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On Tuesday, we broke three exclusive education stories in one day. All of them were about cuts. At Moray School of Art, the only Fine Art degree course in the north of Scotland is in serious jeopardy, while staff on the Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) programme in Glasgow were warned that their jobs were at risk.
The biggest story of them all, however, was the news that Glasgow City Council is cutting support for the ground-breaking and hugely successful MCR Pathways programme. This scheme has transformed the lives of vulnerable young people across the city, and readers were horrified to discover that the initiative is now under threat. This is happening because of the SNP-Green budget deal in Glasgow (and Holyrood), so obviously we approached both parties to ask them to comment on the cut. It would have been unfair not to.
Neither had the courage or the decency to respond.
The Greens in particular seem very keen to talk about their role in the council budget decisions, and about the impact of #GreensInGovernment… but only when it suits them.
It is also worth noting that the documents for the budget do not clearly state that........