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MSPs' expense claims add up to £11.8m — including 9p for a phone call
MSPs racked up more than £11.8 million in expenses last year, according to official figures. (...)
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Public sector wages soar ahead during recession
Working for the public sector can make you almost £10,000 a year better off, new figures obtained by a Dundee MSP have shown. (...)
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Changes to NHS Tayside physiotherapy services help cut waiting times
Changes to the way physiotherapy services are being delivered in Tayside are helping to cut waiting times for treatment, the head of the service has claimed. (...)
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Dundee City Council denies illegality over budget cuts plans
Dundee City Council has denied breaking the law over how it arrived at plans to cut £14.6 million from its budget next year. (...)
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Huge increase in NHS Tayside's obesity drug costs
NHS Tayside is now spending 19 times what it did in 1999 on anti-obesity drugs, new figures have revealed. (...)
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'No glass ceiling' at Dundee City Council: Ken Guild
Dundee administration leader Ken Guild has said the council has no glass ceiling when it comes to employing women and is an equal opportunities employer. (...)
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Law forbids Council Tax band 'tweaking'
Ministers have told Dundee Labour MSP Marlyn Glen that councils cannot raise the level of council tax in higher bands while freezing it in others. (...)
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Dundee councillor lobbies further on biomass plant health concerns
An East End councillor has enlisted the help of an MSP to raise concerns about the proposed biomass plant at the city's harbour. (...)
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SNP claims about Dundee primary class sizes disputed
A claim by the city council's SNP administration that Dundee is already meeting the new upper limit of 25 pupils for primary one classes has been disputed by a Labour MSP. (...)
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War of words over Dundee primary class sizes
A fall-out between two Dundee politicians has ensued over the revelation that more than 100 primary 1–3 classes in the city still exceed the maximum 18 pupils to a class target set by the Scottish Government. (...)
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Labour MSP Marlyn Glen to stand down
Dundee MSP Marlyn Glen has announced she will be standing down at the Scottish Parliament elections in May. (...)
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Problems remain for newly-qualified teachers
Dundee City Council has one of the best records in Scotland this summer for employing its probationer teachers — but it has still been able to find permanent posts for less than two-fifths of them. (...)
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Local NHS boards' hospitality spending come under scrutiny
Health bosses in Tayside and Fife have come under pressure to slash the hundreds of thousands of pounds they spend on hospitality and invest in frontline nurses. (...)
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Dundee remains teen pregnancy capital of Scotland
Dundee's young women must be given more opportunities |in life if real inroads are to be made into the city's stubbornly high teenage pregnancy rate, it has been claimed. (...)
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Brother's fears for Dundee man in Gaza aid flotilla
The emotional brother of a Dundee man missing after Israeli commandos intercepted a flotilla of aid ships bound for Gaza has led a 200-strong protest in City Square. (...)
More on: Dundee | Gaza | Jamal Property World | Israel | Nadia El Nakla
'Show your hand' challenge over NHS Tayside job losses
A leading patients' campaign group is urging NHS Tayside managers to "show your hand" over plans to cut 500 jobs in the next year. (...)
More on: Gerry Marr | Tayside | Margaret Watt | Marlyn Glen | Scotland Patients Association
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NHS Tayside to lose 500 jobs over the next year
Hundreds of Tayside health jobs will disappear far quicker than was first thought, a health boss has confirmed. (...)
More on: NHS Tayside | Gerry Marr | Marlyn Glen
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Report outlines gender pay gap
Women in Tayside and Fife continue to earn far less than men—with the gender pay gap greater in Dundee than in any of the other three council areas. (...)
