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

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almost 2 years ago
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Number of Scottish Government ministers should be slashed, says Anas Sarwar

The number of ministers and advisers in the Scottish Government should be slashed as part of moves to end a “culture ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Anas Sarwar refuses to back Keir Starmer over sacking of Labour frontbencher

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has refused to back Sir Keir Starmer's decision to sack a shadow minister after he...

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almost 2 years ago
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Police officer numbers in Scotland hit lowest level since 2008 amid claims of force crisis

The number of police officers in Scotland has dropped to its lowest level since 2008, sparking claims of a crisis in ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Scottish independence: SNP tells Supreme Court its referendum plan would not ‘of itself’ affect U...

The SNP has told the Supreme Court that its plan to hold a consultative referendum on independence would not “of itse...

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almost 2 years ago
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Scottish Tory politicians divided on who should replace Boris Johnson

Scottish Conservative politicians are divided over who should replace Boris Johnson in Downing Street.

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almost 2 years ago
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Scottish Government raised concerns over mention of England’s 1966 World Cup win in children’s ju...

Civil servants in Scotland raised multiple concerns about the content of a children's book celebrating the Queen's Pl...

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almost 2 years ago
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Edinburgh to become Scotland's first short-term lets control zone

Edinburgh is to become Scotland’s first short-term lets control zone after the Scottish Government approved a bid by ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Museum bosses seek help in unearthing details about 1,500 skeletal remains

Museum bosses are on the hunt for specialists to help unearth details about the skeletal remains of around 1,500 indi...

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almost 2 years ago
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Crunch talks scheduled for next week as council strikes loom in Scotland

Crunch talks are to take place next week in a bid to avoid crippling strikes that could see hundreds of schools and n...

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almost 2 years ago
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SNP ministers accused of 'shameless spin' over cost of living help

SNP ministers have been accused of “shameless spin” after claiming to have allocated almost £3 billion in this financ...

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almost 2 years ago
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'Tinker Experiment' campaigners accuse Scottish Government of ignoring them

Campaigners seeking a formal apology over a decades-long social experiment that “decimated” the lives of gypsy travel...

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almost 2 years ago
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Senior Scots trade union official quits Labour and calls for Keir Starmer to go

A senior trade union official in Scotland has quit Labour over the sacking of the party’s shadow transport minister S...

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