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Readers' Letters: PM must take responsibility and grant approval of Rosebank

Andy Burnham is set to become prime minister on Monday - with a flurry of announcements to follow

Burnham to 'approve new North Sea drilling' on Monday - reports

The three leading contenders for the Labour leadership.

Next Labour Leader Latest Odds: 11 contenders tipped to take over

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Readers Letters: Scots remain voiceless as the central belt thrives

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and James Murray, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, left, meet Labour Party members at Kingsdown Methodist Church Hall in Ealing, west London, on Friday

Exclusive Scots Labour MPs warn against quick Keir Starmer leadership challenge

Three of the favourites to become next Labour leader.

Next Labour Leader Odds: 10 leading candidates to replace Starmer

Kenny MacAskill is leader of the Alba Party (Picture: Andy Buchanan - Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Alba's woes would sadden Salmond

First Minister John Swinney speaks to SNP members last September at an event marking the tenth anniversary of the 2014 Scottish Independence referendum, which the party lost (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers Letters: SNP might gain appeal if they had more than one policy

Keir Starmer's troubles were compounded yesterday when Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar called upon him to step down (Picture: Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Starmer should go, before he is pushed

Used syringes in a sharps bin inside Glasgow's drug consumption room - the first of its kind in the UK (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Readers’ letters: Scottish Greens are right – it’s time to legalise drugs

Empty seats in the auditorium as shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride makes a speech during the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester on Monday (Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire)

Readers' Letters: Conservative Party doesn't deserve to survive

Murdo Fraser’s post has been reported to the police.

Tory MSP reported after posting 'no more Buddhists' as Rangers manager

'Council spent £16m on a bridge to nowhere. It's a dangerous mess'

£16m bridge leads to 'dangerous' deep mud...it looks like a warzone

Scottish Green Party leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater

Readers' Letters: Party must fight for a fairer, greener future for Scotland

abour leader and incoming Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and wife Victoria enter 10 Downing Street

Watch: Keir Starmer makes first speech as Prime Minister outside No 10

Labour supporters celebrate as exit polls predict the party's landslide election win (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Here's what Labour's election win will mean in practical terms

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 Green co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater arrive at Bute House in Edinburgh. Picture: Lesley Martin/PA Wire

Green councillor calls on party to ‘consider withdrawing’ from SNP deal

Cracks in SNP-Green coalition look set to widen as tensions grow Euan McColm

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Photo: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Leo Varadkar to step down as Irish Taoiseach and Fine Gael party leader

If Labour keeps moving right, disillusionment with democracy will grow Joyce McMillan

How the Grinch stole Christmas

Who needs a Grinch when we have a Robison? - Sue Webber

Kate Forbes. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA

Kate Forbes: SNP must end powersharing deal with Greens

Thatcher wouldn't think much of Starmer's stance on private school fees John McLellan

Tha luach oighreachdan na h-Alba air a dhol an àirde gu mòr ri linn na taic airgid poblach a tha ri fhaighinn airson pròiseactan uaine

Cuine a thig a mhì-chothromach ann an 'calpachas ann an nàdar' a chur ceart?

Chris Packham at a protest in Parliament Square against new oil drilling earlier this month (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Scotland on Sunday letters: Chris Packham should try breaking the law in China

Patrick Harvie was unwise to attack his political allies, believes reader (Picture: John Devlin)

Readers' Letters: Harvie fails to impress on Green delivery in interview

Ex-Green MSP Robin Harper. Picture: Neil Hanna/The Scotsman

Former Scottish Green leader claims party has become 'careless and cocky'

Starmer and Yousaf must find a way to face down right-wing climate sceptics Joyce McMillan

Western Isles Council - Comhairle nan Eilean Siar - has proposed building a spaceport in North Uist

Readers Letters: Uists do not need a second spaceport

Breaking Green Party’s only MP to stand down at next election

It's probably unlikely that Ben Stiller or Robert De Niro, seen in a campervan in Meet The Fockers, will play roles in any future film about the SNP (Picture: Moviestore/Shutterstock)

SNP facing split that makes Alba party breakaway look like minor disagreement

Humza Yousaf could face an early test if there is a by-election in former SNP MP Margaret Ferrier's seat (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

Humza Yousaf is on borrowed time as First Minister – Jackie Baillie

Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon appointed Green Party MSPs Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater as Scottish Government ministers following the Bute House agreement.

