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An illustration showing what Flamingo Land at Loch Lomond would look like

SNP ministers refuse plea to block Flamingo Land plans

The amendments would see more taxes for holiday let owners.

Scottish holiday let owners to face tax hikes under new proposals

Money stacked on top of a council tax bill. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Plans tabled for first council tax revaluation in more than 30 years

Plans for the resort have met with strong opposition

Flamingo Land developers accused of 'distortion' over £40m resort

Children attending school (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

SNP told to axe 'restrictive conditions' denying ASN pupils care plans

Plans for the resort have met with strong opposition

Flamingo Land lodges appeal over £40m Loch Lomond plan

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton. Picture: Jane Barlow/AFP via Getty

Lib Dems warn SNP 'need to pull out all the stops' for budget support

A young independence supporter waves a Yes flag ahead of the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence (Picture: Leon Neal)

Exclusive Scottish school voter registration urged to rekindle Indyref spirit

Regent Terrace in Edinburgh is one of Scotland's most expensive streets for property. Homes sell for an average price of at least £1.4 million. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Greens urge SNP to agree to 'mansion tax' on homes over £1m

Scottish Greens MSP Ross Greer (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Exclusive Inside the Scottish Budget negotiations, as Greens push policies

Ross Greer and John Swinney

Greens: SNP must restore 'trust and faith' if budget deal to be struck

First Minister John Swinney (Picture: Andrew Milligan)

Exclusive Key SNP council tax reform group hasn't met since Swinney became FM

Ross Greer and John Swinney

Greens demand SNP tax rises as former partners 'ready to co-operate'

The Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014 emblem.

Exclusive Why tourist tax should be brought forward for the Commonwealth Games

The Scottish Government has rejected calls to make sweeping reforms

Scottish pupils to sit fewer exams, but calls to scrap tests rejected

An illustration of how Flamingo Land at Loch Lomond would appear

D-Day for Loch Lomond Flamingo Land resort as Greens demand end

Call to end ‘exclusive’ Flamingo Land deal as loch decision looms

An anti-migration protester brandishes a flare during a riot outside of the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Readers' letters: Tell tourists that riots are not happening in Scotland

Yorkshire-based Flamingo Land is seeking to build a massive holiday resort and theme park at the southern tip of Loch Lomond

Why the Flamingo Land Loch Lomond petition has surged past 150,000 signatures

Greens retreat to the fringes amid sanctimony and hypocrisy over Kate Forbes Euan McColm

MSP Ross Greer dismissed the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People led by experienced paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass as 'a straight up transphobic and conservative document' (Picture: National World)

Readers Letters: Scottish Greens say 'follow the science' - when it suits them

Exclusive SNP MSPs have warned the FM's response to the Cass report could be "pivotal"

The SNP-Green coalition is facing a test

Insight: SNP-Greens deal could be set for a fresh challenge

Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Image: Robert Perry/Getty Images.

Call to ban Israeli military from UK airspace after Prestwick blocks flights

Exclusive Humza Yousaf and Shona Robison hold crunch talks with council leaders

Shona Robison, the deputy first minister and finance secretary

Local authorities call for ‘flexibility’ to hike council tax by up to 5 per cent

Scottish Green Party leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater. Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Kate Forbes ‘building particular faction’ within the SNP, claim Green leaders

Scottish Green party's Ross Greer heads to the main chamber for Portfolio Questions at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh.

UK matching Scottish income tax rates would raise £11bn, say Greens

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar in Glasgow in August.

Anas Sarwar faces pressure to rebel against Keir Starmer on Gaza

Council tax will be frozen in Scotland next year, says Humza Yousaf

In recognising Hamas for what it is, Yousaf has shown true leadership John McLellan

Màiri McAllan is the latest SNP MSP to fill the role of Transport Minister (Picture: Fraser Bremner-Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Government ministers must pay price of Glen Sannox debacle

The exam results are out

Ministers under fire over widening attainment gap between richest and poorest

Political parties in Scotland have said that recent increases in minimum wage will not lift Scots out of poverty.

