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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Scotland's ferries fiasco: What are the key questions Nicola Sturgeon must answer?

The ferries fiasco has dogged Nicola Sturgeon’s Government for years, with islanders fed up with an unreliable lifeli...

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almost 2 years
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Funding to remove unsafe cladding cut as part of Scottish Government budget review

Funding has been slashed from the Scottish Government’s programme to remove potentially dangerous cladding from build...

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almost 2 years
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FMQs: Nicola Sturgeon warned 'lives will be lost' due to NHS problems after £400m cut from health...

Lives could be lost due to the strain of winter pressures, strike threats and SNP mismanagement, Nicola Sturgeon was ...

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almost 2 years
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Emergency Budget Review analysis: Brace yourself, this is just the start of the difficult decisions

In any ordinary year, an SNP finance minister standing up and outlining the second half of £1.2 billion worth of cuts...

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almost 2 years
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Health budget raided to fund pay deals as John Swinney sets out £1.2bn in cuts

Cuts to frontline services in Scotland to help pay for inflation-busting pay deals have been labelled “downright dang...

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almost 2 years
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John Swinney sets out £615m in fresh cuts with total hitting £1.2 billion since September

Scotland’s finance minister has set out a fresh round of cuts worth £615m to public services, with the total cut from...

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Crown Office commits to 'transparency' on outcomes of Covid-19 death investigations

The Crown Office has committed to publishing information about the outcomes of its investigations into Covid-19 death...

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almost 2 years
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Freedom of Information: Consultation on Labour MSP's Bill seeking to extend and strengthen FOI opens

Members of the public have been urged to back plans to strengthen Freedom of Information legislation as a consultatio...

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almost 2 years
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Scotland emergency budget: Multi-millions in cuts to be set out by ministers tomorrow

John Swinney is set to outline millions of pounds worth of savings required within the financial year following weeks...

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almost 2 years
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Multi-million pounds of cuts to be set out by ministers tomorrow

John Swinney is set to outline millions of pounds worth of savings required within the financial year following weeks...

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almost 2 years
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Minister who resigned over gender recognition reforms claims Sturgeon was 'well aware' of her con...

Nicola Sturgeon was “well aware” of concerns held around plans to reform the gender recognition act, the minister who...

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almost 2 years
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SNP ministers criticised by watchdog for 'potentially misleading' waiting time statistics

SNP ministers have been criticised by the statistics watchdog for potentially misleading patients by excluding those ...

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