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There won’t be another referendum on Scottish independence even if the SNP wins a majority at Holyrood next year, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. www.holyrood.com/news/view,ra...
Rachel Reeves: There won’t be another referendum
Shona Robison accused the chancellor of an “astonishing level of arrogance”
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November 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
There won’t be another referendum on Scottish independence even if the SNP wins a majority at Holyrood next year, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. www.holyrood.com/news/view,ra...
Tories call for money earmarked to tackle child poverty to be used to cut income tax www.holyrood.com/news/view,sc...
Scottish Government urged to cut income tax
Russell Findlay said the decision by the UK government to abolish the two-child cap on benefits freed up money earmarked...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Tories call for money earmarked to tackle child poverty to be used to cut income tax www.holyrood.com/news/view,sc...
First Minister John Swinney has been challenged to help pass a bill criminalising the purchase of sex www.holyrood.com/news/view,he...
Help ban purchase of sex in Scotland, John Swinney is urged
Move would 'finally make good on a policy position that we have held for decades', Scottish Parliament hears
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November 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First Minister John Swinney has been challenged to help pass a bill criminalising the purchase of sex www.holyrood.com/news/view,he...
A team of Scottish researchers has developed a video game that could detect autism in children www.holyrood.com/news/view,sc...
Scottish scientists pioneer autism diagnosis video game
Scientists at the University of Strathclyde have developed a video game that could detect autism in children aged betwee...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
A team of Scottish researchers has developed a video game that could detect autism in children www.holyrood.com/news/view,sc...
Two years after a £1million cyber attack targeted Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, the Accounts Commission’s report has been published www.holyrood.com/news/view,co...
Council had ‘gaps in cybersecurity’ before ransomware attack
A report into a cyberattack on a Scottish council has found the local authority had not properly prepared for such an ev...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Two years after a £1million cyber attack targeted Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, the Accounts Commission’s report has been published www.holyrood.com/news/view,co...
Support for lower immigration is growing in Scotland – but voters still want workers, students and carers to come in, new polling has found www.holyrood.com/news/view,sc...
Scots ‘cooling’ on immigration – but voters still want workers
Change does not equate to 'outright hostility', think tank Migration Policy Scotland finds
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November 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Support for lower immigration is growing in Scotland – but voters still want workers, students and carers to come in, new polling has found www.holyrood.com/news/view,sc...
The UK Government will scrap the two-child cap on benefits from April next year, the chancellor has confirmed. www.holyrood.com/news/view,uk...
UK Government scraps two-child limit amid tax-raising budget
The Scottish Government will receive an additional £820m over the period of the spending review
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November 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The UK Government will scrap the two-child cap on benefits from April next year, the chancellor has confirmed. www.holyrood.com/news/view,uk...
SNP MP @petewishart.bsky.social: "This government's new heinous asylum and immigration policy marks a dark moment for many who have chosen Scotland to be their home.
"Why does Scottish Labour support an immigration policy that is contrary to the Scottish interest?"
"Why does Scottish Labour support an immigration policy that is contrary to the Scottish interest?"
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
SNP MP @petewishart.bsky.social: "This government's new heinous asylum and immigration policy marks a dark moment for many who have chosen Scotland to be their home.
"Why does Scottish Labour support an immigration policy that is contrary to the Scottish interest?"
"Why does Scottish Labour support an immigration policy that is contrary to the Scottish interest?"
The national arts body is “too bureaucratic”, “distant and impersonal”, an independent review has concluded. www.holyrood.com/news/view,cr...
Creative Scotland ‘too bureaucratic’ and must take more risks, review finds
It said the national arts body is “distant and impersonal”
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November 26, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The national arts body is “too bureaucratic”, “distant and impersonal”, an independent review has concluded. www.holyrood.com/news/view,cr...
Scottish ministers urged to establish grooming gangs inquiry after NSPCC intervention www.holyrood.com/news/view,sc...
Scottish ministers urged to establish grooming gangs inquiry after NSPCC intervention
A minister said she wanted to ensure an inquiry was the best use of resources
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November 26, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Scottish ministers urged to establish grooming gangs inquiry after NSPCC intervention www.holyrood.com/news/view,sc...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged to make “fair and necessary choices” ahead of delivering a budget which is expected to include tax rises. www.holyrood.com/news/view,ra...
