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

EXC🚨 "How can we possibly spend public money on supporting our services and yet still deliver fewer ferry sailing hours to help us." Island anger grows as #CalMac delivers 3,400 fewer hours despite new vessels and massive subsidies. #ScotGov #FerryFiasco #Ferries #Scotland

EXC🚨 Millions spent and new ships equals sailing cuts. #CalMac operated 3,400 fewer hours last year despite £1m-a-month emergency charter. #CalMac #FerryFiasco #ScotGov #IslandLife

⚓ Why is CalMac being penalised, and where does the money go? We explain how it breaks it down. #FerryFiasco #CalMac #ScotGov

EXC 🤯 CalMac’s ferry fines hit record highs — "If there are significant penalties, then people have to lose their jobs." #CalMac #ScotlandFerries #Accountability #FerryFiasco

🚨 How does CalMac rack up millions in fines? We explain all. #CalMac #FerryFail #ScotGov

EXC🚨 CalMac fined £20m — and then handed a £4bn contract by ministers. Some call it a scandal. #CalMac #ScotlandFerries #Accountability

EXC🚨 🚨 34 organisations with one message: stop a system that forces a massive rise in the number of refugees forced into homelessness in Scotland.#RefugeeCrisis #Scotland #Homelessness #housingemergency

Scotland pledges billions to solve housing emergency: Where's the delivery?

EXC 🚨 “Homelessness by design.” 34 groups tell government asylum policies are forcing refugees onto the streets as number of homeless in Scotland doubles #RefugeeCrisis #Scotland #Homelessness #housingemergency

From turbines to tyranny?'Basically we're supplying the south. The time has come for a moratorium on further onshore wind.'#Scotland #WindPower #RenewableEnergy #EnergyExploitation #NESO #UKPolitics

EXC - Scotland is set to supply 70% of UK wind energy by 2030, sparking fears it is being exploited to fuel England #Scotland #WindPower #RenewableEnergy #EnergyExploitation #NESO #UKPolitics

Households are paying the price for a green energy bottleneck. But why? #EnergyNews #Scotland #WindPower #Renewables #EnergyCrisis

'It's perverse that operators are paid a premium to keep the turbines switched off, at a time when folk who can see them from their front doors are unable to turn the heating on in their homes' #EnergyCrisis #Scotland #Renewables

Why is Scotland at the centre of a £6.6bn energy switch off payments row? #EnergyNews #Scotland #WindPower #Renewables #EnergyCrisis

💸 Revealed: Bill-payers have shelled out £6.6 billion to switch off mainly wind farms — because the energy highway from Scotland cannot cope. #EnergyCrisis #Scotland #Renewables

Is it still Antmusic for sex people as the dandy highwayman rides again? 🎶 #AdamAnt #StandAndDeliver #PrinceCharming #Glasgow #80sRevival 👉 Read the full review:

Revealed: Scotland’s £1.7bn public pensions scandal won’t be fixed till 2027 with thousands locked out of their nest eggs. #McCloud #SPPA #PensionsCrisis #Scotland #Accountability

Ridicule is nothing to be scared of: Was a pop icon a busted flush in Glasgow? #AdamAnt #Glasgow #LiveMusic #80sIcons #ConcertReview 👉 Read the full review:

"This was all about the real people facing real financial uncerainty." #McCloud #Pensions #ScotlandNews #Accountability #Holyrood #SPPA

"Changing the law after the breach shows what a whole mess pension reform has been." #Pensions #McCloud #SPPA #Scotland”

How I followed the evidence to uncover Scotland's £1.7bn public pensions scandal #McCloud #Pensions #ScotlandNews #Accountability #Holyrood #SPPA

Ridicule is nothing to be scared of: Was a pop icon a busted flush in Glasgow? #AdamAnt #Glasgow #LiveMusic #80sIcons #ConcertReview 👉 Read the full review:

EXC - Scotland’s biggest local government pension fund admits law breach in £1.7bn scandal #Pensions #McCloud #SPPA #Scotland”

Widow’s fury: Husband dies two days before police pension remedy in Scotland’s £1.7bn pensions scandal. “They’ve failed miserably.” #PensionCrisis #SPPA #Scotland

Pension scandal investigation: 'No statutory body appears to be tackling the behaviour of the pensions agency and they are getting away with behaving with a complete disregard for the law of the land...' #PensionsScandal #McCloudRemedy #ScotlandNews #Accountability

EXC investigation: 'This is an enormous ongoing drain on the public purse' 'Some are dying waiting'. A Scottish £1.7bn pensions scandal locks 1000s out of savings #Scotland- #Holyrood #SPPA https:/

Pensions shame: Widow demands ScotGov agency chief is sacked after husband’s death 'I had to use my husband's death to get my seven years pension that I was justly due.' #PensionCrisis #SPPA #Scotland www.heraldscotland.c...

Revealed: Watchdog probe as Scots threaten 'heads must roll' legal action over pensions scandal #PensionsScandal #McCloudRemedy #ScotlandNews #Accountability

EXC investigation: Scotland's £1.7bn public pensions bill scandal has left thousands of public sector workers from police to nurses — locked out of full nest eggs. Pensioners are dying waiting for justice. And legal action looms. #McCloud #ScotlandNews #Holyrood #SPPA

'It is inconceivable that a private operator could not do the same job for less' #Ferries #ScotGov #CalMac

EXC - 'It was completely indefensible to hand CalMac a ten year contract without competitive tender' #Ferries #ScotGov #CalMac

EXC - Inside story: Ministers "rewarding failure" with no-bid £4bn lifeline ferry deal #Ferries #ScotGov #CalMac

EXC - Ministers gave CalMac a 10-year, £4bn ferry contract without any bids being sought — after a watchdog indicated it was unlawful. Costs triple, and critics say it's sown to “political dogma”. #Ferries #ScotGov #CalMac

“We’ve known this since the 70s.” Architects warn over Scotland’s damp and mould crisis — with hundreds of thousands of homes classed as unfit to live in. #MouldCrisis #Housing

EXC - Revealed: Scotland’s toxic damp and mould crisis set to cost hundreds of millions #MouldCrisis #Housing

'In the real world, you wouldn't have accepted the ship' #FerryFiasco #GlenSannox

EXC - A crack in its hull. A vibrating propeller. A global search for answers. The sidelined Glen Sannox — once hailed as a lifeline ferry — has become a costly cautionary tale. #FerryFiasco #GlenSannox Read the full @HeraldScotland article www.heraldscotland.c...#FerryFiasco#GlenSannox#FerryFiasco #GlenSannox

'It is crucial that both governments act now to ensure that refugees and everyone who wants to make Scotland their home, has a safe, secure, affordable home'