17/03/2016 Reporting Scotland


17/03/2016

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The campaign has started but already taxes showing itself to be a key

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battles ground. Nicola Sturgeon said the she would not follow the

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Chancellor's plan. He does our political editor.

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New tax powers due next year mean that the players not observers. The

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Chancellor has increased the income threshold at which people start

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paying the higher rate of tax. That adds up to a tax cut for high

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earners from next year. Labour says they would reverse that for Scotland

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and they plan a 1% income increase and they plan a 1% income increase

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-- income tax increase across-the-board. It would also

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increase the top tax rate from 45p 50p. When thousands of people are

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losing their jobs, a tax cut for the better off cannot be a priority.

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This Parliament should not be a conveyor belt for Claudius

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territory. The First Minister said she would spell out detailed plans

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next week, but, questioned repeatedly, she may claim she does

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not like the Chancellor's tax cut for high earners.

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A large tax cut for 10%, actually, of the population,

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those on the highest incomes - at a time when support

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for the disabled is being cut and at a time when our public

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services are under pressure - is, in my view, the wrong choice.

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If I think it is the wrong choice it is not one angle to make myself. She

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has already said there will be knowing crease in the standard rate

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because it would be no lies per pupil. She is sceptical about

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increasing the top rate for Scotland alone, worrying that people might

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dodge the tax. It looks like she will reverse the Chancellor's

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increase in the 40p tax threshold. From April you will start paying the

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40p higher rate of income tax for new and more than ?43,000. The

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Chancellor has increased that from April next year to ?45,000, a tax

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cut for higher earners. Limiting the increased inflation would mean only

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a increase in the threshold, reducing that tax cut. It is about

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cross-border calculations. The Tories said that Scotland must not

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display the wrong message. I do not want to see a sign that says there

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are higher taxes here. I think it is the wrong choice for Scotland. The

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Liberal Democrats queried how services would be protected

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otherwise. Having rejected our penny for education proposal, how will the

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First Minister prevent cuts to education budgets and colleges? The

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exchanges today confirmed that the Scottish Parliament elections in May

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will focus on tax. The driver of the bin lorry that crashed in Glasgow in

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2014 killing six people has appeared in court charged with dangerous

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driving and insurance fraud. The 59-year-old man allegedly drove a

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car dangerously on the 20th of September 2015, knowing he had had

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two previous medical incidents. He appeared in private this afternoon

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amid no plea or declaration. He has been released on bail.

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Tens of thousands of colour shouldn't some lecturers -- tens of

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thousands of college students had lecturers cancelled today when there

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was a strike over pay. The members are unhappy with college conditions.

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Unions say the action has been a long time coming, with its members

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Just before we came on air, I spoke to our education

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Across Scotland it has been a deal massive disruption for college

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shouldn't. Some 4000 lecturers colleges were on strike. What do we

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want? Equal pay when did we want it? Now. The issue is pay, particularly

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the discrepancies between different colleges. Out on picket, Susan

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White. She is a business studies lecturer in one of these disparities

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dealt with quickly. Every students who achieves an HNC or HND has to

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achieve the same standards and every lecturer who is involved in the

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delivery for those students is also having to meet the same standards of

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performance. Susan White earns about three and a half thousand pounds

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more than Katrina three and a half thousand pounds

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are different examples. The three and a half thousand pounds

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claims that the gap is sometimes more than ?10,000. If you are a

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nurse she will get paid more than ?10,000. If you are a

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regardless where you work, if you are policemen you will get paid the

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same regardless where you work, if you are in the further education

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sector that does not happen. The organisation that represents

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colleges is disappointed that the organisation that represents

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strike went ahead and they said that an agreement could be close. Those

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differences have built up between local management and local unions.

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We need to talk about those differences and make sure that this

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fair pay for doing the same job. Just now we do not have that, we do

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not have people doing the same job, they have different conditions and

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pay levels and they do different things were different working hours.

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The strike is over pay and it will be resolved if there is a deal, but

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many of the people taking part are keen to highlight other concerns. We

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have seen college lecturers and people should just. We are seeing

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anomalies and pay rewards for principles that has fuelled the

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anger. There is one set of rules for workers and another for college

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lecturers. Colleges get most of their money from the Scottish

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Government and lecturers took their concerns to Holyrood. Talks are due

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tomorrow, but many more strikes are planned.

