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SNP ministers have been urged to rethink their plans

Thousands of hospitality venues 'left worse off' by Scottish Budget

Scottish independence supporters march through Glasgow in 2019

Once in a generation claim in 2014 was 'turn of phrase', says SNP MSP

Hospital wards must be safe places for women (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Shocking number of rapes in Scotland's hospitals is a crisis for SNP Susan Dalgety

Keir and Victoria Starmer on the steps of 10 Downing Street the day after July's general election. How times have changed (Picture: Leon Neal)

Why it's clear Keir Starmer is preparing rerun of Tory austerity Stephen Gethins

The waxing Moon and Venus above Edinburgh Castle earlier this month

Edinburgh tourist tax of 5% approved in principle by councillors

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced plans to raise a windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas firms

BP job losses 'proof SNP and Labour turning backs on oil and industry'

John Swinney and health secretary Neil Gray

John Swinney denies nursing report shows 'deadly reality' of NHS

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

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

Scottish Secretary Ian Murray is a straight-talker (Picture: Christopher Furlong)

Labour needs to convince voters current pain will mean future gain Scotsman comment

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Exclusive Anas Sarwar admits UK Labour denting his Bute House ambitions

Readers' Letters: Cultural cowardice to remove Burns from Higher English

Nine in 10 of those surveyed in Scotland said patient safety is being compromised

‘Devastating' nurse testimonies lay bare crisis in Scotland's NHS

A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest by truck drivers over pandemic health rules and the Trudeau government, outside the parliament of Canada in Ottawa in February 2022

How the stifling of debate is fuelling the rise and rise of populists Paul Wilson

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon and First Minister John Swinney

Respect Nicola Sturgeon's privacy, says John Swinney

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

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes

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

Finance Secretary Shona Robison

Shona Robison suggests Scottish child payment may have reached peak

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay has warned voting for Reform UK will benefit the SNP (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Scotland must not fall for SNP and Reform UK's competing nationalisms Scotsman comment

John Swinney, seen visiting Forth Valley Hospital, has said he is giving 'very personal leadership' to the NHS (Picture: Lesley Martin)

Winter flu outbreak has revealed how badly the SNP is failing the NHS Jackie Baillie

From Highland games to opera, Scotland's culture sector ensures there is something for everyone (Picture: Andy Buchanan)

How the SNP is harming Scotland’s culture sector Murdo Fraser

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay

Voting Reform in Scotland will only benefit SNP, warns Tory leader

Finance Secretary Shona Robison urging people to get interlinked smoke alarms.

Exclusive Thousands of council homes not meeting new smoke alarm regulations

Increased windfall taxes on the UK's offshore oil and gas industries would cost the sector about £13 billion over the next five years and lead to a fall in tax receipts, a trade body has warned. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

John Swinney urged to give 'full-throated support' to oil and gas

First Minister John Swinney addresses Holyrood during the first First Minister's Questions of the new year (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: SNP politicians more interested in being 'celebrities'

Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell on their wedding day in 2010

Analysis The rise and fall of the SNP's former power couple

Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell

Nicola Sturgeon announces split from husband Peter Murrell

The SNP has been urged to ensure that “lifesaving” dental checks are available to all Scots

SNP urged to make lifesaving dental checks available to everyone

Donald Trump at his Aberdeenshire golf resort in 2016

First Minister says he will use Trump's Scottish links in tariff talks

Moira and Alex Salmond in 2015

Moira Salmond hits out at 'those determined to damage' reputation

The long-delayed Glen Sannox ferry is finally ready but a harbour it was supposed to use is not (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Think Scotland's ferry fiasco is bad? 'Harbourgate' is even worse! Scotsman comment

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Stephen Flynn says UK Government denying land borrowing powers

Former SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon and her predecessor Alex Salmond campaign in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, in April 2015

I grieved for Alex Salmond four or five years ago, says Sturgeon

Stephen Flynn MP says Stuart Hogg should be stripped of his MBE.

SNP chief demands ex-Scotland captain Stuart Hogg stripped of MBE

A member of staff at University Hospital Monklands attends to a Covid-positive patient on the ICU ward in 2021 in Airdrie. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

One million NHS Scotland waiting list backlog projections branded ‘terrifying’

Dropping off and picking up passengers at Scotland’s busiest airport will cost £6, an increase of £1, from Monday (Picture: Lesley Martin)

Readers' Letters: Edinburgh Airport is fleecing customers with drop-off charges

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes.

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

Donald Trump arrived on the Isle of Lewis during his visit in 2008 in a private jet

SNP urged to tax 'lavish lifestyles' of the super-rich

Elon Musk, seen with Donald Trump (Picture: Brandon Bell)

Analysis Bond villain Elon Musk's influence seeps into Holyrood 'populism' war

First Minister John Swinney (left) has apologised for the case involving a retired policeman called Robert from Lanarkshire (pictured right), who had to 'lie on the floor in excruciating pain for five-and-a-half hours'

Swinney apologises to former policeman left to lie on floor in A&E

First Minister John Swinney (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Swinney wants Northern Ireland-style trigger for independence poll

The Scottish Conservatives raised concerns over pupil absences

More than 180,000 Scots pupils missing a day of school every fortnight

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon asked to be judged on education during her first year in office

Scotsman leader - SNP education test result is a resounding fail Scotsman comment

First Minister John Swinney is appealing for opposition MSPs to back the Scottish Government's draft budget

Swinney: Voting down budget risks 'feeding forces of anti-politics'

Why Sarwar must distance himself from SNP and Sir Keir Starmer Euan McColm

Audrey Cumberford, principal of Edinburgh College, has called for more autonomy for Scotland's regions

How SNP's obsession with centralising power is damaging Scotland Scotsman comment

Prime Minister Keir Starmer talks with First Minister John Swinney during the first Council of Nations and Regions, at Queen Elizabeth House in Edinburgh. Picture: Andy Buchanan-WPA Pool/Getty Images

Analysis How Scotland's two governments' new-found co-operation could turn sour

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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

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

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

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries