Alister Jack

Japanese companies are investing in offshore wind in Scotland

Japan supercharges Scotland's green revolution - Jeremy Grant

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has had many confrontations with the Scottish Government.

Analysis: Why Alister Jack is scoring victories over the Scottish Government

A hard border between England and Scotland would be inevitable as a result of independence (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Are nationalists getting real about Indyref2 and a hard border with England?

Scottish secretary Alister Jack. Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

Jack rejects any suggestion UK Government could pay out DRS compensation

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack says he will stand down at the next election

John-Paul Marks. Picture: Scottish Parliament TV

Top mandarin defends civil servants working with SNP minister for independence

The UK Government previously moved to block Scotland's controversial gender reforms

UK Government to 'robustly defend' decision to block Scotland's gender reforms

The Debating Chamber of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh - opened in 2004.

Scottish politics: Labour ahead of SNP on list vote in new poll

Alister Jack

Alister Jack ‘standing guard over Stone of Destiny' in London, Tories told

Alistair Jack and Ross Greer are in the midst of a fierce row.

Furious DRS row erupts as minister accused of 'categorically untrue' statements

Circular economy minister Lorna Slater.

Lorna Slater blames ‘corrosive’ Westminster for delay to deposit return scheme

Scotland supplies about 70 per cent of the UK's gin (Picture: Peter Cernoch/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Why won't Scottish Tories and SNP stand up for Scotland's drinks industry?

First Minister Humza Yousaf announced the deposit return scheme would be delayed.

Deposit Return Scheme delayed until March 2024 following concerns from business

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UK delays key decision on deposit return scheme while details ‘reviewed’

First Minister Humza Yousaf last week announced a court challenge against the UK government's blocking of the bill

Euan McColm: Humza Yousaf is on to a loser with gender bill whatever the outcome

Scotch Whisky faces the highest tax rate in any G7 country, and will now rise further.

Scotch Whisky Association says industry faces ‘discrimination’ over tax rise

Rishi Sunak could be set for a major clash with the Scottish Government, with multiple reports suggesting that he will move to block Scotland’s gender recognition law this week.

Section 35 explained after constitutional crisis sparked

Pro-gender recognition reform supporters at a "Rally for Trans Equality" in Edinburgh earlier this year. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Scottish Government's gender bill case 'arguable but weak' says judge

Humza Yousaf needs to reassess his priorities for the sake of the nation and his own party's battered reputation (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Yousaf's legal challenge over gender bill may backfire badly – Scotsman comment

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack confirmed the use of Section 35 this week.

UK Government in ‘strong position’ if Gender Reform goes to court, academic says

The women and equalities minister Kemi Badenoch is seeking to change the definition of sex. Picture: PA

Stonewall warn defining sex as ‘biological’ will not benefit women

An AI-generated image of a steel statue of Nicola Sturgeon, former first minister of Scotland

SNP planning to honour Nicola Sturgeon with statue in Scottish Parliament

Newly elected First Minister Humza Yousaf is congratulated by MSPs in the Scottish Parliament (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Yousaf fails first test in assembling Cabinet and faces another over Slater

Scottish Green party co-leader Lorna Slater (Photo by Jane Barlow - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Deposit Return Scheme: Lorna Slater vows to ‘persist’ with contentious plan

Scotland can look to Singapore for a business community that is part of nation-building

Scotland needs a Singapore-style reset - Jeremy Grant

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's increase in government spending on childcare means the Scottish Government will get extra funding (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Budget shows UK's unwavering commitment to tackling cost-of-living crisis

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack says he argued against the duty hike.

Alister Jack accused of ‘colossal failure’ over duty hike on Scotch whisky

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has defended plans to increase duty on Scotch whisky, despite the industry saying the rise announced in the Budget breaks a previous commitment made by the UK Government.

Jeremy Hunt defends alcohol duty hike after criticism from Scotch whisky sector

Some in the independence movement 'reasonably question if Scotland is ready, yet, to transition to full statehood', according to SNP MSP Ben Macpherson

If SNP ditch confrontation for cooperation, Scotland will be better for it

Alister Jack, Secretary of State for Scotland, should look at the effectiveness - or lack, thereof - of the Scottish Parliament, says reader (Picture: Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Let’s get the Scottish Parliament abolished

The plans for the deposit return scheme have become embroiled in controversy.

Fallout over deposit return scheme deepens as just one in six producers sign up

Secretary of State for Scotland Alister Jack arrives in Downing Street, London.

Deposit Return Scheme: Row over key legal exemption for scheme rumbles on

The UK Government is set to block Scotland’s upcoming bottle deposit return scheme according to reports.

Westminster set to block upcoming deposit return scheme

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Analysis: Nicola Sturgeon's resignation casts yet more doubt on gender reforms

Plastic bottles are a major source of litter in Scotland (Picture: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Deposit Return Scheme is vital to tackle plastic pollution – Dr Richard Dixon

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon meet in Inverness. Picture: Simon Walker/No 10 Downing Street

Douglas Ross says First Minister of presided over 'decade of division and decay'

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has urged the Scottish Government to pause its controversial deposit return scheme.

Scottish Secretary calls for rethink on Scotland’s deposit return scheme

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been embroiled in controversy over transgender rights and the Isla Bryson/Adam Graham rape case

Could Nicola Sturgeon's handling of trans rapist row threaten her career?

A campaign has been launched to rescue a long-awaited refurbishment of the King's Theatre in Edinburgh.

SNP urges council to commit £4.5m more in funding for King’s Theatre revamp

Supporters of the Gender Recognition Reform Bill (Scotland) take part in a protest outside the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, ahead of a debate on the bill.

UK Government accused of 'shifty, tight-lipped' secrecy over gender discussions

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon: Some gender reform critics using women's rights to hide bigotry

Supporters of the Gender Recognition Reform Bill (Scotland) take part in a protest outside the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, ahead of a debate on the bill.

Indy politics has led to gender reform court case - Lord Falconer

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack

UK ministers branded 'gutless' after snubbing Holyrood over gender row

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: Andy Buchanan/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

UK ability to block Scottish laws an 'offence to democracy', says Sturgeon

Secretary of State for Scotland Alister Jack had no choice but to block the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill with a Section 35 Order, writes Brian Monteith (Picture: Rob Pinney/Getty Images)

Jack gives Sturgeon a full-frontal defence of devolution - Brian Monteith

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has issued an order preventing the Scottish Parliament's Gender Recognition Reform Bill from becoming law (Picture: Rob Pinney/Getty Images)

Euan McColm: SNP to blame for gender debate getting messier still

Scottish Greens co-leader Partrick Harvie at the 'Rally for Trans Equality' in Glasgow. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Gender wars: A seminal moment in devolution's history

The fourth episode of The Steamie for 2022 is now live. Picture: JPI Media/Shutterstock

The Steamie: Fallout from section 35 and the Gender Recognition Reform Bill row

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has issued an order preventing the Scottish Parliament's Gender Recognition Reform Bill from becoming law (Picture: Rob Pinney/Getty Images)

Gender Bill being used as culture war distraction by Tories – Joyce McMillan

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack. Picture: PA/Andrew Milligan

Nicola Sturgeon accuses Alister Jack of acting like 'governor-general'

Fair Isle in the Atlantic Ocean. Picture: Getty Images

Fair Isle ferry and Scottish theatre win Levelling Up funding

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions session in parliament in London. Picture: AP Photo/Frank Augstein

Sunak denies Scotland on 'slippery slope from devolution to direct rule'

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer (left) and Anas Sarwar, leader of the Scottish Labour Party, during a visit to the Stalks & Stem store, a small business in Shawlands, Glasgow. Picture: PA

UK Government move to block legislation 'wrong approach', says Sarwar

Rishi Sunak and Nicola Sturgeon smile for the cameras at their meeting last week (Picture: Downing Street)

Readers' Letters: Sturgeon took wrong approach over self-ID

The UK Government has published a range of reasons for its intervention.

Why has the UK Government used section 35 to block gender reform in Scotland?

Former first minister Henry McLeish said the UK government has to "grow up". Picture: Mark Runnacles/Getty

Westminster veto of Scottish gender reform bill could set dangerous precedent

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