Real Living Wage Scotland: What is the UK National Minimum Wage now?

Fishing boats are seen at Tarbert Harbour. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

HPMAs: Green MSP hits out at 'misinformation from corporate fishing interests’

Patrick Harvie, Nicola Sturgeon and Lorna Slater

Bute House Agreement: Where do things stand two years into SNP-Greens deal?

Scottish education is currently in a difficult place, but significant change is coming (Picture: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

Here's five ways to kickstart the looming education revolution

Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater delivers a statement to the Scottish Parliament on the deposit return scheme this week (Picture Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: What was the point of the deposit return scheme?

Teenage Students In Uniform Sitting Examination In School Hall

Expert: AI threat should have delayed key review of school exams

The prestigious Fettes College in Edinburgh, which gets more money from the Ministry of Defence to educate the children of Armed Forces personnel than other Scottish independent schools. Image: Danny Lawson/PA

Defence chiefs ask taxpayers to foot 'scandalous' £1.2m bill

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

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

Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon appointed Green Party MSPs Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater as Scottish Government ministers following the Bute House agreement.

SNP MSP calls for end to power deal with 'wine bar pseudo-intellectual' Greens
A former minister turned SNP rebel has called for the end of the powersharing agreement between the Government and the Greens as he dubbed the party "wine bar p...

Artist's impression of part of the planned Lomond Banks development
Pic: Lomond Banks

'Record' 65,000 objections against Loch Lomond Flamingo Land resort plan

Scotland’s biggest teaching union has accepted the latest pay offer from local authority employers, halting strike action.

EIS union backs pay deal to end teacher strikes

PABest Students (from left) Sophie Thwaites, Aaliyah McLaine, Michael Stewart, Aaron Boyack and Claire McNab at Auchmuty High School in Glenrothes, Fife, check their results as high school pupils across Scotland find out their exam results. Picture date: Tuesday August 9, 2022.

Landmark Scottish education review calls for 'significant reduction' in exams

EIS members are continuing their schedule of strike action after rejecting the latest pay offer.

Teachers in Scotland begin targeted strikes in key constituencies

Scottish teachers in dispute over pay with the Government will win, the president of the country’s biggest teaching union has said.

Teachers will win dispute with Scottish Government, union official claims

EIS general secretary Andrea Bradley, joins members of the EIS and SSTA unions, on the picket line at St Andrew's and St Brides High School in South Lanarkshire. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Pupils in key seats like Sturgeon's constituency face six extra strike days

Scottish Green party's Ross Greer may remain forever young, concerned more about youthful causes than real-life problems (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

SNP's plan to allow 16-year-olds to become MSPs is just childish – Susan Dalgety

The lack of council tax reform over 16 years of SNP government is not an SNP failure, the public finance minister has said.

Lack of council tax reform not an SNP failure, minister says

Elaine Miller, a comedian and physiotherapist pictured with a 19ft inflatable model of a vagina, is being investigated for revealing her merkin in the Scottish Parliament (Picture: Sandy Young/PA)

We need to work towards a consensus in the gender debate – Susan Dalgety

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: Andrew Milligan - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Sturgeon says reports of secret Chinese base being taken extremely seriously

John Dickie, director of the Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland, said the Scottish Government "should continue to do the right thing and prioritise tackling child poverty".

Nicola Sturgeon urged to use funding from UK tax cuts to tackle child poverty

More than 20,000 objections have been received to the Flamingo Land proposals. Picture: John Devlin

More than 20,000 objections lodged over Flamingo Land’s Loch Lomond plans

The Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant, one of the UK's four nuclear warhead-carrying submarines, at Faslane. Picture: James Glossop/pool/AFP via Getty Images

Majority of Scots want to retain nuclear weapons, new poll finds

Picture: Jayne Wright.

Calls for all Russian holdings in MSP pension fund to be divested

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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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