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Tories accuse SNP Government of ’26 broken promises’ ahead of Nicola Sturgeon’s policy programme reveal
Scotland

Tories accuse SNP of '26 broken promises' in government policy

Nicola Sturgeon: ‘UK inaction on cost of living is dereliction of duty’
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Nicola Sturgeon: 'UK inaction on cost of living is dereliction of duty'

More than 280,000 tests carried out on P1s despite vote to abolish them
Scotland

More than 280,000 tests carried out on P1s despite vote to abolish them

Liz Truss’ team considers legislation to ‘wreck’ IndyRef campaign
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Liz Truss' team considers legislation to 'wreck' IndyRef campaign

‘Conservatives are planning to lose the next general election’
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'Conservatives are planning to lose the next general election'

Senior Tory MP Liam Fox received donation from Covid testing firm SureScreen Diagnostics
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Senior Tory MP received donation from Covid testing firm

Ukrainians arriving in Scotland could be sent to mass refugee centres
Scotland

Ukrainians arriving in Scotland could be sent to mass refugee centres

Voting ends in Tory leadership contest as Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss await Downing Street decision
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Voting ends in Tory leadership contest as candidates await outcome

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon warns of ‘difficult decisions ahead’ as £600m pay deal offered to council staff
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Scotland

'Difficult decisions ahead' as £600m pay deal offered to council staff

Councils table new pay offer after talks with Sturgeon ahead of strikes
Scotland

School and bin strikes suspended after new pay rise tabled by councils

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'

Scotland’s record A&E times: How long are people waiting for hospital treatment in your area?
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How long are people waiting for hospital treatment in your area?

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

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Daughter of teacher Gwen Mayor killed in 1996 Dunblane shootings says mum showed ‘enormous courage’
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UK’s first doctors to qualify through part-time study graduate at University of Edinburgh
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UK's first doctors to qualify through part-time study graduate at University of Edinburgh

Celtic legends turn out for funeral of Lisbon Lion John Clark as fans gather at Celtic Park
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Celtic legends turn out for funeral of Lisbon Lion John Clark

Construction company fined after teen severed thumb off at work
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Construction company fined after teen severed thumb off at work

Aberdeen businessman defrauded firms and stole agricultural machinery including tractors worth £630,000
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Investigation launched after Highland wildfires ravage area size of 10,500 football pitches
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UN expert Reem Alsalem backs Ash Regan’s proposed Bill to criminalise the buying of sex in Scotland
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UN expert backs Regan's Bill to criminalise the buying of sex in Scotland

SNP attacks ‘disastrous’ year of Starmer ‘U-turns, scandals and failure’
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Alexander Dennis extends redundancy deadline to explore options to save jobs
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Alexander Dennis extends redundancy deadline to explore options to save jobs

Keir Starmer to face PMQs after watered-down welfare reforms vote
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