Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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Publisher signals
69/100
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Ministers are hiring a £60,000 brand manager for a quango that is set to be axed to save money.
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that → hire → money
Scottish Forestry is one of two government agencies currently looking after the nation’s woodlands.
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Forestry → look → woodlands
It was earmarked for the scrap heap by First Minister John Swinney last month under his plans to slim down Scotland’s wasteful bureaucracy.
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It → earmark → bureaucracy
But now it’s advertising for a highly paid executive to promote the organisation at taxpayers’ expense.
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it → ’ → expense
The successful candidate will enjoy a ‘pay plus pension’ package of between £58,953 and £63,491 and be allowed to work from home for much of the week.
They will also act as bag-carrier for ministers on official visits to forests for photo opportunities.
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They → enjoy → opportunities
Scottish Forestry is in charge of strategy and regulations in state-owned woodlands
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Forestry → own → woodlands
Scottish Tory public service reform spokesman Murdo Fraser said: ‘The SNP are promising to shrink the state with one hand while advertising more taxpayer-funded jobs with the other.
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SNP → say → other
'They say they want fewer health boards, councils and quangos and a smaller civil service, yet the jobs keep being advertised and the bureaucracy keeps growing.
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bureaucracy → say → boards
‘This is exactly why Scotland needs a proper programme of reducing quangos.’
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Scotland → need → quangos
William Yarwood, campaigns director of the TaxPayers’ Alliance campaign group, added: ‘With the quango itself potentially facing the axe, hiring someone to polish its image looks like a waste of money.’
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hiring → add → money
Scottish Forestry was created in 2019 to take charge of strategy and regulations in state-owned woodlands.
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Forestry → create → woodlands
Another body, Forestry and Land Scotland, manages the trees themselves.
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body → manage → trees
The SNP’s new Programme for Government has pledged to merge the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, NatureScot and Zero Waste Scotland into a single organisation, with Scottish Forestry potentially joining them.
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Forestry → pledge → them
Among the brand manager’s duties will be ‘to tell the story of Scottish Forestry and the vital role forestry plays in Scotland’s environment, communities and economy’.
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forestry → tell → environment
The job enjoys a ‘hybrid working pattern’, allowing the lucky candidate to work from home for part of the week.
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candidate → enjoy → week
It also ‘involves working with colleagues across Scotland and supports ministers on forestry publicity visits at times, therefore some travel will be required’.
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travel → involve → times
Scottish Forestry received £80.9million of government funding last year and chief executive Paul Lowe’s salary now stands at between £95,000 and £100,000.
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salary → receive → 95,000
A spokesman for the quango said: ‘We produce a range of online and physical guidance, grant application material and information needed by the public, applicants and the forestry sector.
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We → say → public
‘This 18-month role will be involved in the review, updating and production of such material.
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role → involve → material
‘No decision has been taken by ministers as to whether Scottish Forestry will join the proposed new environment body and it is important we continue to deliver our services and statutory functions.’
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we → take → services
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