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UK Government announces benefits crackdown to save £5bn
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UK Government announces benefits crackdown to save £5bn

Awaab’s Law to force social housing landlords to tackle mould and damp
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Law to force social housing landlords to tackle mould and damp

Scotland braces for UK PIP disability cut announcements
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UK set for benefits reform - What does it mean for Scotland?

Ministers face Labour pressure to establish Waspi compensation scheme
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Ministers face Labour pressure to establish Waspi compensation scheme

Insight: Overhaul of benefits system set to be biggest battle of Keir Starmer’s premiership
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Overhaul of benefits system set to be biggest battle of Starmer's premiership

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Swinney urges investors to be on ‘ground floor of the next marvel of our age’
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Swinney urges investors to be on ‘ground floor of the next marvel of our age’

Scheme to help Scots struggling with council tax debt to be expanded
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Scheme to help Scots struggling with council tax debt to be expanded

John Swinney says SNP does not have a woman problem as 14 female MSPs won’t seek re-election
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SNP does not have a woman problem, says Swinney

People believe Harry Potter, Spider-Man and Gandalf support same political party as them, study finds
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People believe Harry Potter and Gandalf support same political party as them, study finds

Former Scottish health secretary Michael Matheson to stand down in 2026
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Former Scottish health secretary to stand down in 2026

Health secretary refuses to rule out PIP disability benefits U-turn
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Health secretary refuses to rule out PIP disability benefits U-turn

Great British Energy board to meet for first time in Scotland
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Great British Energy board to meet for first time in Scotland

Gilruth accused of ‘lack of accountability’ over university funding shortfalls
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Gilruth accused of ‘lack of accountability’ over university funding shortfalls

Starmer should apologise to disabled people over cuts uncertainty, says SNP
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Starmer should apologise to disabled people over cuts uncertainty, says SNP

Women ‘badly failed by SNP’ as hysterectomy wait times surge – Labour
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Women ‘badly failed by SNP’ as hysterectomy wait times surge – Labour

Tackle soaring poverty by matching Scottish child payment, SNP tells Chancellor
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Tackle soaring poverty by matching Scottish child payment, SNP tells Chancellor

Scottish Government announces £30m top up for mental health and wellbeing fund
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Scottish Government announces £30m top up for mental health and wellbeing fund

Decision to cut winter fuel payment ‘complied with Equality Act’, court told
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Decision to cut winter fuel payment ‘complied with Equality Act’, court told

Chancellor Rachel Reeves says University of Dundee’s £35m financial crisis ‘must be a one-off’
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Dundee University £35m financial crisis 'must be a one-off', says chancellor

Chancellor Rachel Reeves says more defence spending will keep Scotland safe and deliver more jobs
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'More defence spending will keep Scotland safe and deliver more jobs’

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More than 300 jobs at risk as firm moves Scottish Power work to South Africa
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More than 300 jobs at risk as firm moves Scottish Power contract to South Africa

Principals at Dundee University blamed for failures that led to financial crisis
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Principals at Dundee University blamed for failures that led to financial crisis

Hubris, secrecy and a £122m bailout: Dundee scandal is a wake-up call for all universities
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Hubris, secrecy and a £122m bailout: Dundee scandal is a wake-up call for all universities

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Man jailed after former WH Smith turned into three-storey £6m cannabis factory
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Man jailed after former WH Smith turned into three-storey £6m cannabis factory

Woman handed ten-year ban after running illegal puppy farm in East Ayrshire
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Woman handed ten-year ban after running illegal puppy farm 

Three arrested after stolen car crashes following police chase in Aberdeen
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Three arrested after stolen car crashes following police chase

New guidance could see controversial Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields given go-ahead
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New guidance could see controversial oil and gas fields given go-ahead

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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' 

Care experienced young people: ‘I missed around half of school – I refused point-blank to go’
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'I missed around half of school - I refused point-blank to go'

Tall Ships Races to transform Aberdeen Harbour for first time in 20 years during four-day festival
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Tall ships to transform Aberdeen Harbour during four-day festival

Stroke patients rebuild strength with help from therapy dogs at Inverclyde Royal Hospital
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Stroke patients rebuild strength with help from therapy dogs

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Rare form of epilepsy causing caregivers to develop PTSD

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

John Swinney to face questions over winter fuel payment recoveries from better-off pensioners at FMQs
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FM to face questions over winter fuel payment recovery from better-off pensioners

Scottish Government unveils new carbon budget plans to replace net zero targets
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New carbon budgets outlined to replace net zero targets

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

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

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

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FSA issues warning slush drinks ‘not suitable’ for children under seven as age raised from four
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Slush drinks 'not suitable' for children under seven as age raised from four

Five baby beavers born at Cairngorms National Park in Scottish Highlands spotted for first time
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Baby beavers born at Cairngorms National Park spotted for first time 

New scanner used for brain tumour patients trialled by Aberdeen scientists in world-first
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New scanner used for brain tumour patients trialled in world-first