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The aftermath of the first day of the biggest rail strikes in decades has led to many of Wednesday’s front pages. The Times Scotland reports that the prime minister is ready for a “standstill” strike until the “last months”, believing that the government must win its battle with the railway unions. Boris Johnson fears the cessation of wage demands will lead to inflation in the 1970s, while the RMT union says it is prepared for a war of attrition.
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The Scotsman reports that ScotRail has been forced to cancel hundreds more trains on Wednesday and Friday due to the impact of network signaling strikes this week.
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The Scottish Daily Express notes that the RMT leader has blamed the prime minister for the harmful dispute between unions and the government. The paper accuses Mick Lynch of retaliating for “class warfare” after he criticized Boris Johnson and blamed “old Latin and Greek-speaking Italians” for the strike.
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At least 25 Labor MPs ignored the warning from the party leadership, joining the strikers in the queues for pickets on Tuesday, writes the Scottish Daily Mail. He also wears a photo of Scottish Labor leader Anas Sarwar meeting with striking railroad workers in front of Waverley Station in Edinburgh.
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“Stoped in its tracks” is the title of The Scottish Sun. The newspaper says many travelers have chosen to work from home to avoid a crippling shortage of services, while early morning rush hour traffic was heavier than normal on highways.
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The Daily Record says the Tories have been accused of lying after blaming union leaders for the railway dispute.
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The first three days of a planned strike by railway workers could cost the economy £ 50 million, according to the Daily Star of Scotland.
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Meanwhile, the government’s plan to end railway strikes is questionable, according to i. The document says it understands that the change in the law to introduce minimum levels of services will take about six months to pass through parliament, but ministers are determined to insist on limiting the impact of future industrial action in other sectors.
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State pensions and benefits will increase in line with double-digit inflation, the Telegraph reported, although the government has told railway workers to accept layoffs. The newspaper said the Treasury confirmed on Tuesday that the triple lock on pensions would be restored after being halted during the Covid pandemic, with annual payments exceeding £ 10,000.
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“Golden Age Pensions” is declared by Metro, which notes that the increase was promised on the same day as the government encouraged “restraint” by railway workers who left above the proposed 3% salary increase.
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SNP ministers have been warned that £ 1.3bn of public money could be diverted from first-line services as part of ambitious plans to set up a National Care Service, according to The Herald. The newspaper says the health minister has insisted that social welfare repairs will be “the most ambitious public service reform” since the NHS was established after World War II.
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Nicholas Sturgeon will present the “route map” of the Scottish government for a second referendum on independence next week, reports The National. The newspaper says she will make a ministerial statement to Holyrood about the plans on Tuesday, June 28 at 2:20 p.m., followed by an interval of questions and answers from the ICJ.
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The Press and Journal reports that the Highland Council’s licensing committee has agreed to an urgent review of fee fees. The newspaper says the request comes from dozens of taxi companies operating in the region, which say they are struggling with rising costs and a shortage of drivers.
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A huge expansion of the free street theater and entertainment of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe will be introduced this year in an attempt to ensure better distribution of crowds in the city center, writes Edinburgh Evening News. The newspaper says an official Fringe walking route will also be set up between the Royal Mile and St James’s, through The Mound, Princes Street Gardens and St Andrew Square, to help ease congestion and encourage festival goers to visit different places.
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The courier reported that a horse had to be put to sleep after being found in a “skeletal” condition near a remote farm in Perthshire. The newspaper says a horse named Destiny became seriously ill after being left to eat a deadly dried sugar beet. SSPCA inspectors found another horse starving in the same field near Metven. The owner appeared in the Perth Sheriff’s Court on Tuesday and admitted that he had caused unnecessary suffering to both horses.
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A man will face trial, accused of leaving another man seriously injured by attacking him with a bow, according to the Evening Express. The newspaper claims that Osama Idrisi attacked the man by throwing a bow at him, which hit him on the head.
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A woman from Angus, whose fight against Parkinson’s disease prevents her from attending big concerts, says that it would be a dream come true to meet her idol Beyonce at one of the upcoming “intimate” concerts of the star in the UK, writes the Evening Telegraph. Gwen Denholm, 55, told the newspaper that her love of music saved her life during a battle for mental health.
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