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Milngavie MSP Des McNulty has written to Finance Secretary John Swinney and Planning Minister Stewart Stevenson expressing fears that Tesco’s could be granted planning permisision for their prop...
Labour did very well to come such a close second in the East Dunbartonshire constituency. Labour’s hard working local team of helpers and our very capable candidate Mary Galbraith made it a close co...
St Mary's Primary School, Duntocher and Milngavie Primary Schools did very well in the Euroquiz final. St Mary's, Duntocher won the top prize and Milngavie came fifth. ...
The Scottish government stands accused of ‘papering over the cracks’ over their mismanagement of Curriculum for Excellence after it was announced that all secondary school inspections were to be s...
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board have not treated the St Margaret of Scotland Hospice fairly. They carried out a consultation in 2000 over the closure of Blawarthill Hospital in which they were ...
SNP cuts are causing local authorities to abandon key class size targets that have proven to be effective in tackling literacy and numeracy difficulties. At least four of Scotland’s 32 councils a...
Why do Tesco need to double the size of their store in Milngavie, with most of the additional space being given over to non-food items, when they are building a massive new store a few miles away in ...
Clydebank MSP Des McNulty has spoken out against the re-designation of land between Dalmuir Park and the Boulevard, which includes the golf course, as open space as opposed to green space. He sh...
Watch Des's opening speech in the Literacy Commission Debate, where he called on the First Minister to make literacy Scotland’s number one educational priority and to ensure every child in Scotland ...
Those responsible for the overwhelming majority of the violence and anti-social behaviour linked to alcohol should be the government's target, people whose actions are in many cases fuelled by drinkin...
Des McNulty's latest blog entries
Des writes to Swinney about Tesco’s
Milngavie MSP Des McNulty has written to Finance Secretary John Swinney and Planning Minister Stewart Stevenson expressing fears that Tesco’s could be granted planning permisision for their proposed new store on appeal despite widespread local opposition to their scheme. In the letter, Ministers are told of the anger of local people over the decision of [...]
Video: Schools Debate
Hear Des McNulty MSPs closing speech in the Schools Debate in the Scottish Parliament, where he highlights amongst other issues the reduction in the numbers of teachers and classroom assistants since 2007, the lack of permanent jobs for newly qualified teachers and the problems facing the implementation of the Curriculum for Excellence.
Student Fees
Des McNulty MSP debates the crisis facing Higher Education in Scotland and calls for a proper structured independent review of Higher Education in Scotland.
