While the Scottish Government’s Transport Bill passed at Stage 1, MSPs were dismayed by what many perceived as a lack of ambition

-          The Scottish Government’s Transport Bill has passed at Stage 1

-          Transport secretary Michael Matheson expresses his openness to the possibility of introducing and expanding publicly-owned bus services

-          Green MSP John Finnie describes criticism of the workplace parking levy as “rank hypocrisy”

Rail union condemns SNP for siding with the Tories in favour of not activating the break clause, while Labour are accused of “rank hypocrisy”

A SCOTTISH LABOUR PROPOSAL aiming to compel the Scottish Government to exercise a break clause in ScotRail’s contract, end Abellio’s franchise and move towards nationalisation was defeated today (14 November), eliciting condemnation from the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association trade union.

West of Scotland Tory MSP Jamie Greene spoke exclusively to CommonSpace about the Tie campaign for inclusive education and the ‘Turing Law’ to be introduced by the Scottish Government

SCHOOLS INSPECTORS should be allowed to ask schools what action they are taking in delivering inclusive education in classrooms across Scotland, according to Tory MSP Jamie Greene.