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Shirley-Anne Somerville: There is scope for compromise in dispute with teachers
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoScotland’s Education Secretary has insisted there is “potential scope for compromise” as ministers...
Minister in plea to unions to return to talks as Scottish teachers stage strike
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoScotland’s Education Secretary has urged teaching unions to “get back around the table” to avert...
Teachers’ union rejects new pay offer as ‘inadequate’ with strikes to continue
PA Media: Money via Yahoo Finance Canada· 1 year agoA teaching union has rejected the latest pay offer put to it by Scotland’s Education Secretary with...
Somerville: Reforming Universal Credit could lift 40,000 children out of poverty
PA Media: Money via Yahoo Finance Canada· 3 months agoUp to 40,000 children in Scotland could be lifted out of poverty over the next year if the UK made...
Somerville: No stone will be left unturned in bid to resolve school strikes
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoScotland’s Education Secretary has said she will leave “no stone unturned” to bring about a quick...
Somerville: UK Government attempting to confuse public on migration Bill
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoScotland’s Social Justice Secretary has accused the UK Government of a deliberate attempt to...
Independent Scotland would have migrants commissioner, says Somerville
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoAn independent Scotland could have a migrants commissioner to champion the rights of those who have...
Scottish ministers knew of Raac school risks last summer, Somerville says
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoScottish ministers have been aware of the risks of collapse-prone concrete since last summer,...
SNP rebels should ‘question’ whether they want to stay in party, says Somerville
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoA senior SNP figure has said rebels should “question” if they want to stay in the party at the next...
Up to teaching unions to suspend strikes for exams, says Somerville
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoScotland’s Education Secretary has said it is for teaching unions to suspend strikes ahead of the...