Ian Murray

How would an independent Scotland fare on the world stage?

Exclusive Ex-EU top diplomat brands SNP Government decision as 'Scottish Brexit'

Torness nuclear power station

Scotland globally isolated on nuclear power, as Torness visit looms

Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Murray sits inside a rescue submersible during a visit to defence contractor JFD Global in Renfrew in March

Industrial strategy 'will drive tens of thousands of jobs in Scotland'

Farmers hold a tractor rally in protest at changes to inheritance tax on Edinburgh's city bypass (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Farmers vow to 'not give up' with pressure on 'family farm tax'

Up to 400 jobs are at risk after bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis announced plans to move operations from Falkirk and Larbert to Scarborough (Picture: Michael Gillen)

Readers Letters: Are both SNP and Labour OK with bus firm leaving Scotland?

Alexander Dennis has announced it plans to close down its Falkirk area operations to relocate to one single base in Scarborough (Picture: Michael Gillen, National World)

SNP told to 'look themselves in the mirror' over bus firm job cuts

Scottish Secretary Ian Murray

Exclusive SNP 'pulling wool over public's eyes' in Spending Review row

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves from 11 Downing Street on Wednesday before heading to Parliament to present her Spending Review (Picture: Henry Nicholls/AFP)

Readers Letters: Believe carbon capture project support when we see it

Shona Robison and Ian Murray

Analysis Spending Review sees UK Government gamble on trust, not just spending

The University of Edinburgh is set for the UK’s most powerful supercomputer

£750m Edinburgh supercomputer to be confirmed in spending review

Chancellor Rachel Reeves

SNP refuses to rule out making changes to winter fuel payment scheme

Dave Doogan and Ian Murray disagree over spending

Exclusive Murray urged to 'find a backbone' over Chancellor spending review

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks during a visit to BAE Systems in Govan, Glasgow, to launch the Strategic Defence Review

Ian Murray: 'A clear path for the next decade to make the UK secure' Ian Murray

Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Murray sits inside a rescue submersible during a visit to defence contractor JFD Global in Renfrew in March

Exclusive SNP 'spent decades selling Scotland to Scots rather than world'

ZeroAvia isdeveloping the world’s first zero-emission engines for commercial aviation. Picture: ZeroAvia

‘Green’ aero-engine plant to bring 350 skilled jobs to Scottish airport site

The move includes a new energy campus in Aberdeen

Civil service jobs moving to Scotland in UK Government shake-up

Dalzell Steelworks in Motherwell.

Calls for SNP reopen mothballed steelworks branded 'insulting'

Swinney must explain how he'll get steel plants back in operation Ian Murray

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Queen Elizabeth House, the Scotland Office HQ in Edinburgh

The ex-Labour health minister joining the Scotland Office

Pedestrians and cars move through the Times Square district of Manhattan, New York. Picture: Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images

Swinney's charm offensive as SNP leader to march in Tartan Day parade

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, leaves 11, Downing Street to deliver her Spring Statement to Parliament on March 26, 2025.

Labour's biggest problem is not the economy, but its messaging Alexander Brown

John Swinney should realise that higher income taxes in Scotland make it harder for businesses to recruit skilled staff (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Exclusive 'Impossible' for SNP to avoid cuts after UK welfare reforms, IFS says

SNP Finance Secretary Shona Robison claimed Scotland would suffer due to the Spring Statement

SNP will do 'everything' to avoid replicating UK welfare cuts

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will announce a funding boost for defence on Wednesday

Chancellor to announce defence spending boost

Shirley-Anne Somerville and Liz Kendall

Benefit reforms may have 'severe' impact on Scottish budget, warns SNP

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

Why Labour cuts to disability benefits are ‘completely unpalatable’

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves meets military personnel. Credit: Dan Kitwood/PA Wire

Disability benefits likely to be cut to fund defence spending

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes and Scottish Secretary Ian Murray.

Ian Murray and Kate Forbes to head up business growth group

HMS Vigilant at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, which carries the UK's Trident nuclear deterrent

SNP 'lacks credibility' on Trident, says Scottish secretary

Petroineos plan to close the Grangemouth refinery. Pic: Michael Gillen

John Swinney vows £25m Grangemouth fund to kickstart green future

Dr Beth Upton laves the hearing. Picture: John Devlin

New single-sex space guidance needed to clear up 'sheer mess'

Mr Fareed Ahmad, National External Affairs Secretary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK, delivering the keynote address at the event.

Scottish Communities Come Together At Ahmadiyya Muslims Peace Symposium

Donald Trump has threatened to impose harsh tariffs on US imports

Exclusive Scottish businesses 'will quit' US over new Donald Trump tariffs

Scottish Secretary Ian Murray

Scot to become first UK Cabinet minister to take full paternity leave

Chancellor Rachel Reeves (pictured) has been forthright about the state of the UK economy

'Maybe people don't like honesty': Ian Murray on Labour polling

Children playing on swings. PIC: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

SNP ministers 'made an announcement without a policy' on two-child cap

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Readers' Letters: Labour MPs not prepared to stand up for Scotland

Workers in the hall of the Harland & Wolff construction yard in Methil, east Scotland

Harland & Wolff rescue deal saves 350 jobs at Scottish shipyards

The oil refinery at Grangemouth is set to close in spring 2025.

Exclusive Grangemouth: Labour MP 'incredibly disappointed' in his own government

Ian Murray meets Grace Fu, Singapore minister of trade relations

Brand Scotland must choose partners wisely

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

Exclusive Reeves in Budget warning not to 'hollow out' energy jobs in Scotland

Question Time host Fiona Bruce (left) has asked the hard questions about SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn. Picture: PA

Fiona Bruce in fiery SNP exchange over Flynn Wimbledon VIP trip

Trade in Space is one of the firms to benefit from the funding

Firms including space coffee coordinators secure £200m investment

Anas Sarwar and Rachel Reeves will address party conference on Monday.

Anas Sarwar says SNP ‘holding back’ Scotland

Ian Murray says he does not have £150m ‘war chest’ saying figure was 'made up'

Sir Keir Starmer and wife Victoria's willingness to accept gifts from patrons has raised eyebrows

Labour under pressure over 'change' vow as 'honeymoon period' over

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