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. (...)
Bob Spink accuses alliance of marginalisation
Angus Council's independent councillor Bob Spink has delivered a forthright attack on the authority's ruling alliance, claiming marginalisation and manipulation by the rainbow coalition. (...)
Concerns that Edinburgh terminus will hurt St Andrews tourism
Fears have been voiced that north-east Fife's tourism industry and economy would be hit by east coast trains from the south terminating at Edinburgh. (...)
Angus Council ordered to stop in-fighting
Two scathing standards commission reports have slammed Angus Council's "ongoing political failure" and have demanded that it take urgent steps to eradicate its petty in-fighting. (...)
Plea to rethink Scots rail cuts proposals
Politicians and business leaders in Dundee have called on the UK government to rethink plans to end a direct rail link between London and Aberdeen. (...)
Perth and Kinross Council spends millions on consultants
An exclusive Courier investigation can reveal that regular outsourcing of work by Perth and Kinross Council has cost local taxpayers well over £3.5 million over the last three years. (...)
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