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First Minister Humza Yousaf (Photo by Robert Perry/Getty Images)

Deposit Return Scheme in ’grave danger’ warning from Humza Yousaf

Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater

Lorna Slater's private Rum ferry cost taxpayers £1,200

Criticism of the Scottish Government’s stewardship of NHS Scotland, or indeed any area of devolution, is often met with whataboutery from ministers who assure the Scottish public things are just as bad south of the border.

Analysis: Scottish Government can no longer indulge in whataboutery on NHS

Scottish Labour are predicting 20,000 Scots will die in 2023 while waiting for NHS Treatment.

More than 18,000 Scots died while waiting on NHS treatment, amid private surge

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been accused of wanting to keep the Covid inquiry in the dark.

Government launch legal action to stop Covid inquiry seeing Johnson's WhatsApps

The Government says around £130million worth of energy vouchers are still available to help with energy costs - you could be due a payment of up to £400, but there isn’t long left.

Households urged to cash in unused energy vouchers before deadline

Creel fishermen say the government should listen to them when drafting up HPMAs. Image: Press Association.

Creel fishers urge government to listen to them when drafting up HPMAs

The UK Internal Market Bill remains has caused a rift between the administrations.

What is the Internal Market Act, and how has it impacted Scottish Government?

Parents claiming Universal Credit will receive hundreds of pounds more from the end of June.

Parents claiming Universal Credit to receive £100s more in shake-up

Grenfell Tower after the devastating fire in 2017. Image: Press Association.

Housing minister told to speed up programme to replace dangerous cladding

Superdrug to cut cost of sun cream with items available from just £2.79

Superdrug to cut cost of suncream with items available from just £2.79

UK supermarket price rises ‘hit new high’ due to coffee & chocolate

John Forster is Chairman of Forster Group

Solar is leading the charge for renewable energy

Overflowing bins in the Grassmarket area of Edinburgh where cleansing workers from the City of Edinburgh Council took part in strike action last year over a pay dispute.

SNP council tax freeze saves owners of most valuable homes £600 a year

A child at play. More than 8,000 nursery and childcare staff have been absent as a result of mental health issues over the past five years, figures from the Scottish Conservatives claim. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Thousands of nursery staff in Scotland off with mental health issues

A person holding a shopping basket in a supermarket. The Government is facing a backlash from retailers over its plans to encourage supermarkets to impose voluntary price caps on food staples to help with the cost of living. Picture: Julien Behal/PA Wire

Retailers hit out at UK Government plans for food price caps

Campaigners have urged the Government to extend Wednesday’s deadline for the “alternative fund” of the Energy Bill Support Scheme.

Households have 1 day left to apply for £400 help towards energy bills

Chief Constable Sir Iain Livingstone admitted that Police Scotland is 'institutionally racist'

How did Police Scotland become so 'institutionally racist'?

Food-price inflation is an increasing problem for many people

Supermarkets urged to price cap certain foods on voluntary basis

A shopper walking through the aisle of a Tesco supermarket. The UK Government wants to encourage supermarket to place a price cap on basic food items such as bread. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Plans for supermarkets to introduce price cap on basic food items such as bread

Edinburgh father Sam McCahon says he struggled to find somewhere to live because so many properties are now holiday lets.

Calls to overhaul the council tax system to free up more housing

Former prime minister Boris Johnson, flanked by his then-Chancellor Rishi Sunak. Picture: PA

The media and woke blob are running Britain and I'm proud to be a part of it

Charities say more affordable homes need to be built to help manage Scotland's housing crisis.

Over 300,000 people on social housing waiting lists in Scotland

Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government Shona Robison speaks to the media in the Garden Lobby ahead of First Minster's Questions, at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. Picture date: Thursday January 19, 2023.

Robison: Growing economy can help us achieve targets amid financial squeeze

Picture: PA

Keir Starmer criticises Scottish and UK ministers over deposit return scheme row

First Minister Humza Yousaf and Deputy First Minister Shona Robison (right) arrive for First Minister's Questions (FMQs) in the main chamber of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh

Tax reform 'kicked down the road' as finance secretary warns of 'reset'

A Martin Lewis fan has claimed £22,000 in free cash after following his advice on Money Saving Expert - and it is thought that more than 21,000 households could be eligible for similar payments after a major change.

Martin Lewis: Fan gets £22,000 in free cash from DWP thanks to tip

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

SNP ministers accused of 'riding roughshod' over Freedom of Information laws

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been spared an investigation as to whether she broke the ministerial code.

