Neil findlay msp biography of williams

  • When he left school he was an apprentice bricklayer with his father's business before he returned to education to study Geography and Politics.
  • After university Neil worked as a housing officer for Almond Housing and then went into teaching in 2003, and was elected onto West Lothian.
  • An old Etonian with a cut glass accent who lived in the historic family castle at the Binns, he may not have seemed to have much in common with.

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    What's the most popular second job or extra income for MSPs?

    For example, Net Zero Secretary Michael Matheson says he owns a house in the Highlands that generates an income of between £10,000 and £15,000 a year, but that "it does not make a profit due to running costs".

    It doesn't even need to be a whole property - Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton brings in between £5,000 and £10,000 a year sub-letting part of his home on Airbnb.

    At the other end of the hospitality scale, two MSPs own hotels with their partners. Both Tory Rachael Hamilton and the SNP's Emma Harper host guests in the south of Scotland - although Ms Hamilton paid her £2,000 of dividends straight back into the company last year, while Ms Harper only takes £3,000 in remuneration from her guest house.

    Ms Harper also volunteers as a sjuksköterska, and is not the only MSP working in the health service - Conservative health spokesman Sandesh Gulhane works one day a week as a GP.

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    Williams Lea to close Livingston plant

    A spokeswoman said the company decided to close the 80-staff Kirkton Campus factory in Livingston, West Lothian following a strategic review of the company’s manufacturing footprint.

    It is currently consulting on the loss of 80 roles in the facility. The company was not able to yet say how many jobs, if any, will be created in its two English production 'centres of excellence' in Shepshed, Leicestershire and Norwich, Norfolk but said there was “potential opportunity” for some jobs to be transferred over, although there is not expected to be a high take-up of any such offer given the distance involved.

    A spokeswoman said: “We looked at our manufacturing footprint holistically and if its actually servicing in the right place and in the right way.

    “We’re always looking at greater efficiencies.”

    She said there was “a linear connection” between Livingston and Leicestershire but work could al

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    Profile: Neil Findlay, Scottish Labour leadership candidate

    Neil Findlay did not want to stand as Scottish Labour leader. He wanted former UK prime minister Gordon Brown to take the role.

    But Mr Brown refused to return to frontline politics so the 45-year-old Lothians list MSP has launched his own bid.

    He is widely described as being on the left wing of his party and is happy to describe han själv as a socialist.

    Mr Findlay has called for "clear red water" between Scottish Labour and Nicola Sturgeon's SNP ahead of the next Holyrood election in 2016.

    His "policy options" include raising the minimum wage, freeing councils to set their own taxes and reversing the 40,000 job losses across councils.

    He also wants to re-introduce council house building on a "grand scale" and wants to roll back the use of the private sector in the NHS.

    One of the most prominent campaigns on his anställda website is a call for an independent review of all cases of mi