This is what’s called penniless autonomy. They cut your money then blame the local government for the cuts. It’s dishonest and destructive to the country. A Tory tactic.
Guess we need to keep judging them on education.
Or is that out the window like sturgeon?
During an election campaign? That’s… *brave*.
>Gilruth linked £145.5m to councils maintaining teacher numbers over concerns reductions would harm pupils.
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>But councils claimed protecting staff numbers in this way resulted in a bigger cut for other services.
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>She added that she will take various factors into account when assessing whether councils have met grant conditions.
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>One is whether reductions in school teaching staff reflect changes to the council’s pupil roll.
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>She added: “Ultimately, funding will be withheld where we do not think these additional mitigations are reasonable, but we will discuss this with any council in such a position so that we fully understand the circumstances before arriving at a decision.
Alternative headline – Scottish government gives more autonomy to councils on spending.
Seems pretty balanced to me. If a council can’t show a good reason for reducing teacher numbers, funding will be withheld.
😂😂😂
SNP offer tied to no cuts in teacher no’s
LA says no can do
SNP says ok , have it your way.
Daily Rangers says
How can we make the SNP look BA BA BA aaad
🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑
(Unionist sheep 🐏⬆️⬆️⬆️🐏)
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This is what’s called penniless autonomy. They cut your money then blame the local government for the cuts. It’s dishonest and destructive to the country. A Tory tactic.
Guess we need to keep judging them on education.
Or is that out the window like sturgeon?
During an election campaign? That’s… *brave*.
>Gilruth linked £145.5m to councils maintaining teacher numbers over concerns reductions would harm pupils.
>
>But councils claimed protecting staff numbers in this way resulted in a bigger cut for other services.
>
>She added that she will take various factors into account when assessing whether councils have met grant conditions.
>
>One is whether reductions in school teaching staff reflect changes to the council’s pupil roll.
>
>She added: “Ultimately, funding will be withheld where we do not think these additional mitigations are reasonable, but we will discuss this with any council in such a position so that we fully understand the circumstances before arriving at a decision.
Alternative headline – Scottish government gives more autonomy to councils on spending.
Seems pretty balanced to me. If a council can’t show a good reason for reducing teacher numbers, funding will be withheld.
😂😂😂
SNP offer tied to no cuts in teacher no’s
LA says no can do
SNP says ok , have it your way.
Daily Rangers says
How can we make the SNP look BA BA BA aaad
🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑
(Unionist sheep 🐏⬆️⬆️⬆️🐏)
**Rule 2 No editorialised titles unless for clarity**
This includes changing headlines and **creating a self post that links to an article**. Express your personal opinion or highlight quotes in the comments, not the headline.
You know it’s election season when people go around sensationalising and twisting tabloid articles for ragey click bait. If you have yo make a Daily Record article worse to try and make your point, you don’t have a point.