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Profile: Stewart Paterson

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Political Correspondent

I am the Political Correspondent for the Glasgow Times. I cover all the goings on from our Glasgow MPs at Westminster, MSPs at the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, what Glasgow City Council is up to and the stories the people of Glasgow want to know about.

Latest articles from Stewart Paterson

Election2021: leaders interviews Patrick Harvie Scottish Greens on economy independence and Alex Salmond's Alba Party

Scottish Greens' Patrick Harvie on economy, independence and Salmond's Alba Party

Today in the second of our series of interviews with party leaders ahead of the Holyrood election Political Correspondent STEWART PATERSON asks the Scottish Greens Co-Convenor PARTICK HARVIE about the Greens policies on fossil fuels, the meat industry, Universal Basic Income and if he considers Alex Salmond’s Alba Party an electoral threat.

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Tired 8 years old boy doing his homework at the table. Child reading a book at the desk.

Greens want ban on kids homework

A plan to ban homework in primary schools in the latest idea to improve children’s overall development.

The women looking to break down barriers in may’s vote

The women looking to break down barriers in May’s vote

In seven of the eight Scottish Parliament constituency seats in Glasgow the incumbent SNP MSP is standing for re-election.

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City centre's Egyptian Halls to be served 'urgent' repairs notice after lying empty for decades

The owner of a landmark building in Glasgow city centre is to be served with a notice to carry out urgent works.

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Election2021 leaders interviews: Douglas Ross quizzed on poverty, NHS, drug deaths and a second independence referendum

Scots Tory leader quizzed on poverty, NHS, drugs deaths and a second independence referendum

In the first in a series of interviews with the main party leaders, ahead of the Scottish Parliament election, we put questions to Douglas Ross, Scottish Conservatives leader.

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Bin strike threat in Glasgow over dispute about return to full time working

Bin strike threat in Glasgow over dispute about return to full time working

Glasgow City Council has rejected a bid by cleansing workers to delay a return to full time hours.The decision has led to workers being asked by their union if they want to consider srike action.Staff had been on reduced hours throughout the coronavirus pandemic to help maintain Covid protection measures.They had started a phased return from March 23 increasing their shifts by 30 minutes each week with refuse collectors currently working till 5.30pm.The GMB wanted to delay the phased return and go back to a 3.30pm finish time until the end of this month to co-incide with an expected reduction in Covid, sufficient to ease lockdown across the country.The council this week informed the GMB union that their request had been "considered" but it was decided that “the return to working hours will proceed as normal”.The GMB has started a consultative ballot to determine whether it moves to an official ballot on industrial action over the issue.Chris Mitchell, of the GMB said: “We need to go back to working full hours but it has to be done safely.

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First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) Nicola Sturgeon visits Whitelee Wind Farm during campaigning for the Scottish Parliamentary election. Picture date: Friday April 9, 2021. PA Photo. See PA story SCOTLAND Election. Photo

Election 2021 latest: SNP sets out climate action plan for Scotland

Nicola Sturgeon has set out the SNP’s strategy for action to tackle climate change.

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Undated handout photo of Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow which has revealed plans for a £150 million expansion. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday July 16, 2018. The SEC already holds the SEC Centre, the SEC Armadillo and The SSE

COP 26: We can't put off climate action: Think global act local has never been truer

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg said she is not likely to attend the Unite Nations COP 26 summit at the SEC in Glasgow later this year.

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Election2021: Nicola Sturgeon wants 20% reduction in car use by 2030 to tackle climate change

Election2021: Nicola Sturgeon wants 20 per cent cut in car use by 2030 to tackle climate change

Nicola Sturgeon has revealed the SNP plans to tackle climate change to move Scotland towards becoming a net zero society.The new targets include a reduction in car use of 20% by 2030.

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Election 2021 : Labour wants to give every adult £75 to spend in stores for high street recovery

Election 2021 : Labour wants to give every adult £75 to spend in stores for high street recovery

Scottish Labour wants to give every adult a £75 pre-paid card to spend in high street stores this summer to boost retail recovery.

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