Salmond

Salmond in £1bn Westminster plea

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Alex Salmond is to press the UK Government for £1bn to help save the Scottish economy from recession.

Salmond rebuts 'arc of insolvency'

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

ALEX Salmond insisted yesterday that Scotland would have been better off in the current economic crisis had it been independent.

• Salmond rebuts 'arc of insolvency' - News Scotsman

Salmond rebuts 'arc of insolvency'

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

ALEX Salmond insisted yesterday that Scotland would have been better off in the current economic crisis had it been independent.

UK must assist Scotland - Salmond

BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond is asked for reassurance about major public projects during FMQs.

Salmond takes £1bn demand to Westminster

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | yesterday

ALEX Salmond is demanding an extra £1bn from Westminster in an attempt to protect the Scottish economy from the worst excesses of the global financial crisis.

Salmond takes £1bn demand to Westminster

Scotland on Sunday (Free subscription) | yesterday

ALEX Salmond is demanding an extra £1bn from Westminster in an attempt to protect the Scottish economy from the worst excesses of the global financial crisis.

• Salmond takes £1bn demand to Westminster - News Scotsman

What now for Alex Salmond's arc of prosperity?

The UK Daily Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008

He'll need a new narrative "in the short and medium term" says BBC Scotland's political editor, , following the economic collapse of Scotland's so-called 'strategic partner', Iceland. A narrative that could affect one of the SNP's flagship policies, 'to provide free school meals to all children in the first three years of primary school,' says . However, that Gordon Brown has deliberately sabotaged...

Salmond needs to play a long game to reap reward in Qatar

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008

IF ALEX Salmond is seeking to befriend another small nation punching well above its weight and gathering plaudits along the way, he has made the right call with Qatar in the Middle East. The First Minister is to visit Qatar, on the Persian Gulf, ...

Squander

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008

Alex Salmond is generally regarded as an astute politician, so why does he squander the strongest card in the Nationalist hand? The failure of an independent Scotland to ente

Alex Salmond told to help Scottish economy by ditching Futures Trust

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

Alex Salmond is under pressure to protect 100000 jobs and give a shot in the arm to the Scottish economy by dropping his controversial new plan for funding schools hospitals and roads.

Alex Salmond to match economic target nine years early

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

... two successive quarters of negative economic growth.Ireland, the so-called 'Celtic Tiger' that Mr Salmond has most often lauded as Scotland's economic template, became the first Eurozone country to enter recession last month.Its economic growth rate had plummeted to minus 1.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2008 compared with the same period the previous year.Iceland is in the worst position...

Salmond: UK should fund a new Scots digital TV channel

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

ALEX Salmond, the First Minister, yesterday demanded that the UK government pay between £50 million and £75 million a year for a new digital channel for Scotland.

• Salmond: UK should fund a new Scots digital TV channel - News Scotsman
• New blueprint for Scottish broadcasting ‘by year-end’ - The Herald

Salmond: UK should fund a new Scots digital TV channel

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

ALEX Salmond, the First Minister, yesterday demanded that the UK government pay between £50 million and £75 million a year for a new digital channel for Scotland.

Jim Murphy offers Alex Salmond olive branch to help tackle economic turmoil

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

The Scottish Secretary has urged Alex Salmond to put his differences with the Government aside to work on helping Scottish households during the financial crisis.

Salmond welcomes banking rescue package

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond today welcomed the £50 billion rescue plan for UK banks as a "very substantial" set of measures.