Fergus Ewing

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Former first minister Alex Salmond

Calls for police probe into 'SNP plot' to bring down Alex Salmond

Reform's Scottish candidates with UK leader Nigel Farage

Exclusive Reform candidate 'knows about tourism because I grew up in a castle'

SNP refuses to set a date to release 'Salmond files'

Former first ministers Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond.

Swinney attacked for withholding 'Salmond files'

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon

Watchdog orders release of withheld Nicola Sturgeon inquiry evidence

Cameron Barracks in Inverness is to house asylum seekers (Picture: Andrew Milligan)

Exclusive Home Office public meeting call on Cameron Barracks asylum seeker plan

Cameron Barracks in Inverness

Swinney criticises 'poor approach' over Inverness asylum barracks plan

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes, Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton and Fergus Ewing

Exclusive Lib Dems: We've toppled Kate Forbes - now we're after Fergus Ewing

Nicola Sturgeon with Alex Salmond

Analysis SNP gathers in Aberdeen under the shadows of Sturgeon and Salmond

A juggler performs for tourists on Royal Mile during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

SNP accused of 'underhand' move to fix tourist tax 'omnishambles'

Renewable energy wind farms are a contested issue in Scotland

'Overwhelmed' communities push for SNP to copy England on energy

A road sign warning of high winds on the A9

£800m to be spent on A9 before third section is even finished

Joanna Cherry KC and Emma Roddick MSP

Cherry accused SNP MSP of having 'no life experience'

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Readers' Letters: Scotland must get serious about women

Fergus Ewing

Fergus Ewing: SNP will 'throw everything' into trying to stop me

Fergus Ewing, pictured in the Scottish Parliament

Ewing could be the man who gave devolution kick up the A9 Brian Wilson

Fergus Ewing, pictured in the Scottish Parliament

Analysis Can Fergus Ewing beat the SNP and win as an independent?

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Fergus Ewing on the 'scunner' factor and going independent

Veteran SNP MSP Fergus Ewing has refused to be cowed by rules on speaking out in public against his party (Picture: John Devlin)

Ewing to stand as an independent in 2026 Scottish election

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes

We're parking our tanks on Kate Forbes' lawn, says Lib Dem leader

Fergus Ewing MSP

Ewing will not stand for SNP in 2026 - but may run as an independent

The Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood in Edinburgh. Picture: PA

Worries of non-fatal strangulation law being deprioritised

Dr Beth Upton laves the hearing. Picture: John Devlin

New single-sex space guidance needed to clear up 'sheer mess'

Work on the Sutherland Spaceport has now been 'paused' as aerospace company Orbex switches rocket launches to Shetland.

A billionaire, a letter to Scottish minister and a spaceport 'win win'

Former first minister Alex Salmond died on October 12. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell

Here is the order of service for Alex Salmond memorial in full

The A9 is not expected to be dualled until 2035.

A9: Highlanders '10 times more likely to die' on Scotland's roads

Nicola Sturgeon

SNP MSP takes swipe at Nicola Sturgeon over private company earnings

There are still doubts in the Scottish Parliament about the SNP’s pledge to dual the A9.

The politics behind A9 delays and the 'wasted years'

Political titan gets quietest of farewells in his most trusted circle

A visualisation of planned improvements on the Tomatin to Moy section of the A9

A9 upgrade works on six-mile stretch increases again to £308m

Alex Salmond

Alex Salmond's body 'ready to be brought back to Scotland'

Co-leader of the Scottish Greens, Patrick Harvie

Exclusive Fury as 'tactically inept' SNP still letting Greens dictate policy

Veteran MSP Fergus Ewing. Picture: John Devlin

Readers Letters: Failing SNP should listen to wise words of Fergus Ewing

The High Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh

Victim of former SNP equalities officer alleges 'sickening' response

The main street in Aviemore, which is in the Highland Council area

Why Highland residents were 'not surprised' at worst council rating

Motorhomes parked up in Glencoe in 2022. A new £40 pass for motorhome users aims to raise revenue for Highland Council - but has been met with stiff opposition.

The £40 motorhome pass for NC500 that would have 'crippling' impact

A9 stands as an unfinished monument to the SNP's ineptitude and lack of purpose Scotsman comment

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has apologised for not dualling the A9 by 2025.

Breaking Nicola Sturgeon apologises and says she 'regrets' lengthy A9 delays

SNP's Fergus Ewing has called for an inquiry into the failed deposit return scheme (Picture by Jane Barlow/PA)

Fergus Ewing demands SNP holds inquiry into deposit return scheme

What are the challenges facing John Swinney as First Minister and SNP leader?

Exclusive Greens could refuse to prop up Swinney government if he shifts SNP to the centre
John Swinney may need to reach out to unionist parties if he alienates the Scottish Greens by moving the SNP to the centre-ground.

Yousaf should eat a slice of humble pie over Faustian pact with Scottish Greens Fergus Ewing

SNP MP Joanna Cherry (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)

SNP figures pressure Humza Yousaf to rethink Bute House deal with Greens

Fergus Ewing. Picture: PA

Humza Yousaf facing opposition from SNP rebels over juryless rape trials

Is it time for Scottish Green Party co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater to re-focus their efforts? (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Bruised Scottish Greens need to go back to basics

Scottish Conservatives justice spokesman Russell Findlay described the Hate Crime Act as a 'clipe's charter'

Tory demands for Hate Crime Act to be repealed are rejected by MSPs

Fergus Ewing

Fergus Ewing: Non-crime hate incidents are a ‘perversion’ of justice system

Exclusive SNP MSPs have warned the FM's response to the Cass report could be "pivotal"

The SNP-Green coalition is facing a test

Insight: SNP-Greens deal could be set for a fresh challenge

Scottish Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater with former first minister Nicola Sturgeon after signing the Bute House Agreement. Image: Lisa Ferguson.

Fergus Ewing says Bute House Agreement must be dropped before general election

Road users in Scotland could be charged to use certain routes. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Greens warned Scots will have to be charged to use roads

Green minister Lorna Slater (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Ministers are reportedly being sued for £100m over the deposit return scheme

Grouse estates thought they were above the law, but those days are numbered Richard Dixon

Kate Forbes at SNP leadership hustings on March 12, 2023 in Aberdeen. (Photo by Craig Brough-Pool/Getty Images)

Kate Forbes suggests Humza Yousaf lacks 'big vision' for Scotland

Fergus Ewing. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Humza Yousaf denies SNP is ‘authoritarian’ after criticism from Fergus Ewing

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