Jamie Hepburn

John Swinney has been voted in at Holyrood as Scotland’s next first minister replacing Humza Yousaf

Swinney scraps independence minister in Scottish Government shakeup

Independence Minister Jamie Hepburn and Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth with some of the children at the Secret Garden outdoor nursery, where they launched the Scottish Government's independence paper on education and lifelong learning. Image: Scottish Government.

SNP unveils its proposals for education after independence

Yousaf’s ‘Tory free’ rhetoric treats voters with 'open contempt'

SNP ministers criticised after spending £150k so far on indyref papers

First Minister Humza Yousaf

SNP ministers criticised for spending £3.5m on independence 'obsession'

First Minister Humza Yousaf at an independence rally. Image: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.

What do the Scottish Government's nine independence papers say?

Social justice secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville with minister for migration and refugees Emma Roddick (right) and minister for independence Jamie Hepburn (left) at the launch of the sixth paper in the Building a New Scotland series, at the V&A in Dundee. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Points-based immigration system 'could be introduced' in indy Scotland

Humza Yousaf at an independence rally in Edinburgh. Image: Lisa Ferguson/National World.

SNP to publish its next independence paper on migration

15,000 people are expected to take part in the independence march and rally. Image: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.

Humza Yousaf to speak at independence march as Brian Cox pulls out

Rishi Sunak

Scots do not want more 'constitutional wrangling', says Rishi Sunak

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack. Picture: PA

Jack blasts ‘irresponsible’ ministers over independence paper

Humza Yousaf

Critics of independence spending trying to 'shut down' debate, says Humza Yousaf

Labour peer rages over taxpayers' cash going on independence planning

Simon Case, Cabinet secretary and head of the civil service. Picture: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

'Worrying' for Scottish civil servants to be working on indy, says Simon Case

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown during a 'Making Britain Work For Scotland' rally

Gordon Brown’s latest ‘save the Union’ plan faces reality check

SNP MSP and Minister for Independence Jamie Hepburn

Readers' Letters: Independence Minister wrong about Brown and Vow

The arrogance of power may have affected both Nicola Sturgeon and Boris Johnson (Picture: Duncan McGlynn/Getty Images)

SNP and Tories may both discover the price of political arrogance is high

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?

A march in Glasgow

'De facto' independence referendum is still an option says minister

Ash Regan. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Ash Regan calls for cross-party independence convention amid Yes ‘divisions’

Humza Yousaf was described as the continuity candidate during the SNP leadership contest (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Yousaf is not the new broom that the SNP desperately needs – Kenny MacAskill

Alex Neil

SNP should bring in forensic accountants, says former minister Alex Neil

Jamie Hepburn, Scotland's new Minister for Independence. PIC: Scottish Government.

Tories write to top civil servant to complain over £98,000 independence minister

The scheme was launched in 2020

More than 22,000 opportunities created through Young Person’s Guarantee

The number of international students attending Scottish universities, such as the University of Edinburgh, has risen sharply

Warning of ‘geopolitial risk’ as international student numbers rise

A teacher and students in a classroom. Teacher strikes are due to take place next week. Picture: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Minister insists teacher pay offer 'very fair' ahead of fresh talks

The soaring cost of living will be felt harshly by 300, 000 students across the UK

Nearly 300,000 students facing cost-of-living hardship in UK

Suzy Powell, PR & Communications Executive, Interface

University expertise can help small enterprises make big differences - Suzy Powe...

Pupils across Scotland will find out their exam results on Tuesday. Picture: John Devlin

'More anxiety' impacting young people ahead of exam results day

Students from Ukraine who have not enrolled at a Scottish university could be caught in a financial loophole.

Ukrainian students in Scotland in financial ‘loophole’, campaigners warn

Matt Crilly, president of NUS Scotland.

Summer support "urgently needed" to tackle student poverty, says student union

Free tuition plan: Jamie Hepburn, higher and further education minister.

Free tuition plan for displaced Ukrainian students who fled invasion

Colleges Scotland said that the sector is facing a potential funding loss of £51.9 million.

Scotland at risk of 'skills emergency' due to lack of funding for colleges

Up to 50 freelancers are to be taken on as tutors for primary schools

Artists and musicians hit by Covid to be offered work tutoring primary pupils

One student at the University of Glasgow said she had been told she would only get one hour of in-person teaching per fortnight.

Students told they will get one in-person tutorial a fortnight

People carry out asymptomatic testing using lateral flow antigen at a test centre at Edinburgh University ahead of students being allowed to travel home for the Christmas holidays.

Vaccine clinics to be set up on university campuses

The University of Edinburgh's main library, Edinburgh.

University applications from EU students down 41 per cent

The unemployment rate reached 5 per cent in the three months to November for the first time since early 2016 after a further 202,000 people lost their jobs, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Younger workers on front line as UK unemployment rate hits 5%

Issues such as driving in the EU after Brexit will be tackled by the new advice line.

Brexit consumer advice service launched in Scotland

Unemployment has fallen in Scotland.

Unemployment in Scotland has fallen

Scots pubs have been hit hard during the Covid pandemic

Scots 'tied pubs' overhaul is backed by MSPs

Scots jobs figures have avoided worst impact of pandemic

Furlough scheme averts Scots jobs pandemic impact
The number of people in employment in Scotland increased slightly between July and September, according to the latest statistics.

Soft plays and nightclubs across Scotland will now receive a government grant to see them through Christmas.

Scottish soft plays and nightclubs to receive vital government funding

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the number of employees on payrolls dropped by 673,000 between March and September. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP) (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Unemployment in Scotland rises amid coronavirus pandemic

Around 695,000 UK workers have been removed from the payrolls of British companies since March when the coronavirus lockdown began, according to official figures. Picture: PA

Scots unemployment rate rises to 4.6%

The Scottish economy faces a huge challenge to recover from the Covid-19 crisis. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Scottish economy faces ‘absolute crisis’ as jobless numbers grow

The new website is aimed to help people avoid being overcharged by delivery companies

Site launched to tackle 'unfair' delivery charges

Colleges and universities should help Scots retrain in digital skills

Scotland needs 'society-wide' response to jobless crisis

The tourism and hospitality sector in Scotland is preparing for a planned reopening on July 15.

New taskforce to drive recovery of Scotland's tourism and hospitality sector

The latest figures show the unemployment rate in Scotland is the highest in the UK, with a 30,000 rise in the number of jobless Scots

Scots workforce worst hit in Covid-19 crisis as 30,000 more jobless

'We want to end low pay and put more money in the pockets of hard-working families," Chancellor Sajid Javid said (Photo: Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Minimum wage pay rise 2020: the new national living wage, who will get an increa...

More than 59 per centof the working age population in Scotland were reported by the ONS to have been in work as of July this year. Picture: PA

Unemployment rate in Scotland drops below UK average

Business Minister Jamie Hepburn has refused to retract a Scottish Government tweet that was criticised by a statistics watchdog. Picture: JPIMEDIA

Business Minister refuses to retract Scottish Government tweet criticised by wat...

Thousands of workers receive pay rise as Real Living Wage increases to £9.30 per...

Only 74.3 per cent of Scots are in work compared with 75.9 per cent across the UK as a whole. Picture: TSPL

Brexit blamed for Scotland having worst employment statistics in the UK

Businesses across Scotland are hiring more temporary staff due to Brexit, a senior economist has said

Scots businesses 'hiring more' temp staff due to Brexit

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

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Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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