Conor Matchett Deputy Political Editor
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Deputy Political Editor at The Scotsman.

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732 Articles
almost 2 years
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Holyrood 'misled again' with Scottish ministers risking 'bringing the parliament into disrepute'

The Scottish Parliament risks being brought into disrepute due to the approach of Scottish ministers to the ministeri...

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almost 2 years
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Scottish Government facing 'real risk' of first budget overspend in history of devolution

SNP ministers are at risk of overspending the Scottish budget for the first time in the history of devolution, the Au...

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almost 2 years
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Lorna Slater facing 'serious questions' over whether she misled Holyrood around false wind power ...

The Scottish Government has not denied a Green minister misled parliament around when ministers first became aware th...

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almost 2 years
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Date set for Supreme Court judgement on Scottish Government's indyref2 bid

The Supreme Court will hand down its judgement on whether the Scottish Parliament has the power to hold an independen...

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almost 2 years
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Supreme Court judgement on Holyrood's power to hold an independence referendum to be announced on...

The Supreme Court will hand down its judgement on whether the Scottish Parliament has the power to hold an independen...

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almost 2 years
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Support of two thirds of MPs should be required for indyref2, suggests former civil servant who w...

Major changes to the core constitutional aspects of the United Kingdom, such as a Scottish independence referendum, s...

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almost 2 years
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Ministers welcome Sanjeev Gupta's step forward in keeping embattled Liberty Steel empire afloat

Ministers have said the owners of the Lochaber smelter’s announcement of a first step towards refinancing its operati...

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almost 2 years
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Scots split on Scottish economy success post independence but majority of UK believes the union i...

Scots are evenly split over whether an independent Scotland’s economy would be better off after independence, with a ...

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almost 2 years
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Ministers only 'aware' wind energy statistic was false last week despite civil service concerns i...

Greens co-leader Lorna Slater has claimed ministers only became aware an oft-repeated claim around Scotland’s offshor...

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almost 2 years
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Ministers claim it is 'not in public interest' to release independent valuation of Lochaber assets

Ministers have refused to back up claims made in the media the value of the Lochaber smelter is worth more than the t...

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almost 2 years
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Defence research spending favours 'Tory heartlands' and 'shortchanges' Scotland, claim SNP

Scotland is being “short-changed” by the UK Government on defence research spending, with a preference to spend the m...

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almost 2 years
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Scottish business rates rise would 'put rocks in retail industry's rucksack'

Business groups have stepped up their calls for the Scottish Government to avoid raising business rates ahead of next...

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