UK Government

Constitution Secretary Angus Robertson

Warnings the UK Government is determined to 'roll back on devolution'

Rose Matafeo won the main Edinburgh Comedy Awards prize for best show in 2018.

Comics who owe their careers to the Fringe should help keep awards going

The UK Internal Market Bill remains has caused a rift between the administrations.

What is the Internal Market Act, and how has it impacted Scottish Government?

The first deals struck by the UK post-Brexit will come into force on Wednesday. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Scotland’s producers deserve better than ‘rushed through’ UK trade deals

The introduction of a deposit return scheme has turned into a constitutional argument.

Deposit return scheme argument exposes 'broken union', says Lorna Slater

Pro-independence MSPs have rallied round embattled Green minister Lorna Slater (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

UK Tories have played into hands of SNP and Lorna Slater over recycling scheme

SNP MP Joanna Cherry's position on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill is transphobic, reckons reader (Picture: Russell Cheyne/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Don't use 'feminist' label to legitimise transphobia

A person holding a shopping basket in a supermarket. The Government is facing a backlash from retailers over its plans to encourage supermarkets to impose voluntary price caps on food staples to help with the cost of living. Picture: Julien Behal/PA Wire

Retailers hit out at UK Government plans for food price caps

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. Picture: Getty Images

Why the UK Government has us trapped in economic doom loop - Brian Monteith

UK Government accused of 'sabotage' over Scotland's deposit return scheme

Where does Scotland's deposit return scheme go from here?

UK Government accused of 'sabotage' over Scotland's deposit return scheme

UK Government accused of 'sabotage' over Scotland's deposit return scheme

Members of the Knoydart Foundation outside the community pub (Knoydart Foundation)

Knoydart community reject government 4G mast plan as 'disproportionate'

Slater accuses UK Government of 'utter disregard for devolution' over DRS plan

David Duguid MP has welcomed the news

David Duguid MP welcomes seafood sector jobs being added to Shortage Occupation ...

Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government Shona Robison speaks to the media in the Garden Lobby ahead of First Minster's Questions, at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. Picture date: Thursday January 19, 2023.

Robison: Growing economy can help us achieve targets amid financial squeeze

Deputy First Minister Shona Robison samples coffee during a visit to sustainable coffee roaster Dear Green, in Glasgow, to highlight the Scottish Government's new financial and economic policy commitments

Cuts likely as ministers left with 'limited' options to narrow budget black hole

Preston Lodge High School
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School shuts more than 20 rooms amid 'weak' concrete investigation

The UK's growth prospects have been aided by surprisingly resilient consumer spending.

IMF 'eats humble pie' with dramatic UK upgrade as inflation set to cool sharply

Lorna Slater. Picture: PA

Deposit return scheme compensation dismissed as 'hypothetical' by Lorna Slater

Margaret Ferrier who is the Independent MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West. Picture: PA

SNP MP 'confident' SNP can win seat held by Ferrier if by-election called

Children in a small boat in the English Channel are rescued after their vessel's engine broke down (Picture: Sameer al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images)

Far-right Tories are not telling the truth about asylum seekers – Talat Yaqoob

Scottish secretary Alister Jack. Picture: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

Jack rejects any suggestion UK Government could pay out DRS compensation

Consumer group Which? has issued a warning about the most convincing scams it has seen so far in 2023.

Four convincing scams that Which? is warning people to watch out for in 2023

First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf ruled out a deal with the Tories.

Humza Yousaf rules out deal with Tories even if offered Indyref2

Civil Aviation Authority chair Sir Stephen Hillier, centre, at Edinburgh Airport with its chief executive Gordon Dewar and chair Sir John Elvidge. Picture: CAA

Future Flight: 'Cutting emissions is aviation’s greatest ever challenge'

Scottish Green Party co-leader Lorna Slater looks set to blame Westminster over the looming collapse of the deposit return scheme (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Lorna Slater could be just the tip of an iceberg of incompetence

Lorna Slater. Picture: PA

Ministers warned to brace for compensation claims over deposit return scheme

Rishi Sunak is seeking a new Brexit trade deal.

Rishi Sunak seeking new Brexit terms as car giants warn of 'existential threat'

The UK Government is facing questions over donations to the Tory party.

