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

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955 Articles
6 days ago
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Humza Yousaf: Tory bid to scrap Hate Crime Act was ‘reckless and unforgivable’

The First Minister accused the party of ‘debasing’ political discourse

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7 days ago
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Fergus Ewing: Non-crime hate incidents are a ‘perversion’ of justice system

The former SNP minister compared the practice to something out of the writings of Franz Kafka

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8 days ago
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Police Scotland refuses to release hate crime training material under FoI

The force said it would not be appropriate to release it prior to a rollout being completed

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8 days ago
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Number of hate crime complaints drops by 75 per cent in week two of new law

Police Scotland said 1,832 reports were received last week

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9 days ago
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Tories launch bid to repeal Scotland's controversial new hate crime law

The party said the legislation is ‘proving every bit as unworkable as many critics warned’

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11 days ago
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Proliferation of commissioners in Scotland ‘undermining Holyrood’, warns watchdog

The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman raised ‘significant’ concerns

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13 days ago
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Scottish Enterprise still searching for someone to fill £540-a-day top job after two years

The economic development body has been without a permanent chair since 2022

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14 days ago
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Scottish Government spent £10k on top legal firm to help prepare Covid witnesses

More than £3,000 was associated with supporting Jason Leitch, the national clinical director

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14 days ago
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More than 7,000 hate crime complaints in first week of new law, police say

The force has released official figures for the first time since the Hate Crime Act came into effect

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14 days ago
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Police Scotland releases official hate crime figures following controversial new law

Data shows 7,152 online complaints were recorded

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14 days ago
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Hate crime law is ‘unworkable’ and should be withdrawn, says former top Scottish judge

Lord Hope of Craighead said the hate crime legislation had ‘misfired’

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14 days ago
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Hate crime law is ‘unworkable’ and should be withdrawn, says former top Scottish judge

Lord Hope of Craighead said the hate crime legislation had ‘misfired’

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