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A picket against peak fares
UNIONS and campaigners have kicked off a week of action to scrap peak fares in the Linlithgow constituency of SNP transport secretary Fiona Hyslop after she returned them to Scotland’s railways this week.
Commuters who have seen travel costs rocket by a third since a pilot scheme which scrapped peak fares ended on Monday offered their support to Aslef activists, including their Scottish organiser Kevin Lindsay, who had branded the move a “tax on workers.”
The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW
As Scotland’s inept political class hold endless summits on topics ranging from Reform to seagulls, and management culture replaces political leadership, MATT KERR goes for a hike to take his mind off the unfinished, unaddressed and undone