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Scotland editor
OPPOSITION MSPs urged the Scottish government to provide significant funding to save almost 500 jobs at a historic biscuit factory in Glasgow’s East End.
Transnational company Pladis, which owns the McVitie’s factory in Tollcross, has ignored desperate pleas from unions and community groups to cancel the factory’s closure, which would put hundreds of people out of work.
The work done by Glasgow’s local campaigners and volunteers is truly inspiring, but it cannot stop at picking up the pieces of an irresponsible government, writes MAYA McGOWAN
As bus builder Alexander Dennis threatens Falkirk closure and Grangemouth faces ruthless shutdown by tax exile Jim Ratcliffe, RICHARD LEONARD MSP warns that global corporations must be resisted by a bold industrial strategy based on public ownership