Suella Braverman will not face investigation over handling of speeding offence

Education secretary Jenny Gilruth, seen with Humza Yousaf. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA

Summit planned to tackle school violence as minister warned action must follow

Dualling of the A9 road has been forefront of debate given recent deaths on the road. Picture: John Devlin

Scotland records deadliest year for road deaths since 2016

The latest data showed food CPI inflation standing at 19.3 per cent, down only slightly on March's eye-watering 19.6 per cent.

Series of interest rate hikes to start within weeks despite fall in inflation

Former leader of the SNP, Nicola Sturgeon, speaking to the media outside her home in Uddingston, Glasgow, in April. Picture: PA

Nicola Sturgeon says SNP finances probe 'unexpected and unwelcome'

Figures, obtained by the British Medical Association (BMA) and given exclusively to The Scotsman, show Scotland has lost around 100 GP surgeries over the last decade. Pic: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

GP crisis laid bare as one in ten surgeries refusing to accept new patients

The majority of customers (79%) did not support the withdrawal of the Ready2Go service.

Survey will help plan future of council-funded bus services across Aberdeenshire

CalMac fines for performance have hit £4.5m for the last year and a half.

CalMac on track to break own record in level of poor performance fines

Lorna Slater. Picture: PA

Deposit return scheme compensation dismissed as 'hypothetical' by Lorna Slater

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. The International Monetary Fund said it is not expecting the UK to enter a recession this year.

IMF dramatically upgrades outlook for UK economy

Labour is keen for a Senate to replace the unelected House of Lords (Picture: Toby Melville/AFP via Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: a British Senate could usher in a federal UK

Children in a small boat in the English Channel are rescued after their vessel's engine broke down (Picture: Sameer al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images)

Far-right Tories are not telling the truth about asylum seekers – Talat Yaqoob

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

Jack rejects any suggestion UK Government could pay out DRS compensation

Wealthy corporations and forestry companies dominated Scotland's rural market and have dramatically driving up land prices, a Scottish Land Commission study has said

'Secret sales' and wealthy corporations drive most land sales in Scotland

Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow is owned by the Scottish Government.

Ferguson Marine needs to be 'three times more productive', says secret report

The NHS will soon allow patients to acces private healthcare

Patients to use NHS app to access private healthcare

Health secretary Michael Matheson. Picture: Getty Images

Analysis: Health secretary asks junior doctors to meet him halfway with offer

There's a thrill in eating tatties you have picked yourself (Picture: Maeers/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images).

Agritourism industry needs help from government if it is to continue to grow

NatWest Group is the parent company of Royal Bank of Scotland , which has its HQ at Gogarburn, Edinburgh.

RBS owner NatWest 'entering new chapter' after sell-off milestone

Consumer group Which? has issued a warning about the most convincing scams it has seen so far in 2023.

Four convincing scams that Which? is warning people to watch out for in 2023

Local news sector launches Public Notice Portal - what is it & how can it impact your life?

Public Notice Portal officially launched by local news sector

A Scottish rugby player says taking performance-enhancing drugs is becoming normalised in gyms.

Rugby player calls on performance-enhancing drugs action

People sit in Central Park in New York City. Picture: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images

I went to the US and realised the American dream is more of a nightmare

Scottish Green Party co-leader Lorna Slater looks set to blame Westminster over the looming collapse of the deposit return scheme (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Lorna Slater could be just the tip of an iceberg of incompetence

Energy bills will finally start falling this summer, experts are predicting.

Energy bills finally set to start falling - what you need to know

The 3G mobile network is set to be fully switched-off by 2033

How to find out if your phone will still work after 3G switch-off

Ruhail Shahazad who owns Tremorfa Superstore in Cardiff has had to turn off 10 of his fridge and freezers in his shop, along with some of the lights, after his energy bills soared from £800 a month to £4,700.

Shopkeepers warn of ice cream and cold drink shortage this summer

Queen Elizabeth II: Government forked £162 million on state funeral

Cost of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral revealed by Government

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A screenshot from one of the Red Ice videos uploaded to BitChute, in which white nationalist broadcadter Lana Lokteff describes Humza Yousaf and his family as "enjoying the fruits of a white society." Picture: BitChute

Police launch investigation into racist abuse and threats aimed at Humza Yousaf

First Minister Humza Yousaf (Photo by Robert Perry/Getty Images)

Deposit Return Scheme in ’grave danger’ warning from Humza Yousaf

Analysis of the Scottish Government's consultation on the proposed Land Reform Bill have been released (Katharine Hay/The Scotsman)

Land Reform consultation highlights little trust in Scottish Government