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SCOTTISH Transport Secretary Michael Matheson is facing calls to resign after Labour accused him of handing ScotRail a “licence to fail” until next summer.
Mr Matheson confirmed that the government “has agreed not to enforce compliance” with performance targets, so long as punctuality “does not fall more than 1 per cent below” the requirements set out in ScotRail’s franchise.
Following the revelation, Transport Salaried Staffs Association general secretary Manuel Cortes called for Mr Matheson to quit.
Is the Scottish government in favour of drilling or not? Evasiveness and incoherence are the order of the day, argues KENNY MacASKILL
It is time to stop tolerating the governing elites incompetence which makes our lives a daily misery, argues MATT KERR
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work
