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Rise in Scottish drug-related hospital admissions should be ‘source of shame’
Tory Annie Wells says figures show ‘the SNP’s abject failure to get a grip on the drugs emergency’
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‘Arrogant’ SNP introduces more rent controls
Nationalists’ plans for another cap on rises ‘will do nothing to tackle Scotland’s housing emergency’
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Former SNP treasurer ‘avoided Scottish taxes by amassing English property portfolio’
Couple save up to £10k by buying south of the border
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Scottish Lib Dem leader ‘anxious’ over Swinney’s anti-Reform UK summit
Alex Cole-Hamilton says it is wrong to ‘no-platform’ Nigel Farage’s party
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Scotland plots raid on rich with new council tax band
SNP accused of ‘politics of envy’ by seeking reform of property levies
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Scottish civil servants living just over border ‘to avoid SNP taxes’
Government workers residing in Northumberland and Cumbria could save up to £2,500 on income tax
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Swinney to use Tartan Week trip to strengthen US ties
Scotland’s First Minister, whose trip has been condemned as a ‘jolly’, has been critical of Donald Trump’s stance on Ukraine
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Town hall bosses enjoy record salaries amid huge rise in council tax
Almost 4,000 local authority staff received more than £100,000 in 2023/24 – up by more than a quarter in a year
Analysis and opinion
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As turf war rages across Scotland’s Central Belt, what is SNP doing about it?
Shots have been fired, people have been attacked – but there’s not a great deal of evidence that ministers are responding
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SNP reliance on UK government to save Grangemouth shows folly of independence
John Swinney wants Scotland’s last remaining oil refinery to be nationalised, but going it alone is a step too far
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SNP must review free tuition to save Scotland’s universities
Institutions rely on foreign students who pay higher fees, discriminating against Scottish students
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We’re paying more tax but things are getting worse, complain Scots
About three quarters believe local services have deteriorated over past five years – more than those surveyed elsewhere in UK
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Scottish Government handed Stonewall £400k in taxpayers’ money
SNP ministers under pressure to cut funding to controversial gay rights charity amid claims it is a ‘shell company’ north of the Border
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Hospital corridor care ‘normalised’ in Scotland’s largest health board
Report also criticises ‘ambulance stacking’ and exposes ‘poor culture and poor care’
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Scottish spending cut by £900m after Spring Statement
Experts blame huge fall in expenditure by end of decade on Reeves, as SNP minister fears for the ‘most vulnerable people in our society’
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Starmer: Scotland’s top prosecutor must not sit in SNP Cabinet
Prime Minister says Dorothy Bain’s two roles should be separated after a criminal investigation into Nicola Sturgeon was dropped
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Scots overwhelmingly back Trident despite ‘out-of-touch’ SNP opposition
Survey prompts calls for party to reconsider policy of unilaterally scrapping the nuclear deterrent
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Abolish SNP’s free university tuition for students who can afford it, say half of Scots
Poll finds support for fees at universities based on ability to pay, rather than current policy
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Few addicts referred for treatment after using SNP’s drug consumption room
Tiny proportion of visitors directed to rehab services igniting fears that facility fails to help users
