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

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960 Articles
16 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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17 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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17 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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17 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Hate crime law is ‘unworkable’ and should be withdrawn, says former top Scottish judge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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17 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Hate crime law is ‘unworkable’ and should be withdrawn, says former top Scottish judge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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18 days ago
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SNP minister’s father resigns party membership over ‘antisemitic’ Facebook post

Tom Arthur condemned the post reportedly shared by his dad

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19 days ago
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Number of public toilets in Scotland has collapsed since 2007

Figures uncovered by the Scottish Liberal Democrats show a drop of 21 per cent

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19 days ago
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Hate crime law ‘unworkable’ and at risk of failing, warns Jack McConnell

The former first minister said he had watched recent events in Scotland ‘with my head in my hands’

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20 days ago
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SNP treats councils worse than Thatcher did, says former Scottish Labour leader

Johann Lamont said the financial threats made to local authorities were ‘astonishing’

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21 days ago
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Income tax changes in Scotland ‘create perfect storm for brain drain'

The Scottish Chambers of Commerce warned talent could be driven away

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22 days ago
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Police Scotland told to urgently clarify policy on ‘non-crime hate incidents’

It came as the row over Scotland’s controversial new hate crime law showed no signs of abating

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22 days ago
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JK Rowling hits out at Humza Yousaf’s ‘bumbling incompetence’ in social media post

The author also accused the First Minister of ‘illiberal authoritarianism’ amid an ongoing hate crime row

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