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

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732 Articles
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Keith Brown accused of abdicating responsibility on ferries fiasco contract

Questions about the degree of knowledge of concerns around the botched contract for two ferries in the higher reaches...

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SNP MSPs will be whipped to vote in favour of gender recognition reforms

SNP MSPs will be told to vote in favour of the Scottish government’s planned gender recognition reforms, it can be co...

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New ferries contract worth £115m to be awarded by end of the year in significant acceleration of ...

Contracts for two new ferries will be signed by the end of the year under government plans to speed up the delivery o...

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New ferries contract worth £115m to be awarded by end of the year, transport minister announces

Contracts for two new ferries will be signed by the end of the year under government plans to speed up the delivery o...

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Sunak moves to unite party and distance himself from mistakes of Johnson and Truss

Rishi Sunak has moved to stamp out internal opposition to his premiership by appointing senior members of almost ever...

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Sunak moves to unite party as he attempts to bring Tories back from the brink

It was a reshuffle that underlined the scale of the division within the Conservative Party following a tumultuous, al...

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Holyrood's emergency budget review delayed yet again until after UK Government's Halloween statement

John Swinney has announced the delay to Holyrood’s ‘emergency’ budget review for at least another week until after th...

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What does Rishi Sunak's accession to Prime Minister mean for Scotland?

The relationship between the new inhabitant of Number 10 and Scotland will be central to the Conservative recovery no...

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What challenges must Prime Minister Sunak tackle once he gets the keys to Number 10?

Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor and loser of the Conservative Party’s summer leadership campaign, will become Prim...

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Families and care homes ‘stuck in limbo’ as Crown Office stall Covid-19 death decisions

Families of relatives who died from Covid-19 in Scottish care homes remain “stuck in limbo” waiting for justice as de...

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Fears of an increased cost-of-living would put off pro-indy voters, poll suggests

A renewed version of ‘project fear’ focusing on the potential for a higher cost-of-living, border checks and the dimi...

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Ferry bodies labelled BBC documentary 'purely sensationalist' as they attempted to shut down scru...

Executives at Scotland’s ferry bodies labelled a BBC documentary as “purely sensationalist” as they joined ranks in a...

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