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

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732 Articles
8 months ago
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Short-term lets Scotland: Why the Scottish Government must not lose nerve on short-term lets regu...

Ministers are under fire for the planned regulation of short-term lets in Scotland

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8 months ago
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Scottish Labour will not scrap £715m Social Security Scotland agency branded 'wasteful' by Gordon...

Gordon Brown accused SNP ministers of wasting more than £700 million on setting up a separate social security agency ...

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8 months ago
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Lawyers attack Scotland reforms as 'risking seriously undermining the rule of the law and the ind...

The Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill is at Stage One in the Scottish Parliament

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8 months ago
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Sir Tom Hunter: Scottish Green policies are a 'detriment to Scotland' with oil and gas plans 'ins...

The entrepreneur was scathing about the SNP’s coalition partners

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8 months ago
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SNP leadership: 'We're not worried about a Kate Forbes coup', asserts key Humza Yousaf ally

Neil Gray said he was not worried about the threat of Kate Forbes’ so-called ‘shadow government’

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8 months ago
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Ferries scandal Scotland: Tories criticise 'woolly' SNP response to fears KC probe won't investig...

Barry Smith KC was appointed by CMAL to undertake an independent investigation

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8 months ago
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Lochaber Smelter company facing compulsory strike-off notice after failing to submit accounts for...

The Lochaber smelter has been at the centre of political controversy.

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8 months ago
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'Simply shocking' discussions around handing Nicola Sturgeon's WhatsApps to Covid inquiries are s...

Humza Yousaf committed to releasing all WhatsApps and emails asked for by Covid-19 inquiry in June

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8 months ago
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SNP record £800,000 deficit during 2022, accounts show, during Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell'...

The accounts are filed amid an ongoing police investigation into alleged financial irregularities at the SNP.

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8 months ago
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SNP record £800,000 deficit during 2022, accounts show

The accounts are filed amid an ongoing police investigation into alleged financial irregularities at the SNP.

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8 months ago
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Analysis: SNP's positive response to Sir Tom Hunter tax proposals further sign of pro-business sw...

Nationalists often look towards Ireland for inspiration and the SNP continue to do so

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8 months ago
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Analysis: SNP's positive response to Tom Hunter proposals further sign of pro-business swerve

Nationalists often look towards Ireland for inspiration and the SNP continue to do so.

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