Rachel Amery
Rachel Amery
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A Bill is set to go before Parliament in the next few months to amend prostitution law

'We were treated like animals': Woman opens up on life as a prostitute

MSPs will be asked to look at overhauling prostitution laws in Scotland.

Analysis Why the SNP face a difficult question over prostitution laws

Campaigners outside the Scottish Parliament.

Plans to overhaul prostitution laws in Scotland branded 'disastrous'

Fisherman at Peterhead Fish Market.

EU fishing deal branded 'biggest act of betrayal' to Scots fishermen

A fishing boat in the North Sea.

Exclusive Scottish fishermen's fears for a bad deal at UK-EU summit in London

Around a third of the fishing workforce come from outside the UK.

Exclusive UK immigration crackdown will make fishing's future 'difficult'

A number of Scottish organisations have been hit with cyber attacks recently.

Exclusive Lack of planning and outdated IT systems putting Scotland at risk

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and First Minister John Swinney.

Exclusive Poll: Most Scots think Scots and UK governments should work together

Professor Sir John Curtice

Exclusive John Curtice: Farage's Reform is a bigger threat to Labour in Scotland

​The Scottish Government says the proposed 25p levy on single-use cups reflects ‘the available evidence about the level of charge that would be required to significantly influence consumer behaviour’ (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Exclusive 'Latte levy' on disposal coffee cups will not come into force in 2025

Protesters outside the Scottish Parliament ahead of the vote

Assisted dying Scotland: How every MSP voted on the Bill

Stephen Flynn MP, Anas Sarwar MSP and Maree Todd MSP

The 16 seats to watch out for in the 2026 Scottish election

Immigration and border control signs at Edinburgh Airport. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Strict immigration plans unveiled by Starmer, including on citizenship

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Exclusive Cervical smears: Number of women receiving vital health test plummets

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Dalzell Steelworks in Motherwell.

Calls for SNP reopen mothballed steelworks branded 'insulting'

First Minister John Swinney says independence will be central to the SNP’s 2026 election campaign.

Independence to be 'central' to SNP's 2026 election campaign

A Scottish immigration system could allow people to live and work in Scotland, but not other parts of the UK (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

'Absolute folly': Swinney slams plans to axe care worker visas

A majority of Scots support free university tuition.

Exclusive Poll reveals levels of support for SNP's free university tuition

A fifth of calls to NHS 24 last year were abandoned.

'Appalling': Fifth of all calls to NHS 24 abandoned amid long waits

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Gillian Mackay launches bid to become co-leader of the Scottish Greens

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Trans women to be banned from Holyrood's female toilets

Why John Swinney branded the Tories a 'disgusting organisation'

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump

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Scottish Conservatives leader Russell Findlay and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

Farage's Reform predicted to become official Holyrood opposition

Stephen Flynn MP, Alison Thewliss and Stephen Gethins MP

The 10 SNP candidates hoping to switch from Westminster to Holyrood

John Swinney and Nicola Sturgeon pictured in Holyrood in 2023

Swinney defends Sturgeon's trans comments as 'fair and justifiable'

First Minister John Swinney

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ScotRail peak fares will be scrapped later this year.

Peak ScotRail fares to be scrapped 'for good' by SNP government

While the Church of Ireland, Irish Presbyterian Church and Methodist Church in Ireland have marked religious theological differences with the Roman Catholic church in doctrine and worship practice, the main Protestant churches have expressed their sympathies this week in a tangible way

Exclusive SNP ministers accused of 'bizarre inequality' on school worship

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The Scottish Government says it will not cut ties with Stonewall.

SNP government has 'no plans' to cut ties with Stonewall

Professor Sir John Curtice

Curtice: Local election results 'good' for Swinney, bad for Sarwar

A pro-trans demonstration outside Queen Elizabeth House in Edinburgh.

How campaigners plan to take UK government to court over trans rights

The school exam season has got underway.

Analysis SNP risks getting marked down if school exam grades do not improve

A demonstration for trans rights outside the UK Government Office at Queen Elizabeth House in Edinburgh in 2023

Exclusive Harvie: Transphobia now 'worse' than homophobia in '80s and '90s

Maggie Chapman MSP

Maggie Chapman to face vote to oust her from Holyrood committee

Scottish Green co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater with former first minister Nicola Sturgeon after signing the Bute House Agreement in 2021.

Analysis Bute House Agreement: What has been ditched one year on

The amendments would see more taxes for holiday let owners.

Scottish holiday let owners to face tax hikes under new proposals

The Scottish Government had pledged to reduce car use by 20 per cent by 2030.

Scottish Government says it 'needs to drop' car reduction target

Campaigners from For Women Scotland (FWS) outside the Supreme Court in London

Advocates condemn Green MSP's 'reprehensible' Supreme Court comments

Susan Smith and Marion Calder, right, co-directors of For Women Scotland with campaigners celebrate outside the Supreme Court in London after terms "woman" and "sex" in the Equality Act were ruled to refer to a biological woman and biological sex. Picture: Lucy North/PA Wire

For Women Scotland snub key Holyrood committee over Green MSP comments

First Minister John Swinney

Swinney refuses to issue apology to women after Supreme Court verdict

John Swinney during a press conference in Bute House

Reform claims John Swinney 'way overstepping' with summit

Hundreds of prisoners were released early to free up space in Scotland’s overcrowded prisons.

Exclusive Edinburgh Council spends £36,000 housing prisoners released early

First Minister John Swinney.

Scottish Government requests urgent meeting over court gender verdict

I'm not rewriting history on support for gender reforms, claims Sarwar

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