK cuts. Scotland already 10,000 homes behind target. #HousingCrisis #Scotland #AffordableHomes #Politics

EXC - Scotland’s ferries now being kept afloat by the Isle of Man Government — with charters costing £50k a day 😬🚢 #CalMac #FerryFiasco

EXC - A blunt warning from the regulator: Scotland needs a surge in new homes and a coordinated national response in the homelessness crisis. #HousingEmergency #Homelessness #Scotland #ScotGov #ScotPol

EXC - Landlords are pulling back from building new homes while legal breaches skyrocket. The regulator says only a systemic overhaul will stop the crisis. #HousingCrisis #Scotland #Homelessness #SocialHousing #ScotPol

'It is perhaps for Audit Scotland to look at what is happening and consider the way it is financed going forward.' Rising CEO pay and massive cash reserves put SPT in the spotlight #SPT #PublicSpending

EXC - Cash-strapped Scots transport authority criticised for rising CEO pay and £180bn hoard amid concerns over financing services #Scotland #Transport #SPT

EXC👽 “It all started there.” Nearly 70, still the future — #GaryNuman brings #Telekon back to life in the Scots city that made him. #Numanoids #LiveMusic

EXC👀 'It's difficult to establish exactly what progress has been made to date and what progress is anticipated.' Pensions boss faces reckoning at Holyrood in wake of £1.7bn age discrimination remedies scandal. #SPPA #McCloud #Pensions #Scotland

EXC⚡ From synth pioneer to industrial icon — #GaryNuman returns to the city where it all began. Glasgow still hums with electricity. 🔥 #Numan #Telekon #MusicLegend

EXC 🚨 Scotland’s pensions chief to be hauled before MSPs over £1.7bn age discrimination scandal as fury grows over delays to compensation. #SPPA #PensionsCrisis #ScotlandNews #Holyrood