(Updated) The decision from the Education Secretary to close Hillhead Primary school in Wick, demonstrates – yet again – that what is wrong Continue reading
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Council now deploys online ‘Spy Accounts’ in covert surveillance of local critics
Today’s edition of The Herald reveals, in a headline article on Page 6 by Stephen Naysmith, that Argyll and Bute Council has an embedded Continue reading
Argyll and Bute Council has £12.832 million of additional revenue for 3 years to 2014-15
The surplus of £4.454 that Argyll and Bute Council has declared disguises the existence of an unflagged but substantial £12,832 million Continue reading
Cameron Report cranks up debate on transfer of schools from councils to government
David Cameron – not that one but a former local authority Continue reading
Anger as councillors discover budget only through a press release
Is there anyone on the bridge at Argyll and But Council just now Continue reading
Comparing Argyll school closure plans with some other local authorities
For Argyll has had a series of emailed questions from readers on a similar theme Continue reading
Scottish Government under fire for £250million set aside for consultants
The all-but-automatic practice of hiring consultants is a public sector disease Continue reading
School Closures: Keir Bloomer argues for centralising Scotland’s education provision – and he has a case
The controversial consultant at the heart of Argyll and Bute Council’s discredited Continue reading
Argyll and Bute Council one of only two in the black
Of the 31 Scottish local authorities who revealed their balance sheets Continue reading
Primary school class sizes and the art of the possible
Education Secretary, Michael Russell, has seen a very clever move under-interpreted – Continue reading