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Alistair Grant is political editor of The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday.

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SNP backbenchers rebel over plans for juryless rape trials

Six SNP MSPs abstained rather than vote for the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform Bill

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Post Office Horizon scandal: Legislation to clear victims in Scotland due by summer

Angela Constance said the decision to extend legislation to Northern Ireland but not Scotland was ‘outrageous’

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Legislation to clear Post Office Horizon victims in Scotland due by summer

Angela Constance, the justice secretary, accused the UK Government of betraying victims north of the border

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SNP: Scottish Post Office Horizon victims are being ‘betrayed’ by UK Government, minister says

Angela Constance said the decision to extend legislation to Northern Ireland but not Scotland was ‘outrageous’

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Humza Yousaf facing opposition from SNP rebels over plans for juryless rape trials

A handful of SNP MSPs are expected to either abstain or vote against the proposals

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Nicola Sturgeon due to finish first draft of memoir weeks before husband Peter Murrell charged

The First Minister previously said she was finding the writing process harder than she thought

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Strikes Scotland: Trade unions call for urgent intervention from SNP ministers amid strike threat

Shona Robison accused of ‘completely disingenuous and misleading’ comments as row heats up

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Analysis: Will Peter Murrell bombshell add to Humza Yousaf’s woes?

The SNP's problems ‘go way beyond the financial allegations’, experts say

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Nicola Sturgeon describes 'incredibly difficult time' as SNP leader Humza Yousaf says Peter Murre...

First Minister Humza Yousaf said it will be ‘a shock to many people’

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SNP launches campaign to stop Leith being ‘wiped from electoral map’ at Holyrood

Ben Macpherson, the MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith, said the move would be a ‘mistake’

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Prescription of puberty blockers paused for children in Scotland following Cass Review

The Sandyford Clinic in Glasgow said new patients under 18 will no longer receive the treatment

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Humza Yousaf: Tory bid to scrap Hate Crime Act was ‘reckless and unforgivable’

The First Minister accused the party of ‘debasing’ political discourse

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