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Swinney rules out working with Reform on future Scottish budget
Polls suggest Nigel Farage’s party could win multiple seats at Holyrood in next year’s election.
Sturgeon: Yousaf’s decision to dump Greens from government was ‘catastrophic’
Both former first ministers have discussed the move, which resulted in a new SNP leader.
Fergus Ewing: Sturgeon took SNP in direction that was ‘really not going to work’
Mr Ewing said the former first minister became ‘obsessed with ideology, equality and gender form’ during the time Greens were in government.
Polarisation in politics did not improve after my resignation, says Sturgeon
She stood down in February 2023, believing she had become a ‘polarising’ figure in UK politics.
10 Labour MPs offer support to proposed compensation scheme for Waspi women
The Bill has been tabled by SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn.
Remain is in the past, rejoining EU is ‘Scotland’s best hope’, Swinney to say
The First Minister will stress the need for migration in Scotland due to the ageing population.
Search for more than 30 ‘hidden’ fragments of Stone of Destiny after 1951 repair
A researcher is exploring the mystery of small fragments which were separated from the ancient Stone of Scone.
MP calls for Stuart Hogg to be stripped of MBE after admitting domestic abuse
Hogg was sentenced to a community payback order with one year of supervision after he admitted abusing his estranged wife.
Let bereaved grieve in peace, says Swinney after plea from Salmond’s widow
Moira Salmond has said recent criticism of her late husband Alex is causing distress for herself and the family.
Swinney seeks to speed up action to scrap two-child cap in Scotland
The First Minister said if the system can be in place sooner, ‘the first payments will be made in this coming year’.