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TRADE unions and politicians slammed the Holyrood and Westminster governments today after Burntisland Fabrications (BiFab) was plunged into administration, risking hundreds of jobs.
The company, which has yards in Burntisland and Methil in Fife and one on Lewis, took the decision after the Scottish government refused to provide more funding and ruled out nationalisation.
BiFab had to be rescued by the Scottish government, which now part owns the company, in 2017 but ministers have said taking the sites into public hands would go against state aid rules, preventing it from bailing out the company for a second time.
US tariffs have had Von der Leyen bowing in submission, while comments from the former European Central Bank leader call for more European political integration and less individual state sovereignty. All this adds up to more pain and austerity ahead, argues NICK WRIGHT
On the release of her memoir that reveals everything except politics, Sturgeon’s endless media coverage has focused on her panic attacks, sexuality and personal tragedies while ignoring her government’s many failures, writes PAULINE BRYAN