Minister defends safeguards on 'dirty money' amid laundering probe to Tory donor

The Forties Pipeline System transports oil and gas from the North Sea to the Ineos refinery and petrochemical complex at Grangemouth. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Windfall tax will drive North Sea oil and gas drillers out, billionaire warns

The SNP's Alison Thewliss warned the price of infant formula was too high. Picture: PA

SNP MP urges baby formula price action amid claims families needing to steal it

Home Secretary Suella Braverman wants British people to pick the UK's fruit (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Tories' anti-migrant ideology sees food rot in British fields – Scotsman comment

Huge changes are coming to WhatsApp messenger app

WhatsApp now allows users to hide intimate chats - how it works

Suella Braverman speaks during the National Conservatism Conference at The Emmanuel Centre (Getty Images/Leon Neal)

Suella Braverman's 'train fruit pickers in UK' claim branded 'naive' by farmers

Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg delivers his keynote address during the National Conservatism conference at The Emmanuel Centre in London. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Rees-Mogg criticises EU law plans as ‘pathetically under-ambitious’

Alba party leader Alex Salmond

Salmond: Scots must drive for independence now after being ‘conned’ in 2014

Refugee children from Ukraine perform aboard the MS Victoria ship in Leith, where many families fleeing the war lived after arriving in Scotland. Picture: Getty Images

Criticism as refugee support payment slashed by UK Government

David Duguid MP.

North-east hospitality workers to benefit from new law

Former Conservative Cabinet minister David Davis has criticised the new Public Order Act for being 'too crude' (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Free speech is under attack by illiberal forces that pose threat to democracy

Renewables have the potential to transform Scotland's economy, but problems with the National Grid mean many projects wait years to be connected to the electricity system. (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

How gridlock stands in way of Scotland's net-zero ambitions – Martyn McLaughlin

Minister for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture Angus Robertson gave a statement to parliament on Tuesday.

UK Government expected to u-turn on bonfire of EU law 'as soon as tomorrow'

UK Government's cost of living crisis puts squeeze on NHS Grampian says MSP

Members of the public watch the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on a big screen in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh. Picture: Steve Welsh/PA Wire

Rare Ross Bandstand reopening for Coronation highlights its shameful neglect

The UK Government previously moved to block Scotland's controversial gender reforms

UK Government to 'robustly defend' decision to block Scotland's gender reforms

NFU Scotland president Martin Kennedy said clarity on the return of the funding for the sector, which is at a "critical and decisive" time with changes to agricultural and land policy, would be welcome reassurance. Picture: NFU Scotland

Farmers demand sight of 'deferred' £33m funding for agriculture sector

A protestor makes a point about fuel poverty outside Downing Street (Picture: Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images)

Scotland’s poverty problem is unlikely to see major change soon – John McLaren

Buy Scottish fare - such as Bell's pies - advises reader (Picture: Ian Georgeson)

Readers Letters: Buy Scottish and every one of us will benefit

The UK government is facing renewed criticism over taxation of oil and gas drillers as BP reports global profits of nearly £4bn for the first three months of this year, while households struggle to pay rocketing energy bills

‘Obscene’ profits spark call for ‘generational’ reform of oil and gas taxes

Human activity of most kinds is not allowed within highly protected marine areas (Picture: Ben Birchall/PA)

Scottish Government must rethink plans for highly protected marine areas

As rent controls continue, there are signs of an impending collapse in housing supply

Brian Monteith: Controlling rents even worse than the bombing of houses

SNP MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar Alasdair Allan said housing is the big factor in retaining people on the island (Jane Barlow/PA)

Western Isles sees substantial drop in birth rate

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking on the first day of the Scottish Conservative party conference at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow.

Sunak rejects calls for more devolved powers for Scotland

Located in the Scottish Highlands, the Balmoral estate has been privately owned by the British Royals since 1852. It spans over 20,000 hectares and is the place where Prince Philip and the Queen would go for a summer retreat. The architect behind the castle was William Smith of Aberdeen but his designs were augmented by Prince Albert.

Royal Property in Scotland: 6 Examples of Scottish sites owned by Royalty

The new Fringe HQ is earmarked for a Victorian primary school building used by venue operator Greenside in recent years.

Scottish Government demands advance notice of Westminster arts funding

Work is due to start this year

Yousaf to investigate estimated £300m overspend on Barlinnie prison replacement

Criteria for disability benefits would be relaxed to help those with disabilities during the cost-of-living crisis under Scottish Conservative plans.

Tories call for relaxation of disability benefit criteria

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Humza Yousaf and deputy first minister Shona Robison at Holyrood. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA

FMQs: SNP 'tone deaf' on LEZ as Yousaf accused of ignoring homeless charity

Union chiefs have demanded action over reports of violence

Airport check-in staff assaulted and abused by ‘thuggish’ passengers – GMB union

Rose Matafeo won the main Edinburgh Comedy Awards prize for best show in 2018.

Comics who owe their careers to the Fringe should help keep awards going