Article: Labour left GBP 27m in red by costly general election

Article: Royal bill goes up GBP 1.5m - and they need more
The Scotsman;  June 30, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... bill coming to GBP 1.1m, including GBP 600,000 for garden parties and GBP 500,000 for food and the royal kitchens ... communication and royal travel. The amount spent on royal travel increased by GBP 300,000 to GBP 6.5m last year. The ...

Article: MSPs add GBP 500,000 to bill for expenses
Evening News - Scotland;  October 4, 2007 ;     594 words ... ... lion's share of the spending - GBP 6,411,743, although that ... slightly on the 2005-06 figure of GBP 6,498,330. The amount spent on office supplies, furniture ... rose by nearly 35 per cent from GBP 378,816 to GBP 509,694. And ...

Article: MSP attacked for claiming back GBP 1,200 in taxi fares
The Scotsman;  October 6, 2006 ;     700+ words ...TAXPAYERS forked out almost GBP 1,200 in four months for one ... than one-third of the total amount spent on cabs by Holyrood's 129 ... revealed MSPs spent more than GBP 372,000 in the last four months ... and other expenses. More than GBP 3,000 was spent on taxi travel ...

Article: Scots gamble GBP 7.5bn in betting epidemic
The Scotsman;  May 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Scotland worth an estimated GBP 500 million. Prof Vaughan ... spend to 0.1 per cent, or GBP 1.89. Casinos are less ... spent. In 2001 the annual amount spent per Scottish head of population in a casino was GBP 42.50. This has risen to ...

Article: Scotland's spending gap rises to GBP 8bn
The Scotsman;  December 11, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... deficit of GBP 8bn was almost GBP 2bn more than the previous year ... and education of Scots. That GBP 8bn deficit far outweighs the ... almost exactly cancels out the amount spent by the government. Even if ... Scotland would still be nearly GBP 3bn in the red. Scotland ...

Article: What kind of a charity takes in GBP 1.7m . . but ends up ...
Evening News - Scotland;  December 2, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... community charity has received GBP 1.604 million of public money ... reveal it has a total income of GBP 1.717 million - GBP 113 ... also said he was shocked by the amount spent on salaries. "If you are running ... get in and check where this GBP 1.7m has been spent because ...

Article: Road tolls sent GBP 9m of our cash down drain
Evening News - Scotland;  November 21, 2005 ;     664 words ... ... 9,027,917. And another GBP 100,000 is likely to be added ... Information Act, show more than GBP 1.5m was spent on the publicity ... leaflets and marketing. The amount spent on the abandoned scheme was ... flabbergasted to hear that more than GBP 9m was spent on trying to persuade ...