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How Andy Burnham put John Swinney and SNP on back foot Euan McColm

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Readers' Letters: The beautiful irony of a National Geographic accolade

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SNP conference diary: Booze, buses and mind-blowing revelations

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Third of Scottish firms say economic conditions better now than a year ago

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Readers' Letters: Swinney wrong to swerve question on Scottish Greens

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Readers' Letters: Swinney is spreading disinformation about pensions

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SNP to miss reducing child poverty target 'by miles'

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Burnham 'determined to prove Swinney wrong' that he will be last UK PM

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Readers' Lettters: Swinney more interested in independence than drug deaths

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Readers' Letters: Mess in Ben Nevis bothy is the height of ignorance

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Exclusive Disastrous new ScotRail app 'damaging its reputation' - John Swinney

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Exclusive Sturgeon has 'brass neck' to claim North Sea workers are being misled

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The case for 'Manchesterism' in Scotland Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli

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Exclusive North Sea workers being 'misled' and 'let down', says Nicola Sturgeon

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SNP publishes new Scottish independence referendum bill

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Scotland should give more powers to regions and cities, says Burnham

More than 2,000 victims of rape could be waiting for support services by 2028 if current funding does not increase, a charity has warned.placeholder image

Scotland's 'badge of shame' as rape victims wait 170 days for support

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John Swinney 'determined' to tackle violence against women and girls

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The ‘nothing to see here’ culture pervades Scotland's public sector Alan Young

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Badenoch hits out at Swinney over business-class flights to World Cup

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Sturgeon: I was not even considered for prosecution in police probe

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Sturgeon’s SNP book comments were a ‘mistake’, says Flynn

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SNP accused of 'shockingly dismissive' attitude over Ming Yang

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Nicola Sturgeon is an asset not an embarrassment, says deputy FM

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Swinney accused of 'weakly watching on' in SNP oil and gas 'civil war'

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SNP accused of 'U-turn' on £10m crisis fund for islanders

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Cherry hits back at Sturgeon and doesn't rule out political comeback

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Nicola Sturgeon urges SNP not to shift on North Sea oil and gas

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Sturgeon: I will not visit Peter Murrell in jail or speak to him again

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Nicola Sturgeon: 'My God, JK Rowling is obsessed with me'

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Exclusive Ex-first minister's warning to Scottish Labour amid bitter infighting

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Council chief condemns FM's 'shameful' lack of response on Princes St

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John Swinney defends Holyrood campaign after Nicola Sturgeon attack

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Readers letters’: BRIC economies are to blame for wildfires

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SNP 'woeful' on NHS waiting times as seven targets missed since 2022

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John Swinney 'determined' ending long NHS waits will be his legacy

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First Minister requests military support to fight Cairngorms wildfire

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Call for 'clear answers' on SNP's £2 bus fare cap promise

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Andy Burnham tells John Swinney second referendum is 'off limits'

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Swinney urged to match Burnham's tax cut for pubs, clubs and venues

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Anas Sarwar 'delighted' to take up UK job, as move to Lords confirmed

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Scotland's real prize in a summer of sport must be fresh investment

“Treat the Games as more than a sporting celebration and make it a real commercial opportunity”

Michelle Ferguson

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Swinney to visit Cairngorms as questions over wildfire response grow

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Readers Letters: Who says we get the leaders we vote for?

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Nicola Sturgeon refuses to publish statement she provided to police

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Exclusive Police drop probe into civil servant's evidence to Salmond inquiry

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SNP could be liable to pay back hundreds of thousands to donors

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Unravelling the enigma of Peter Murrell, the SNP's lonely thief

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Swinney has shown he's anything but a man of honour Euan McColm

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John Swinney refuses to apologise to 'bullied' SNP whistleblowers

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Nicola Sturgeon urged to publish statement she provided to police

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Man, 36, faces five counts of attempted murder after Edinburgh attacks

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Swinney calls for 'change of direction' after Starmer resignation

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Tartan Army's charm offensive of USA sets up tourism boom back home

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Scotland's rural communities in 'quiet crisis', ministers warned

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Murrell scandal shows standards in public life under the SNP at an all-time low Euan McColm

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