SNP MSP calls for end to power deal with 'wine bar pseudo-intellectual' Greens

Co-leader of the Scottish Green Party Patrick Harvie at the 2023 Scottish Green Party Spring conference. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Patrick Harvie: Scottish Greens will re-evaluate the Bute House Agreement

Minister of Health Aneurin Bevan watches a demonstration of a new stretcher on the first day of the new National Health Service in 1948 (Picture: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Our NHS has always been a two-tier system

"FRACKING is the injection of fluid into shale beds at high pressure in order to free up petroleum resources (such as oil or natural gas)," according to Merriam Webster.

What is Fracking: Rishi Sunak reinstates fracking ban, controversy explained

The Albert Hotel, North Queensferry (Pic: Michael Gillen)

Albert Hotel: Greens back bid for community buy out of iconic Fife hotel

Lerwick, the capital of Shetland. Watchdogs are "deeply concerned" about the council's ability to balance the books. It has been told to take urgent action to address a funding gap which could spiral to over £142m in the next five years. PIC: Swifant/Creative Commons.

Shetland must 'urgently' balance books with reserves set to run out in a decade

Leaders of the Scottish Greens, Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie, are playing with the electorate over Scottish Independence, writes Christine Jardine. PIC: Andrew Milligan.

The Scottish Greens are letting the voters down - Christine Jardine

The decision to close the Tavistock should have implications for gender services in Scotland, argues Euan McColm

Euan McColm: If the Tavistock is not fit for purpose then nor is the Sandyford

Labour MSP Pam Duncan-Glancy has criticised attacks by a lobby group on a job advert.

Not allowing disabled people to self-id leads to 'ridicule and intrusion', says ...
Holyrood’s first permanent wheelchair-using MSP has hit back at criticism of a job advert from the Green party which asks for applicants to ‘self-define’ as dis...

Instead of ‘how was school?’, parents should ask what their children learned that day (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

We need to ask the right questions about education – Cameron Wyllie

Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Picture: Tolga Akmen/PA Wire

Police watchdog to decide before Christmas whether to investigate over parties

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said he has done more for the environment than the Scottish Greens.

'I've done more for the environment than Scottish Greens ever have', says Davey

Stuart Goodall is Chief Executive of forestry and wood trade body Confor

A triple top line is the bottom line for forestry economy - Stuart Goodall

Scottish Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Scotland on Sunday readers' letters: What a difference a salary boost makes to G...

The site, just off New Market Road, is currently home to World of Football and World of Bowling. Photo: Google Street View

Edinburgh’s World of Football set for demolition

Scottish Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater launch the party's election manifesto in April (Picture: John Devlin)

Scottish Greens are changing their true colours to yellow – Alex Cole-Hamilton

The city council will now be raising actions again at Edinburgh Sheriff Court

Council to end Edinburgh evictions ban after only two months

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon (centre) and Scottish Green Party co-leaders Patrick Harvie (left) and Lorna Slater (right) at Bute House, Edinburgh, after the finalisation of an agreement between the SNP and the Scottish Greens to share power in Scotland. Picture: PA

Conservatives must be voice of reason against green kryptonite - Brian Monteith

Former Green MSP Robin Harper. Picture: Ian Georgeson

SNP-Green deal: Why there are warning signs in the agreement

Talks are underway between the SNP and Greens

Greens 'to get a minister' under deal with SNP, email suggests

Salmon farming on Loch Duart.

Salmon farmers warn against SNP-Green deal

Holyrood is bracing for a showdown on Thursday after a vote of no confidence in the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) was tabled by Green Party education spokesperson, Ross Greer.

MSPs brace for Holyrood showdown over vote of no confidence in SQA

The Holyrood chamber could be much the same despite election day

Analysis: Scots set to experience electoral Groundhog Day

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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

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