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Will Labour or the SNP serve Scots and their families better?

Letters: The SNP’s child payment policy covers all children, whereas Labour can’t even commit to abolishing the two-child benefit cap, writes Sue Hawthorne. However, Alex Gallagher and Mark Openshaw are less enthused about the SNP’s record

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Greens urge STV to 'do the right thing' and include them in leaders debate

THE Scottish Greens have said voters will “only get half the story” if they are excluded from tonight’s STV leaders debate.

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MSPs pass law to exonorate wrongly convicted sub-postmasters in Horizon scandal

HOLYROOD has passed “unprecedented” legislation to exonerate subpostmasters in Scotland who were wrongly convicted as part of the Post Office…

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STV accused of 'confusing' Scots with 'very British' TV debate

A POLITICS expert has called out STV for a “very British” approach to its TV General Election debate which will only involve the Holyrood…

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Douglas Ross accuses SNP of Trump tactics as iPad expenses MSP suspended

DOUGLAS Ross accused John Swinney of using Donald Trump-style tactics as Holyrood voted to suspend an MSP who ran up an £11,000 data roaming bill…

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SNP to explore motorhome and cruise taxes after visitor levy bill passes Holyrood

THE Scottish Government has said it is “committed” to investigating bringing in a tourist tax for cruise ships and motorhomes…

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SNP to back Michael Matheson suspension, Kate Forbes amendment suggests

THE SNP look set to agree to suspend former health secretary Michael Matheson from the Scottish parliament for 27 days ...

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Douglas Ross defends rerouting EU replacement funds for national service

DOUGLAS Ross has defended a plan to reroute replacement EU funding to pay for a return of national service for 18-year-olds.

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Tories target Michael Matheson with campaign event in his constituency

THE Tories are stepping up their targeting of former health secretary Michael Matheson ahead of a motion in parliament calling on him to resign as…

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Michael Matheson 'made mistakes and should be punished', SNP depute leader says

MICHAEL Matheson “made mistakes and should be punished”, the depute leader of the SNP has said ...

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A guide to the six main parties: what will be their campaign messages?

Tories say stick to the plan, Labour wants change and Lib Dems, SNP, Greens and Reform fight for attention

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Michael Matheson faces suspension and pay docking after iPad bill row

MICHAEL Matheson should be suspended from sitting at Holyrood for 27 days and have his salary cut for 54 days, a committee has said ...

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Too many young careerists in SNP for 'wrong reasons', Nicola Sturgeon says

NICOLA Sturgeon has said the SNP is too full of young people who have entered politics for “all the wrong reasons” ...

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John Swinney’s unfussy election as leader reflects his esteem within SNP

Party’s return to minority government after a year of upheaval will test his renowned negotiating skills

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John Swinney declares ‘new chapter’ as he becomes SNP leader

Swinney says party has been having a ‘tough, rough time’ as he laments impact of recent infighting and chaos

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The SNP may be laid low but the call of Scottish independence is loud and clear

Polls saying the nationalist cause is no priority among voters are misleading. The aspiration to once again be a sovereign European state has only been strengthened by devolution

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Kate Forbes rules out SNP leadership bid in shock announcement

Announcement appears to clear path for former deputy first minister John Swinney to take over from Humza Yousaf as SNP leader and become Scotland’s next first minister

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Tuesday briefing: How it all went wrong for Humza Yousaf – and where the SNP goes now

In today’s newsletter: Scotland’s First Minister resigned on Monday after collapsing a power-sharing agreement. What next for Holyrood and the ruling party?

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Humza Yousaf’s clumsiness meant he had to jump – but Westminster also gave him a push

The SNP leader badly miscalculated his support. But London’s meddling in Scottish politics played its part, says writer Rory Scothorne

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Scottish Greens will not back down in Humza Yousaf row, co-leader says

Lorna Slater says she cannot imagine anything that would change party’s position after ‘spectacular breach of trust’

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SNP split from Greens boosts Keir Starmer’s election chances, say Labour insiders

As first minister Humza Yousaf fights to stay in power, sources believe fallout from defunct coalition could help Labour win seats at general election

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No case for closing Scotland’s only NHS gender services clinic, says first minister

Government under pressure to respond to Cass review which questioned medical basis for prescribing puberty blockers

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Police spammed with complaints by neo-Nazis under new Scottish hate crime law

First minister calls for end to vexatious reports after far-right agitators attempt to ‘overwhelm’ official systems

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Bill tabled in Scotland could legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults

If law is passed Scotland would become first part of UK to offer terminally ill people assistance to end their lives

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Humza Yousaf criticises ‘disinformation’ over new Scottish hate crime law

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross claims law coming into force in April could lead to ‘innocent people being prosecuted’

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