"Hospitals are sensibly planning to give priority to winter pressures over the long holiday period, " he said.

BBC: Hospital waiting lists fall

"It is likely that the government will go into the next election having presided over an increase in secondary school class sizes during a period when the government's top priority has been education, " said the general secretary, John Dunford.

BBC: Fall in infant class sizes

The requirement to ensure continuity of service for business and consumers in the period up to, and immediately following, independence would be a priority.

BBC: Scotland politics

Reordering the Season Pass priority list should happen seamlessly in the background instead of locking the user out for an indeterminate period of time.

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