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Councils ‘failing to deliver for 7500 homeless children’, says Shelter Scotland
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Councils 'failing to deliver social homes for 7500 homeless children'

Cross-party letter calls on chancellor Rishi Sunak to ditch VAT on life-saving defibrillators
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Cross-party letter calls to ditch VAT on life-saving defibrillators

Dog thieves in Scotland could face five years in jail under proposed new law
Scotland

Dog thieves could face five years in jail under proposed law

Cost of repairing Scotland’s roads ‘almost £1.7bn’, says Scottish Labour
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Cost of repairing Scotland's roads 'nearly £1.7bn', data shows

Would a Scottish Government crackdown on fireworks send people to the black market?
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Would a fireworks crackdown send Scots to the black market?

Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland wants to be ‘super sponsor’ for Ukrainian refugees
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FM: Scotland to become 'super sponsor' for Ukrainian refugees

JK Rowling rounds on Starmer after he says ‘trans women are women’
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JK Rowling rounds on Starmer after he says ‘trans women are women’

Scottish Greens demand more from Johnson and Patel to help Ukrainian refugees
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Greens demand more from PM and Patel to help Ukrainian refugees

Patrick Harvie will make call at Green party conference to ‘insulate Scotland’ in bid to counter rising fuel bills
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Harvie will make call at Greens party conference to ‘insulate Scotland’

Ukraine: Dedicated minister appointed to oversee Scottish Government’s support for refugees fleeing invasion
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Ukraine: Scottish Government appoints dedicated minister for refugees

Douglas Ross insists it’s not the time to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister amid crisis in Ukraine
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Ross defends U-turn as he claims it's not the time to replace PM

Scottish Government consent form delay blocked unvaccinated women from fertility treatment
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Delayed consent forms prevented unvaccinated patients accessing IVF

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross withdraws letter calling for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s resignation
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Douglas Ross withdraws letter calling for Boris Johnson's resignation

‘Majority’ of UK Government’s new £4bn shipbuilding fund will be spent in Scotland
Scotland

'Majority' of £4bn shipbuilding fund will be spent in Scotland

Prime Minister Boris Johnson set to attend Scottish Tory conference
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson set to attend Scottish Tory conference

Scottish Government funding system for councils is not fit for purpose
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Councils handcuffed to a funding system that's not fit for purpose

Bernard Ponsonby
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Scotland's chief civil servant refuses to appear before committee
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Scotland's chief civil servant refuses to appear before committee

Report on scrapping SQA and Education Scotland after ‘third year of exam chaos’
Scotland

Report on scrapping SQA after 'third year of exam chaos'

Nicola Sturgeon calls for UK to ‘open our doors’ to Ukrainians seeking sanctuary
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FM: ‘Indefensible' red-tape facing Ukrainians seeking sanctuary in UK

Anne’s Law: Nicola Sturgeon urged by Scottish Labour to introduce rule to support people in care
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Sturgeon urged to introduce Anne's Law to ease care home 'heartache'

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Body recovered from water at Lochore Meadows during search for 15-year-old paddleboarder
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Body recovered from water during search for teen paddleboarder

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Hunt for teens who threatened to 'attack woman and kick her baby in head'

Family ‘trapped’ on Aviemore steam train as Highland wildfires burn for a second day
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Controlled explosion tears down Glasgow high-rise tower blocks

Deaf teen who won fight for interpreter hails classroom reform for BSL users
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Deaf teen who won fight for interpreter hails classroom reform for BSL users

Pedestrian taken to hospital after being hit by car in Kilmarnock as road closed
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Government accused of ‘contempt’ over lack of running water at fire stations
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Ministers failing on ‘lifesaving pledge’ to increase cervical screening – Labour
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Amazon leaders call on Scotland not to use illegal logging for world's largest floating wind farm

Starmer’s welfare U-turn doesn’t go far enough, warns Scottish charity
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Starmer's welfare U-turn doesn't go far enough, warns Scottish charity

Holyrood committee calls for views on care experience legislation
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