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£3,000 Red Hot Chilli Pipers bill is too much to swallow for Angus finance chief
An Angus councillor has stepped down from a Tartan Day working group in disgust at the decision to pay the Red Hot Chilli Pipers more than £3,000 to perform for black tie guests. (...)
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Angus councillors clash on 'overpriced' Cosla conference at luxury hotel
Angus Council's administration leader has waded into a row over the decision to stage a spending constraints conference at a luxury Fife hotel. (...)
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'Lavish, luxurious, exquisite' — Cosla chooses five-star Fairmont St Andrews for its conference on public spending cuts
Councils in Tayside and Fife are split over sending delegates to a conference in a luxury Scottish hotel from today to discuss spending constraints. (...)
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Accounts Commission says Balmossie saga shows fire board put politics before public purse
A spending watchdog has criticised councillors for failing to back the downgrading of a Tayside fire station. (...)
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Some comfort for Scotland in Chancellor's tough autumn statement
George Osborne has handed Scotland a £433 million windfall despite acknowledging the UK is at risk of another recession if the eurozone crisis deepens. (...)
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Angus Council says Scarlett Johansson film location road was paved with good intentions
Angus Council says hosting filming of actress Scarlett Johansson's new movie is a ''tremendous showcase for the area''. (...)
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NHS Tayside sending staff on £350-a-head laughter courses
NHS Tayside are having a laugh as part of a £166,000 bid to promote staff health and wellbeing. (...)
Large rise in Scotland's police wage bill
Scotland's police wage bill has risen by £40 million over the past three years — but the number of bobbies on the beat has gone up by just 160 in that time. (...)
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Council leader warns Angus faces more tough budget decisions
A senior councillor has admitted next year's Angus Council budget will be more challenging than the last. (...)
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TaxPayers' Alliance says public don't thank councils for spending on 'back-patting award ceremonies'
Criticism has been levelled at Fife Council after thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money was lavished on award ceremonies in the last financial year. (...)
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Public sector's share of Scottish employment market falls
The number of people employed in the Scottish public sector dropped by 4% in a year, according to figures out on Wednesday. (...)
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First Minister claims UK economy would benefit by adopting his 'Plan MacB'
First Minister Alex Salmond has urged the Westminster Government to follow his economic lead after Scotland posted better job figures than the rest of the UK. (...)
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Perth and Kinross Council savings dominated by staff cost cuts
Perth and Kinross Council's spending this year has been helped by more than £5.5 million in savings on staff. (...)
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New Abertay University Students' Association president William Mohieddeen vows to fight tuition fees
Abertay University's new student leader has promised to campaign against any move to introduce tuition fees. (...)
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Meeting hears closing Fife Ness coastguard station could have fatal consequences
Fife councillors have vowed to fight tooth and nail to save Fife Ness coastguard station. (...)
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65% increase in Fife Council staff earning over £50,000
The number of Fife Council employees paid more than £50,000 has rocketed by almost 65% over the last four years. (...)
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Six-figure salaries for 30 Tayside and Fife council staff
More than 30 council staff in Tayside and Fife were taking home six-figure salaries at the height of the recession, it has been revealed. (...)
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Emergency control office shift workers facing threat of pay cut
Operators dealing with 999 calls will be paid less than the night shift at a supermarket if a plan to slash their allowances goes ahead, a Tayside union official has claimed. (...)
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Parents promise Dunearn Primary School's case will be heard loud and clear
Parents of pupils at a closure-threatened Fife primary school say they will demonstrate the strength of feeling against proposals by staging a public protest this week. (...)
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Student leaders accuse Universities Scotland of supporting 'fees through the back door'
Student leaders have attacked a proposal by university chiefs that could see graduates having to pay back as much as £13,000 for their education. (...)
