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

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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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'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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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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SNP council leader resigns after sexual misconduct allegation

The SNP leader of North Lanarkshire Council has resigned after an allegation of sexual misconduct was made against him.

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Tory leadership favourite Liz Truss secures the support of her first Scottish MSPs

Foreign secretary Liz Truss has secured the support of her first Scottish Conservative parliamentarians.

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BBC breached impartiality rules in Alex Salmond inquiry radio report

The BBC breached impartiality rules in a radio report discussing the Scottish Government’s handling of harassment com...

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Row between UK and Scottish ministers over who pays for social security IT costs

A row has broken out between the UK and Scottish governments over who should foot the bill for IT costs associated wi...

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Liz Truss: Can this 'child of the Union' gain support in Scotland?

She describes herself as a “child of the Union” and spent some of her formative years in Paisley.

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SNP ministers urged to accelerate reforms after sex offences hit 50-year high

SNP ministers are being urged to "accelerate" reforms after the number of sexual offences hit a 50-year high.

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Tory leadership contest: Liz Truss seeks to win over Scottish Conservatives

Liz Truss has told MSPs she wants a closer relationship between Conservatives north and south of the Border as she se...

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Tory leadership contest: Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss to be next prime minister

Rishi Sunak declared he is the only Tory leadership candidate who could defeat Labour at the next general election as...

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Who won Boris Johnson's last Prime Minister's Questions as Tory leader declares 'Hasta la vista, ...

Rarely has a leader of the opposition approached Prime Minister's Questions with so much stockpiled ammunition.

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