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The president of Ghana is visiting Scotland despite of concern about

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his human rights record. He received plate applause, but some MSPs remain

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silent. -- plight applause. plate applause, but some MSPs remain

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The president has come to Hollywood to strengthen economic ties with

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Scotland. Ghana is more stable and prosperous than many African

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countries, but it still has a bad human rights record. We want to

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present some of the specifics around the use of torture and tear gas and

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high LGBT people are treated and women who are accused of witchcraft.

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We need to make sure that the world is watching when these issues are

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happening in other countries. Welcome to the Gallery the president

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of the Republic of Ghana. There was a plot in the Holyrood Chamber, but

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some MSPs sat on their hands, including the Labour leader. The

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Speaker resisted calls for her to raise issues of human rights. What

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human rights concerns will you raise with the president of Ghana? I will

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make clear to him the importance of equality and tolerance. These are

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universal values. The Government later said there was also a specific

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discussion on the rights of gay people from Ghana, who can be jailed

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because of their sexuality. What do you say to those who criticise

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Ghana's human rights record? As a heavy check my credentials, the

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president addressed MSPs, this was boycotted by the Green Party. The

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right to rule of law is strong. Having avoided hard questions on

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human rights, the president has been treated to a lunch of smoked salmon

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and B. Now in his delegation are heading to Aberdeen to make new

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business with the aisle and gas industry. The president recognises

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the skill and expertise that businesses that operate in the North

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Sea can bring to that market. The president is to be honoured by

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Aberdeen University and as he heads north he will be hoping to leave

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human rights controversy behind him at Holyrood.

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Edinburgh Council has been forced to close the more schools after a

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structural problem was discovered. The decision to shut the school 's

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followers a second closure of Ox gangs primary school yesterday.

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Safety inspections were ordered after the war collapsed they are in

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the storm in January. All four schools were built ten years ago by

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the same contractors. The Scotland rugby coach says his

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focus is solely on winning their final Six Nations match and not on

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how high his team finishes on the table. The Scots are in Dublin for a

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match against Ireland. Our reporter is there as well. When

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else to be on St Patrick's Day but Dublin? For the Scotland players

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arriving here this afternoon, the Scotland players arriving here this

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afternoon, they focuses less on revelry and more on the Irish rugby.

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It will be difficult. Ireland have just come off a winning victory

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against Italy. They have been preparing for this game. It is

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against Italy. They have been exciting to be able to have another

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good opponent in cricket. He makes three changes for the match this

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weekend. With Ben Russell ruled out, Douglas Weir comes in for his first

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out of the tournament. I feel very excited about the opportunity. Going

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to Dublin last year it is a big challenge, but one I'm looking

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forward to. Scotland can finish second in the championship if

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results go their way this weekend and it can rise to seventh in the

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world, but the head coach is not keen to dwell on such thoughts. Just

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thinking about the game. With less than 40 hours to go until kick-off

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it is unlikely that the Scotland players will be partying for St

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Patrick's Day. But when here in Dublin on Saturday and there would

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be a lot to celebrate. Now the weather. Good evening. It

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was the warmest day of the year so far. Aberdeen reached 19 Celsius. It

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was colder along the coast where there was Dublin cloud. The cloud

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with key today. It did burn off to the central belt but many coastal

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parts remain stubborn. If you ended the day with clear skies and

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released the first part of the night will be clear and quite cold, but

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then look cloud will move on. There will be frost in some places, but

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there will also be cloud and it will be too cold. Tomorrow it will be a

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grey and cloudy start with some brightness and the south-west. The

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central lowlands and the East Coast will be grey and cloudy and cold.

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The central Highlands may see something brighter to start the day.

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The far north will have thick cloud with low cloud along the coast and

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the odd spot of drizzle. Through tomorrow at the cloud will thin and

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break and it will brighten up, although the sunshine will not be

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widespread. Across the UK as a whole with high pressure continuing the

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West is best in terms of sunshine, Wales and the south-west in Northern

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Ireland and western Scotland will be in double digits with the sun comes

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out. Where it remains cloudy it will be cold. Into Friday night declared

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a mystery forms and some drizzle will start to work its way and an

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across the far north and down the eastern side of the UK. The high

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pressure is moving westwards. We will start to develop more of a

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north westerly flow and that will mean more cloud. On Saturday it is

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grey and cloudy for most of the few spots of drizzle. There will be some

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drizzle to the south of the hill fog and that is where we like to see

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things cheering up, but not by much. What pressure will still be with us

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on Sunday but it will be slowly moving away Livingston weather

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fronts in the far north with a threat of something wet. That is the

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forecast. That is Reporting Scotland. From the

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late team, good night.

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