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The Scottish Government has unveiled its winter fuel payment scheme.

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A homeless person and their dog on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh

Pilot of ‘transformative’ minimum income proposed after election

Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth

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Children enjoying playing on swings in a park.

Date set for the two-child benefit cap to be scrapped in Scotland

Chancellor Rachel Reeves

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

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has given more detail about the UK government's plans for the winter fuel allowance

Labour urge SNP not to rob poorer pensioners after winter fuel U-turn

First Minister John Swinney's SNP government has blocked a £2.5 million grant for a specialist welding centre in Glasgow

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Susan Smith and Marion Calder from For Women Scotland following the UK Supreme Court verdict.

Government told 'stop dragging feet' on self-ID and single-sex spaces

Sir Tom Hunter criticised the Scottish Government.

Scotland facing 'managed decline' under SNP, Sir Tom Hunter warns

A pro-trans demonstration outside Queen Elizabeth House in Edinburgh.

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The amendments would see more taxes for holiday let owners.

Scottish holiday let owners to face tax hikes under new proposals

Campaigners for For Women Scotland (FWS) celebrate outside the Supreme Court in London

SNP told 'stop wasting time' on gender ideology as policies reviewed

The SNP government plans rent caps of 1-6 per cent above inflation in ‘control areas’ (Picture: Ian Georgeson)

SNP is out of touch with reality on new rent caps

A High Court challenge has been brought against the government’s plan to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda. Credit: Getty Images

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Scottish Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville and UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves

£2bn benefits black hole blamed on 'reckless spending'

The SNP Government is set to press ahead with rent control plans despite fears over soaring rental costs. Pic: Ian Georgeson

SNP warned rent controls fail to 'live up to scale' of housing crisis

SNP set for Labour benefits funds collision to rescue poverty targets

Nurse Sandie Peggie, centre, arrives at an employment tribunal in Dundee

SNP ministers accused of 'trying to ride two horses' in trans row

Exclusive The damning level of winter energy debt revealed

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes.

'Urgent clarification' needed on Forbes two-child benefit cap claims

First Minister John Swinney and Finance Secretary Shona Robison.

SNP to prioritise the NHS in the Scottish budget, says John Swinney

SNP social justice secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville (Pic: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

All pensioners in Scotland qualify for winter fuel payment

Pensioners are losing the winter fuel allowance

Winter heating payment admin blunder means 37k Scots miss out

Scotland's housing crisis comes under the auspices of Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice Shirley-Anne Somerville (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Hope at last of progress in Scotland’s housing crisis

The Scottish Government is being criticised for its record on housebuilding.

SNP 'in denial' over claim it has a good track record on housebuilding

Winter fuel payments in Scotland will now be restricted to only those receiving certain benefits. Image: Matt Cardy/Getty Images.

'Disrespectful and damaging': Why winter fuel payments are getting cut

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been criticised over the decision.

'Terrified' calls from Scottish pensioners over winter allowance cut

The Scottish Greens say conversion therapy must be banned

Why Scottish Greens fear delay in conversion therapy ban

Scottish Parliament authorities are investigating

SNP facing investigation over 'misuse' of election mail stamps

Jeremy Balfour has described the situation as 'heartbreaking'

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Shirley-Anne Somerville has written to Home Secretary James Cleverley to demand an end to the 'morally repugnant' policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda

Two people detained in Scotland as part of Rwanda scheme

The Scottish Government is set to announce a housing emergency. Image: Victoria Jones/Press Association.

Scottish Government to declare a housing emergency - but what changes?

Shirley-Anne Somerville

Scottish Government U-turns on men’s sheds funding cut

The Sandyford clinic in Glasgow is Scotland's only facility for trans young people. Picture: John Devlin

Scotland 'must explore' how Cass Review could affect conversion therapy ban

Scottish Green co-leaders Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie are no longer government ministers. (Picture: Lesley Martin/PA Wire)

Explainer What happens to Harvie and Slater's ministerial responsibilities?

Fathers could use more paternity leave to help look after their babies (Picture: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images)

Yousaf is taking paternity leave but many fathers struggle to do their bit

Statistics released on Thursday showed 260,000 (26%) children were living in relative poverty in Scotland last year

SNP ministers have been accused of a 'national shame' over child poverty

Statistics released on Thursday showed 260,000 (26%) children were living in relative poverty in Scotland

SNP under fire as number of children living in poverty in Scotland up by 30,000

Tallink's MS Victoria ferry, at Leith Docks, is being used to house Ukrainian refugees (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Government accused of 'betrayal' after cutting Ukrainian refugee support funding

Former leader Nicola Sturgeon arrives at the SNP annual conference at the Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA) in Aberdeen.

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Holyrood ministers have said they are 'absolutely committed' to ensuring Scotland is the first part of the UK to enshrine children’s rights into domestic law. Picture: Getty Images

MSPs agree historic motion to reconsider struck down children's rights law

A photo issued by the Local Government Association showing damage to a school built with RAAC. Credit: LGA

Money for replacing Scottish schools could be diverted to RAAC removal work

A taped off section inside a primary school. Photo: Jacob King/PA Wire

All the schools in Scotland containing Raac concrete named so far

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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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