Scottish finance secretary says notional deficit of £36.3bn for 2020-21 does not undermine case for leaving UKScotland‘s deficit more than doubled to £36.3bn, or 22.4% of GDP in 2020-21, the highest yearly figure since devolution, but it should not be …
Nicola Sturgeon ‘hiding behind PM’ on Cambo oilfield, say climate groups
Campaigners criticise first minister for not demanding end to North Sea drilling in letter to Boris JohnsonNicola Sturgeon has been criticised by climate campaigners for failing to call for the new Cambo oilfield to be blocked because of the climate cr…
School results in Scotland dip slightly after year of disruption
Pupils achieve record A grades but attainment gap between the most deprived and affluent students widensA-level results day – live news and reactionScottish pupils have achieved record A grades alongside a slight fall in the overall pass rate, but the …
Scottish health secretary claims nursery discriminated against daughter
SNP’s Humza Yousaf alleges school refused to offer places to three children with Muslim namesOne of Scotland’s most senior Muslim politicians has lodged a complaint against a nursery over suspicions it discriminated against his two-year-old daughter.Hu…
Salmond blogger Craig Murray hands himself in to police to begin jail term
Ex-diplomat found in contempt of court over ‘jigsaw identification’ of women who accused former first minister of sexual assaultCraig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, has handed himself into police in Edinburgh as he faces an eight-…
Scottish independence vote will happen if public wants it, says Michael Gove
Gove says referendum will occur if there is ‘a settled will in favour’, as Ian Blackford says voters have already spokenThe UK government would not stand in the way of another vote on Scottish independence if it is the “settled will” of voters, Michael…
Revealed: Queen vetted 67 laws before Scottish parliament could pass them
Extent of arcane practice known as crown consent in Scotland has until now been unknown to the publicThe Scottish government has given the Queen advanced access to at least 67 parliamentary bills deemed to affect her public powers, private property or …
Queen secretly lobbied Scottish ministers for climate law exemption
Monarch used secretive procedure to become only person in country not bound by a green energy ruleThe Queen’s lawyers secretly lobbied Scottish ministers to change a draft law to exempt her private land from a major initiative to cut carbon emissions, …