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A Scottish immigration system could allow people to live and work in Scotland, but not other parts of the UK (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

'Absolute folly': Swinney slams plans to axe care worker visas

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves holding a whisky glass during a visit to the Glenkinchie Whisky Distillery in Tranent, East Lothian to mark the UK-India trade deal.

Analysis Is the UK India trade deal politically prudent and good for Scotland?

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage waves to supporters

Moving right is not the lesson of the local elections Alexander Brown

Former SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford

Exclusive Blackford on the secret to saving jobs and beating Reform in Scotland

Russell Brand accused of raping woman in hotel as she attended Labour conference

Chancellor Rachel Reeves found positives in the forecasts

SNP say Labour must ‘wake up’ after IMF slashes growth forecasts

Keir Starmer is getting ready to row back on Brexit, claims Brian Monteith (Picture: Sean Gallup)

How Keir Starmer is about to start unravelling Brexit Brian Monteith

Sir Keir Starmer with Anas Sarwar (left) after delivering his keynote speech at the Scottish Labour Party conference in Glasgow. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Exclusive Labour accused of leaving 'political vacuum' for Reform to exploit

First Minister John Swinney and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

John Curtice: Result of key Holyrood by-election 'in lap of the gods'

Former Edinburgh City Council leader Cammy Day . Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Ousted council leader claims he is victim of 'orchestrated campaign'

Grangemouth Refinery has been earmarked for closure with plans being drawn up to turn the plant into a centre for green energy. PIC: Getty.

SNP claim double standards over Grangemouth and British Steel

Scottish Greens rule out doing a deal with Labour

Libraries are shutting down at an alarming rate, a reader says (Picture: Neil Hanna)

Readers' letters: Library closures in rural Scotland will harm literacy levels

Shoppers in Glasgow

Taxation now biggest concern for Scottish businesses, survey shows

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

Jackie Baillie: 'Keir Starmer is not a liability'

Mothers in Edinburgh will go on hunger strike outside Queen Elizabeth House.

'The most awful things' Edinburgh mothers on hunger strike for 5 days

Former Lothian MSP Neil Findlay

Former Labour MSP quits party over £5bn benefits cut

Shirley-Anne Somerville and Liz Kendall

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

Keir Starmer is making tough decisions

Cuts are popular but that doesn’t make them right Alexander Brown

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a rebellion

Starmer braces for welfare cuts rebellion as MP warns 'many will die'

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

Disability benefits likely to be cut to fund defence spending

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves attending the Make UK Conference at the QEII Centre in London. Picture: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Welfare cuts expected in Spring Statement spark fears for services

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer met in Washington DC - where the pair discussed a trade deal. Photo: Carl Court/PA Wire

Starmer passed Trump test, but must move past spending balancing act Alexander Brown

John Swinney speaks to the press conference at which he accused Nigel Farage of being an 'accomplice of Russia' (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Readers' letters: Don't be fooled by Swinney's 'politics of fear' summit

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer delivers a statement on defence spending in the Downing Street Briefing Room

Starmer denies Trump is setting UK policy as defence spending is hiked

Keir Starmer: Do not vote for 'dangerous' politics of Nigel Farage

Pro-Palestine protesters hold demo outside Scottish Labour conference

Testing on animals like mice should be phased out, Irene Campbell MP argued

'The worst in Europe': Why Scotland must phase out animal testing

Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the Bible (Picture: Morry Gash/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: At least Trump supporters are getting what they voted for

Graeme Downie MP said his party had enjoyed a strong start to government

Scottish Labour MP says party made 'strong start to government'

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes

Exclusive Rachel Reeves does not have a mandate for austerity, says Forbes

First Minister John Swinney has enjoyed a poll resurgence

John Swinney is 'uniting Scots', says SNP as lead grows over Labour

US President-elect Donald Trump at Tuesday's controversial press conference (Picture: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Readers Letters: Trump should not be 'most powerful man in the world'

Scotland's NHS compares favourably with the rest of the UK, a reader suggests (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Labour does not have a magic bullet to fix the NHS

MPs predict a tense year

Analysis The year of 'reckoning': Why 2025 will make or break for Starmer, SNP

Scottish independence supporters on the march. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Exclusive Last indy strategy damaged 'credibility', Pete Wishart says

Cammy Day’s decision to quit as Edinburgh council leader has led to a potential new power struggle at City Chambers

Labour received Cammy Day allegation two years before suspension

Kemi Badenoch has yet to nail a strategy for Prime Minister's Questions

Analysis Kemi Badenoch yet to find her feet in final PMQs of the year

Waspi women out campaigning in Glasgow.

'Shameful': Labour refuses to pay compensation to Waspi women

First Minister John Swinney at Bute House in Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

John Swinney issues 'albatross' ultimatum to Labour over Scottish Budget

Inverclyde Council leader Stephen McCabe is to step down from his role

Labour council leader stepping down after court appearance

Stephen Flynn at the SNP's party conference in August. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Readers' Letters: It's time to crack down on the dark art of lobbying

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

Will anyone believe anything Sir Keir Starmer says ever again? Brian Monteith

Peter and Florence Fanning, of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, speaking at a press conference in Edinburgh. Picture: Craig Paton/PA Wire

Scottish pensioners take legal action over winter fuel payment cut

A group of child survivors behind a barbed wire fence at the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau in southern Poland, on the day of the camp’s liberation by the Red Army, 27th January 1945 (Picture: Alexander Vorontsov/Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Lack of Holocaust education in Scottish schools is shameful

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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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