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Council pay talks chaired by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon ‘constructive’ but no deal yet
Scotland

Council pay talks chaired by Sturgeon 'constructive' but no deal yet

Nicola Sturgeon’s emergency strike talks with council leaders and trade unions continue for hours
Scotland

First Minister’s emergency strike talks with unions continue

Queen to appoint next prime minister at Balmoral in Scotland in historic first
Scotland

Queen to appoint next prime minister at Balmoral in historic first

Liz Truss warned over plans for new oil and gas drilling in North Sea if she becomes next prime minister
Scotland

Liz Truss warned over plans for 130 new oil and gas drills in North Sea

Labour sets out proposals to freeze energy price cap and protect families
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Labour sets out proposals to freeze energy price cap and protect families

John Swinney warns ‘no more government money’ available for local council pay deal amid union stalemate
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Swinney: 'No more government money for local council pay deal'

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Nicola Sturgeon says all options for more funding amid strikes ‘exhausted’
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Nicola Sturgeon says all options for funding amid strikes 'exhausted’

Boris Johnson says successor will announce ‘huge financial support’ to tackle cost of living crisis
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Johnson says new PM will announce 'huge cost of living support'

Plans to guarantee teacher jobs and end standardised testing put forward by Scottish Lib Dems
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Calls to provide a job guarantee for qualified teachers in Scotland

Scottish Government accused of ‘breaking own laws’ over smoke alarm delay
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Scottish Government accused of 'breaking law' over smoke alarm delay

Call for education statistics body to cut through ‘spin’ on performance
Scotland

Call for education statistics body to cut through 'spin' on performance

Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi: ‘We must work together in face of rising energy prices’
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Chancellor: 'We must work together in face of rising energy prices'

Cockerel jug symbolising Ukraine’s resistance gifted to Boris Johnson displayed in Edinburgh
Edinburgh & East

Ukrainian cockerel jug gifted to Prime Minister to go on display

Scottish Government Nordic office to be officially opened by Nicola Sturgeon in Copenhagen
Scotland

FM to officially open Scottish Government's Nordic office in Denmark

Ian Blackford: ‘One way or the other, independence referendum will happen’
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Ian Blackford: 'One way or the other, independence referendum will happen'

Emergency talks held in bid to resolve pay dispute and end bin strikes
Scotland

Emergency talks held in bid to resolve pay dispute and end bin strikes

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon condemns ‘nasty, unpleasant fringe’ of Scottish independence movement
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Nicola Sturgeon condemns 'nasty, unpleasant fringe' of Scottish politics

Bernard Ponsonby: I predict Liz Truss will perform immediate U-turns if she becomes Prime Minister
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Prediction - Truss will perform immediate U-turns if she becomes PM

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John Swinney to hold urgent bin strikes summit with council bosses and trade unions
Scotland

John Swinney to hold urgent bin strikes summit with councils and unions

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Families to march against knife crime through streets of Glasgow after deaths of teenagers
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Families to march against knife crime through streets after teen deaths

Teen arrested and released after fire at former school in Perth as residents return to homes
North East & Tayside

Teen arrested and released after fire at former school as residents return to homes

Baby taken to hospital as man arrested after armed police seal off Edinburgh roads
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Baby taken to hospital as man arrested after armed police seal off roads

‘Doctors thought I had gallstones – it turned out to be a rare liver cancer’
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'Doctors thought I had gallstones - it turned out to be a rare liver cancer'

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Vehicles torched outside cash and carry as police probe 'suspicious' fires

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Shortage of stonemasons 'posing threat to Scotland’s heritage'

UK must push for diplomatic solution following US strikes on Iran, says Swinney
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UK must push for diplomatic solution following US strikes on Iran, says Swinney

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Housing secretary ‘doesn’t know number of people on social housing list’
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Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone to step down as MSP at election next year

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Veteran MSP Fergus Ewing hits out at SNP-Green coalition as he plans to stand as independent in 2026 elections
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'Ludicrous' policies kicked SNP independence dream into long grass, says Ewing

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SNP MSP Fergus Ewing to stand as independent in Scottish Parliament election

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Minister announces £1bn in savings to be redirected to frontline services

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