Wendy Alexander

Labour - party finance and probity just don't mix

tartanhero.blogspot.com     17-Jun-2008   32 related          

ftzaxSo, Jack Straw is going to bring forward new partisan rules on party fundraising at the same time as the Scottish Leader, Wendy Alexander, is facing a further probe by the Standards Committee into her leadership campaign...                    

Scottish Government urged to keep free pensioner bus scheme

dailyrecord.co.uk     17-Jun-2008   9 related          

Jun 17 2008 By Magnus Gardham OPPOSITION MSPs yesterday urged Alex Salmond to keep the Scotland-wide free bus travel scheme for pensioners. Ministers will announce a review of the system today amid growing fears over its...                    

Gordon Brown does something right

telegraph.co.uk     16-Jun-2008          

Full coverage of UK politicsBuried in Lance Price's anatomy of the new Downing Street ferret-sack press operation is the announcement that No 10 has finally done something sensible. Appointing Paul Sinclair, an aide to Douglas...                    

SNP accused of Alexander smear campaign after leak

scotsman.com     16-Jun-2008   5 related          

Published Date: 16 June 2008 THE SNP was accused last night of a "politically motivated" smear campaign against Wendy Alexander after a confidential committee report about the Scottish Labour leader was leaked to the press. Jim...                    

Parliamentary week's touching end

bbc.co.uk     13-Jun-2008   6 related          

The sinking of the Lancastria was hushed up for years after the war They came forward to receive their medals after a cover-up lasting 68 years. Now, after a long campaign by relatives, the Scottish Government has struck a...                    

Celebrity makeover girls sacked

thespoof.com     14-Jun-2008          

"It's just not practical my dear, you want something bigger, in white with little support." The popular presenters of the BBC television series, What Not to Wear, Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine have been sacked and...                    

No statement on deaths is statement in itself

telegraph.co.uk     13-Jun-2008          

By Alan Cochrane Have your say Read comments When Alex Salmond complains about opponents making "political capital" out of a sensitive issue, you can put your shirt on it that they're on to something. There's no doubt that the...                    

Distress signals

bbc.co.uk     12-Jun-2008   2 related          

Rural town centres have been hit by a string of store closures An unmistakeable distress signal has been sent out from countless locations across the south of Scotland over the past few years. Help save our town centres. In...                    

Inquiry call into superbug deaths

bbc.co.uk     12-Jun-2008   8 related          

Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander has called for an independent inquiry into eight hospital superbug deaths. Health officials identified 54 cases of Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, at Dunbartonshire's Vale of Leven...                    

Guardian Daily podcast: Brown's victory on 42 days; plus The Apprentice

guardian.co.uk     12-Jun-2008   172 related          

In our daily audio show, Jon Dennis and guests discuss 42-day detention without trial; the Irish referendum on the EU Lisbon treaty; and The Apprentice Gordon Brown won last night's Commons vote on his anti-terror legislation –...