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A FORMER college principal was urged to pay back part of a huge severance payment yesterday which breached guidelines set down by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC).
The public audit committee branded former Coatbridge College chief John Doyle’s £304,000 payoff an “appalling abuse of the public purse” and urged him to pay back the proportion which is above SFC guidelines.
Auditor General for Scotland Caroline Gardner said the payment represented “serious failures” which must be drawn to the attention of the Scottish Parliament and the public.
NORMA AUSTIN HART reports from a conference on on the rights of women prisoners in the Scottish criminal justice system
Evidence to peers from medical leaders, patient safety officials and the children’s commissioner has intensified fears that the Bill’s safeguards are inadequate, writes ADAM JAMES POLLOCK
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN
