Tag: lamont
Call for Opposition parties to correct their own Holyrood errors
By Bob Duncan Several senior opposition MSPs, including the Scottish Labour and Tory leaders, have been invited to correct the public record of...
Key Lamont aide steps down after less than a year in...
By a Newsnet reporter The parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont has stepped down from her position after less...
Lamont comes under attack as Scottish Labour adopts pro-Trident line
By Martin Kelly Johann Lamont has been accused of preferring to spend billions on nuclear weapons instead of protecting Scotland’s most vulnerable. The accusation...
Lamont silence on Trident ‘untenable’ as front bencher calls for Labour...
By Bob Duncan Johann Lamont’s continued silence on the renewal of Trident has become ‘untenable’, the SNP has said, after one of her...
Johann Lamont challenged to clarify Trident stance as splits emerge in...
By Martin Kelly Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont is facing calls to clarify her stance on the Trident nuclear weapons system following confirmation of a...
Rich get richer under Labour according to new figures
By a Newsnet reporter Following Johann Lamont's recent denunciation of Scotland as a "something for nothing" culture, and her announcement that Labour...
Lamont invite to London is a reward for Scottish Labour’s Cuts...
By a Newsnet reporter Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont’s reward for following her London bosses approach to public spending is an invite to...
Scottish Labour could re-introduce means testing confirms Lamont
By Martin Kelly Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont has admitted that her party commission, set up to look at the affordability of universal...
Opposition to Labour’s attack on universal benefits grows as Unions describe...
By Bob Duncan There has been yet more embarrassment for the Scottish Labour party as Johann Lamont's attack on universal benefits continues to...
Lamont warned over Labour threats to free personal care
By Bob Duncan Labour’s ‘Cuts Commission’ has been given a stark warning that any attempts to introduce means testing for free personal care...