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Scottish Government pledges extra £2.4m to help people struggling with rising food and living costs
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Extra £2.4m pledged to help Scots struggling with rising living costs

Bernard Ponsonby on his interview with Derek MacKay over ferries fiasco
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Derek Mackay: CalMac ferry cost overruns a ‘scandalous state of affairs’
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Derek Mackay: Ferries fiasco scandalous but not my fault

Alister Jack: 'Scotland has no desire to be part of European Union'
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Alister Jack: 'Scotland has no desire to be part of European Union'

Tory MP Andrew Bridgen has whip removed after appearing to compare Covid vaccine with Holocaust
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Tory MP suspended after appearing to compare Covid jab to Holocaust

Rishi Sunak to face healthcare and strike scrutiny as PMQs returns from Christmas break
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Rishi Sunak faces MPs on healthcare and strikes as PMQs returns

Westminster Accounts reveal how much MPs received in donations, gifts and secondary earnings during parliament
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How much has your MP received in donations, gifts and extra earnings?

Humza Yousaf launches £8m drive for 300 new care beds to end delayed discharge crisis
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Yousaf launches £8m drive for new care beds to end discharge crisis

Humza Yousaf addresses Holyrood amid Scottish NHS delayed discharge ‘crisis’
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Humza Yousaf addresses Holyrood amid NHS delayed discharge 'crisis'

Nicola Sturgeon insists Humza Yousaf ‘doing a good job as health secretary’ despite health service pressures
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Sturgeon insists Yousaf 'doing a good job' despite pressure on NHS

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon urges people to wear face masks as hospitals near capacity
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Sturgeon urges people to wear face masks as hospitals near capacity

Blocking Scotland’s gender reforms would be ‘disastrous’, campaigners claim
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Blocking Scotland’s gender reforms would be ‘disastrous’

Rishi Sunak refuses to say if he uses private healthcare in Laura Kuenssberg interview
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Sunak refuses to say if he uses private healthcare as NHS under pressure

Westminster’s Scotland Office spends nearly £1.5m on spin doctor fees since 2021, figures show
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Scotland Office spends nearly £1.5m on spin doctor fees since 2021

UK Government ministers urged to back plans to introduce paid leave following miscarriage
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Ministers urged to back plans to introduce paid miscarriage leave 

Nicola Sturgeon chairs resilience meeting over ‘unprecedented’ pressure NHS facing in Scotland
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Sturgeon chairs resilience meeting on 'unprecedented' NHS pressure

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross brands independence debate on return from Christmas break ‘bonkers’
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Ross brands indyref2 debate on return from Christmas break 'bonkers'

Employers could be allowed to sue unions over ‘minimum staff levels’ during strike action
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Employers 'could sue unions over staffing levels during strikes'

Shona Robison says Scottish Government doing ‘everything it can’ to ease cost-of-living crisis
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Government 'doing everything it can' amid living costs crisis

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promises to end Channel small boat crossings in first major speech of 2023
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Sunak accused of 'flimsy' promises in first speech of new year

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Cole Cooper’s mum ‘left in the dark’ more than a week after teen’s body found
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Cole Cooper's mum 'left in the dark' more than a week after teen's body found

Thousands of Scottish pensioners to receive up to £305 in winter heating support
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Thousands of Scottish pensioners to receive up to £305 in winter heating support

Housing secretary ‘doesn’t know number of people on social housing list’
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Housing secretary 'doesn't know number of people on social housing list' 

Scottish Government threatened with legal action over single-sex spaces
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Scottish Government threatened with legal action over single-sex spaces

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Social worker struck off after possessing indecent images of children

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Man who raped girl, 15, after following her along street jailed

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Two men charged in murder bid as gang war arrests reach 47

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Angela Rayner tells PMQs that ‘UK agrees with President Trump that Iran must not have nuclear weapons’
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Rayner: 'UK agrees with Trump that Iran must not have nuclear weapons’

Angela Rayner tells PMQs she knows some people are ‘fearful’ of welfare changes amid £5bn benefit crackdown
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Rayner admits people are 'fearful' of welfare changes amid £5bn benefit crackdown

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner stepping in for Starmer at PMQs
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John Swinney: ‘Independence is the defining choice for this generation’
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Swinney: 'Independence is the defining choice for this generation' 

Scottish Government guidance urges schools to ‘reinforce positive behaviour’ amid rising classroom violence
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Scottish Government sets date for end of two-child cap in Scotland
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