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Climate-sceptic Jacob Rees-Mogg now runs the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, which is responsible for the UK's action on global warming (Picture: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images)

Columnists World just missed a deadline for more action on climate change agreed at COP26

Prime Minister Liz Truss delivers her keynote speech at the Conservative Party annual conference in Birmingham (Picture: Jacob King/PA)

Columnists Truss may regret creating a new enemy to demonise – Scotsman comment

Columnists Scotland is heading towards a two-tier health system – Dr Andrew Buist

Columnists Truss's tax and spending cuts will not boost economic growth – John McLaren

Politics Nursing union ballots members on strikes for the first time in 100 year history

Opinion Like her glass, Truss needs to take a firm grip of the books - and her party

Politics Analysis: Poll figures demonstrate constitutional malaise

Politics Tories heading for total wipeout in Scotland, exclusive poll shows

Scottish Independence

Columnists Truss is looking increasingly like the Tory version of Corbyn – Scotsman comment

People BBC respond to Scottish independence complaints during Queen's death coverage

Politics SNP publishes full submission to Supreme Court ahead of referendum legal battle

Politics Business leaders are not talking about indyref2, says CBI chief

Columnists SNP are playing into Russia's hands as Putin plots to break up Europe

Columnists A crowning opportunity to ditch talk of Indyref2 – Brian Wilson

Columnists SNP's Supreme Court antics reveal party's true nature – Kenny MacAskill

Brexit

Columnists Truss admission confirms fantasy of easy US trade deal – Martyn McLaughlin

Politics UK risks angering EU further with response to post-Brexit legal threats

Columnists Brexit fundamentalism threatens swathe of environmental gains

Columnists Hard Brexit is putting people at risk from toxic chemicals – Dr Richard Dixon

Columnists How a generation of musicians are being dragged down by Brexit – Laura Waddell

Politics More queues at Dover amid fears for ‘vulnerable’ summer

Columnists Truss's Bonfire of the Vanities sounds more dogmatic than the original

More Scotsman politics

Columnists Truss will make Thatcher's attack on miners look tame – Kenny MacAskill MP

Columnists Ian Hamilton's theft of Stone of Destiny was a historic moment – Scotsman

Politics Banchory and Mid Deeside councillor makes award shortlist

Columnists Putin is a Nazi and Russians are starting to realise it – Struan Stevenson

Columnists Truss's speech needs to give a worried nation hope – Scotsman comment

Columnists Glasgow has questions to answer over sale of its jewels – Martyn McLaughlin

Coronavirus John Swinney denies 'political interference' in resignation-hit Covid inquiry

Politics More protesters than policies leaves Truss fighting for her future

Politics ‘Coup’, chaos and conflict: What we have learned from the Tory conference

Politics M People founder says band are ‘livid’ at use of song at Tory Party conference

Politics Falkirk Council: Warning £70m cost of Avon Gorge project cost makes it 'unafford...

Politics Liz Truss vows she will 'get through the tempest' as protesters disrupt speech

Politics Heather Small's Labour councillor son reacts to Liz Truss using M People

Health Yousaf promises NHS workers they can expect ‘significantly improved’ pay offer

Columnists A rent freeze will just end up costing tenants more – Murdo Fraser MSP

Politics Scottish Tory leader urges party to unite as he backs under-fire PM

Politics Gordon Brown warns of 'national uprising' if Tory benefit plans go ahead

Columnists Thinking about death can help ask right questions about life – Karyn McCluskey

Health UK economic policies 'likely to cause many more deaths than Covid'

Politics Scotland likely to be entering a recession, experts warn

Politics School pupils visited by Sturgeon are targeted by racist abuse online

Politics Liz Truss loses control of Cabinet ahead of crunch Tory conference speech

Business Scottish National Investment Bank having 'tangible' impact after £140m boost

Politics What is a Zionist? Liz Truss says she’s a 'huge Zionist' in support of Israel

Health Scottish Government will recruit over 1,000 health and care staff over winter

Politics One million will have rents capped as emergency rent freeze bill passed by MSPs

Politics Ministers 'confident' rent freeze bill safe from legal challenge

Politics Unions call for urgent meeting with Sturgeon over rail network future