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MSP salaries are to increase by 3.2 per cent.

MSP salaries are set to increase again - this is by how much

I'm calling out Conservatives for misplaced criticism of ScotRail Alastair Dalton

Women in Scotland can now expect to earn a “scandalous” £3000 less per year than men, a trade union has warned, as the mean gender pay gap rose by 30 per cent.

Women in Scotland earn £3,000 less per year than men as pay gap soars

Free bus passes will help make Scotland a more welcoming nation

Kirk urges Scottish Government to restore free bus passes for asylum seekers pol...

Warning Scottish colleges will not be 'press-ganged' into mergers

The Scottish bog in the Highlands that has won world heritage status

A manager shows a room at the Hallmark Residence for asylum seekers sent from the UK in a suburb of Kigali, Rwanda, in 2022 (Picture: Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP via Getty Images)

UK must ignore hypocritical UN and press on with Rwanda plan

Scottish Greens co-leaders Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie. Image: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.

Green voters will be 'extremely disappointed' in climate targets being ditched

Government independence papers costing taxpayers up to £10.85 per download

Politicians can't scream 'bigot' at parents worried about puberty blockers now Susan Dalgety

UK Covid Inquiry has shown us all how Sturgeon intentionally broke devolution Brian Monteith

Idris Elba stands in front of an installation of over 200 bundles of clothing representing the lives lost to Knife crime in the UK as he calls on the Government to take immediate action to prevent serious youth violence at Parliament Square on January 08, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Don't Stop Your Future)

Watch as Idris Elba calls for immediate ban on zombie knives

Màiri McAllan is the latest SNP MSP to fill the role of Transport Minister (Picture: Fraser Bremner-Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Government ministers must pay price of Glen Sannox debacle

Government ‘preparing for Thames Water collapse - contingency plans’

DOVER, ENGLAND - APRIL 03: Traffic moves through Dover Port on April 03, 2023 in Dover, England. Over the weekend, travellers had reported delays of more than 12 hours for ferries crossing the English Channel. By the early hours of Monday morning, traffic had largely returned to normal. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

UK Government says 'new processes' behind Dover delays but won't blame Brexit

“Lessons will be learned” is not so much a cliche of the Sturgeon administration as its motto writes Brian Monteith

Lessons are never learned as Sturgeon surges towards disaster - Brian Monteith

The government has rejected calls for women to get menopause leave

Menopause leave trial rejected by government

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been dragged into a row over the use of a misleading wind energy statistic by ministers.

FM's officials knew wind stat was wrong a month prior to admission by ministers

SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford. Picture: PA

Blackford warns 'worst yet to come' from Liz Truss's Government

Labour MP Jess Phillips. Picture: PA

Jess Phillips: Civil servants are being 'treated like s***' by Tory ministers

Edinburgh-born comic and impressionist Rory Bremner. Picture: Lloyd Smith

Rory Bremner: 'Something has gone terribly wrong in Britain'

Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak quit Boris Johnson's government late on Tuesday

Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid resign

Major new rule change could allow 1.5m workers to take on extra jobs

Andrew Connon, NFUS

Greenwashing leads to a Scottish land gold-rush!

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak alongside his wife Akshata Murthy. PIC: Ian West/PA.

Being a politician is tough on our families - the Sunaks should have known this

Tim Rycroft, AHDB chief exec

New agriculture development board attracts 11,000 levy payers

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits a vaccination centre in Northampton. Picture: Peter Cziborra/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Labour calls for 'rich people' probe after 'cosy' Boris Johnson text messages

Angela Constance, Minister for Drugs Policy

Bosses of Scotland's drug death task quit in row with minister

The Government is coming under increasing pressure on the gas crisis

Industry bosses pile on pressure for more support amid energy price rises

Motorists queue for fuel in Armadale, West Lothian, on Friday. PIC: Contributed.

Panic buying - not supply issues - causing fuel shortages, says AA boss.

The Isle of Rum, Scotland.

People offered £50,000 to move to Scottish islands under new scheme

Labour calls for “full investigation” into whether Hancock and other ministers used private email (Photo by STEVE REIGATE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Labour calls for “full investigation” into whether Hancock and other ministers u...

Holidays to Europe and the United States are not likely to resume until August at the earliest, experts have warned (Photo: Shutterstock)

Holidays to Europe and the United States unlikely to return until August, expert...

Lord Dunlop today said ministers must have the union and devolution "rushing through their bloodstream".

UK Government ministers must have union ‘rushing through bloodstream’

New guidance requires union flags to be flown on all UK Government buildings (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, FILE)

New guidance requires union flags to be flown on all UK Government buildings

Ministers urged to reconsider graduated licences for new drivers

Failed Brexit promises are costly for Scotland - Fergus Ewing

Cinemas are trialling ‘vaccine passport’ technology - but will the scheme go ahe...

Nicola Sturgeon said it was not "fair" for her government to be unable to publish the statistics while the UK Government brief them to the press.

Nicola Sturgeon criticises 'stupid spat' around vaccine supply data

Meeting others outdoors still poses Covid risks - could it be banned?

The Scottish Information Commissioner ruled the “wrongly withheld” information should be made available to the public.

Scottish Government forced to publish 'secret' football sectarianism information

The national stadium BT Murrayfield will pilot limited access for fans next Friday night. Picture: SRU/SNS

Green light for fans at Murrayfield
Friday’s 1872 Cup match at BT Murrayfield will be first rugby match in UK to allow spectators at stadium since Covid-19 shutdown

Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey said that 'if the science was wrong... I'm not surprised if people then think we made the wrong decision' (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Covid-19: Politicians can’t hide behind ‘science’ – leader comment

Foreign secretary Dominic Raab said the return of the Premier League would "lift the spirits of the nation"

Plans for behind-closed-doors sport part of coronavirus response - Dominic Raab

Boris Johnson held the first daily press conferences before testing positive for coronavirus (Getty Images)

Coronavirus press conference: how to ask questions at the next government media ...

As Parliament reconvenes, MSPs must be able to scrutinise minister action effectively (Picture: Fraser Bremner/Daily Mail/PA Wire)

Covid-19: MSPs must not allow people to be forced back to work amid pandemic – R...

Children should not be robbed of such a practical and pleasure-giving life skill as handwriting (Picture: Phil Wilkinson)

Why handwriting is an essential skill and must not die out – Bill Jamieson

Scotland's new finance miniter can make real change happen, writes Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson: Kate Forbes can deliver - here’s how

SNP Cabinet Secretary Michael Russell

How SNP ministers and Donald Trump share a troubling habit – Brian Wilson

This is why the Home Office is deporting people to Jamaica

Derek Mackay will publish the Scottish budget on Thursday

The six most chilling words in Derek Mackay’s messages to a child – Gina Davidso...

Sir Ivan was speaking in a speech at the University of Glasgow.

Ex-EU ambassador: UK stuck in 'Brexiternity' but biggest Brexit crisis still to ...

The Queen backed prorogation of Parliament on advice of the Government

Queen likely to be "brassed off" with Jacob Rees Mogg over prorogation move

A repeat of the 2014 independence referendum is being planned for next year

Scottish independence: SNP can bypass election watchdog on referendum question

Theresa May. (Photo by Michal Wachucik/Getty Images)

MPs step up pressure on Theresa May to set resignation date

Boris Johnson appears to be the hardcore Brexiteers' choice for Theresa May's replacement. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

Hardcore Brexiteers seek to push UK into no-deal Brexit – leader comment

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries