Meghan Gallacher: “Your government cannot claim that the NHS is its priority while patients are told to wait and prisoners are given…”

Nationalist ministers must give councils the resources to deliver essential local services and strengthen community cohesion before this turns into a crisis.

This development does raise concerns about the impact on teaching resources and community cohesion.

The Education Committee should now properly examine the growing pressure on private and state schools and the impact these policies are having across Scotland.

But John Swinney can still find the money for the swanky new HMP Glasgow, which has seen costs spiral to over £1 billion. This exposes the Nationalists warped priorities.