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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

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

Colin Mackay
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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

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

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' 

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

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner stepping in for Starmer at PMQs
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Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner stepping in for Starmer at PMQs

Calls to implement ‘transformative’ minimum income guarantee in Scotland after 2026 Holyrood election
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Pilot of 'transformative' minimum income proposed after Scottish election

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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Schools urged to focus on 'reinforcing positive behaviour' amid rise in classroom violence

Scottish Government sets date for end of two-child cap in Scotland
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Scottish Government sets date for end of two-child cap in Scotland

Independent Scotland is within reach, Swinney expected to tell conference
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Independent Scotland is within reach, Swinney expected to tell conference

Scottish Government urged to ignore ‘hysteria’ around Loch Lomond proposals
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Scottish Government urged to ignore ‘hysteria’ around Loch Lomond proposals

Swinney: Conflict between Israel and Iran could escalate to ‘very dark place’
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Swinney: Conflict between Israel and Iran could escalate to ‘very dark place’

East Renfrewshire Council apologises after letter to parents ‘implied Union Jack flag was sectarian’
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Council apologises after letter to parents 'implied Union Jack flag was sectarian'

Scottish pensioners to get same winter fuel payments as those in England
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Scottish pensioners to get same winter fuel payments as those in England

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Teenager who raped three girls and attacked fourth after being freed on bail handed eight-year sentence
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Teen raped three girls and attacked fourth after being freed on bail

UK Labour’s welfare U-turn to cost £2.5bn by 2030, Liz Kendall
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UK Labour's welfare U-turn to cost £2.5bn by 2030, Liz Kendall says

Tributes to ‘caring and adventurous’ teen who died while paddleboarding in Fife
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Tributes to 'caring and adventurous' teen who died while paddleboarding

Human remains washed up on Prestwick Beach linked to missing person outside Scotland
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Human remains found on beach linked to missing person outside Scotland

Roads closed as crews battle wildfire for third day in the Highlands
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Roads closed as crews battle wildfire near village for third day

Pensioner caught in £20,000 money laundering scheme in bid to make ‘easy money’
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Pensioner caught in £20,000 money laundering scheme 

Man charged after ‘crucifix set alight and 40 headstones damaged’ at Barrhead cemetery
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Man charged after 'crucifix set alight and 40 headstones damaged' at cemetery

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Locals campaign to save historic Arbuthnott Church featured in Scottish literary classic Sunset Song
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Starmer’s disability benefits U-turn risks pleasing no one
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Starmer’s disability benefits U-turn risks pleasing no one

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Call for Scotland qualifiers to be shown on free-to-air TV
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Call for Scotland qualifiers to be shown on free-to-air TV

Minister has ‘significant and deep concerns’ about Ash Regan’s prostitution Bill
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Minister has ‘significant and deep concerns’ about Ash Regan’s prostitution Bill

MSPs call for views on Bill to criminalise those buying sex
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MSPs call for views on Bill to criminalise those buying sex

Government accused of ‘contempt’ over lack of running water at fire stations
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Government accused of 'contempt' over lack of running water at fire stations

Ministers failing on ‘lifesaving pledge’ to increase cervical screening – Labour
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Ministers failing on 'lifesaving pledge' to increase cervical screening – Labour

Amazon leaders call on Scotland not to use illegal logging for world’s largest floating wind farm
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Amazon leaders call on Scotland not to use illegal logging for world's largest floating wind farm

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