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CabSec under pressure after a huge increase in Scotrail compensation claims
The Scottish Government’s transport secretary was in difficulty during a session of Topical Questions in the Scottish Parliament today, after it was revealed that Scotrail has seen a 72.8% increase in the amount of compensation being paid to customers, topping £1,119,818 for 2018/19.
Scotrail see 73% increase to over £1m in compensation for delayed journeys
In answer to a question lodged by Liberal Democrat transport spokesperson Mike Rumbles MSP, the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Transport has admitted that Scotrail was forced to pay delayed passengers £1,119,818 in compensation, in 2018/19, up 72.8% from £647,670 in 2017/18.
27,000 Grampian patients failed by Scot. Govt’s abysmal record on Treatment Time Guarantee
North East Liberal Democrat MSP Mike Rumbles has shamed the Scottish Government for forcing 26,999 patients in NHS Grampian to wait over 12 weeks for treatment, after a decade of underfunding totalling more than £239 million.
Rural support loans likely continue for a fifth year
Emergency measures put in place in 2015/16 to deliver £500 million of Common Agricultural Policy funding, after a Scottish Government’s IT system worth £178 million crashed, is likely to continue for at least another year.
Scot. Govt will take two years of its four year plan for superfast internet just to award contract
The minister responsible for the R100 programme, to supply 30 mega-bits-per-second internet speed to every home by the end of 2021, has revealed that the Scottish Government will have only 2 years left to deliver on its 2015 election promise.
NHS Grampian third worst for cancelling operations
North East Liberal Democrat MSP, Mike Rumbles, has once again called for a fair share of resources be given to NHS Grampian after it was revealed today that the health board had the third most cancelled operations in the country, due to non-clinical reasons.