Rachel Reeves to deliver tax-raising UK budget
The chancellor has pledged to make “fair and necessary choices'
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November 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged to make “fair and necessary choices” ahead of delivering a budget which is expected to include tax rises. www.holyrood.com/news/view,ra...
Scottish ministers urged to establish grooming gangs inquiry after NSPCC intervention www.holyrood.com/news/view,sc...
Scottish ministers urged to establish grooming gangs inquiry after NSPCC intervention
A minister said she wanted to ensure an inquiry was the best use of resources
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November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Scottish ministers urged to establish grooming gangs inquiry after NSPCC intervention www.holyrood.com/news/view,sc...
A rise in complaints to standards watchdogs was partially driven by the Supreme Court ruling on the meaning of ‘sex’, MSPs have heard www.holyrood.com/news/view,su...
Supreme Court gender ruling drove up complaints over Scottish politicians, standards chief says
Critics are spreading a 'false narrative' to 'underminine' watchdogs, MSPs are told
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November 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
A rise in complaints to standards watchdogs was partially driven by the Supreme Court ruling on the meaning of ‘sex’, MSPs have heard www.holyrood.com/news/view,su...
The national arts body is “too bureaucratic”, “distant and impersonal”, an independent review has concluded. www.holyrood.com/news/view,cr...
Creative Scotland ‘too bureaucratic’ and must take more risks, review finds
It said the national arts body is “distant and impersonal”
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November 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The national arts body is “too bureaucratic”, “distant and impersonal”, an independent review has concluded. www.holyrood.com/news/view,cr...
Hard Partying: Inside Alba's difficult year by @kirsteenpaterson.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Hard Partying: Alba's difficult year
A year after Alex Salmond's death, the Scottish independence vehicle is struggling to move on
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November 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Hard Partying: Inside Alba's difficult year by @kirsteenpaterson.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
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'The prostate cancer support groups are filled with men who tried to get a test and couldn’t'
Despite an ambition to catch cancers sooner, many prostate cancer patients are still being given devastating late diagnoses www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Despite an ambition to catch cancers sooner, many prostate cancer patients are still being given devastating late diagnoses www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
'The prostate cancer support groups are filled with men who tried to get a test and couldn’t'
Despite an ambition to catch cancers sooner, many prostate cancer patients are still being given devastating late diagno...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
'The prostate cancer support groups are filled with men who tried to get a test and couldn’t'
Despite an ambition to catch cancers sooner, many prostate cancer patients are still being given devastating late diagnoses www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Despite an ambition to catch cancers sooner, many prostate cancer patients are still being given devastating late diagnoses www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
'The prostate cancer support groups are filled with men who tried to get a test and couldn’t'
Despite an ambition to catch cancers sooner, many prostate cancer patients are still being given devastating late diagnoses www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Despite an ambition to catch cancers sooner, many prostate cancer patients are still being given devastating late diagnoses www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
'The prostate cancer support groups are filled with men who tried to get a test and couldn’t'
Despite an ambition to catch cancers sooner, many prostate cancer patients are still being given devastating late diagno...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
'The prostate cancer support groups are filled with men who tried to get a test and couldn’t'
Despite an ambition to catch cancers sooner, many prostate cancer patients are still being given devastating late diagnoses www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Despite an ambition to catch cancers sooner, many prostate cancer patients are still being given devastating late diagnoses www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
The Scottish Conservatives have managed to hold off a strong challenge from Reform UK in a local council by-election.
This is the closest Reform has come to winning an election in Scotland so far. www.holyrood.com/news/view,to...
This is the closest Reform has come to winning an election in Scotland so far. www.holyrood.com/news/view,to...
Tories narrowly beat Reform in council by-election
This is the closest Reform has come to winning an election in Scotland so far
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November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Scottish Conservatives have managed to hold off a strong challenge from Reform UK in a local council by-election.
This is the closest Reform has come to winning an election in Scotland so far. www.holyrood.com/news/view,to...
This is the closest Reform has come to winning an election in Scotland so far. www.holyrood.com/news/view,to...
A fund-raising charity ball has been announced in memory of late minister Christina McKelvie www.holyrood.com/news/view,ch...
Christina McKelvie Ball announced in memory of late MSP
The event will raise funds for cancer charities
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November 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
A fund-raising charity ball has been announced in memory of late minister Christina McKelvie www.holyrood.com/news/view,ch...
Frances Guy: Gaza doesn't need a pseudo-colonialist committee led by Trump and Blair www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Frances Guy: 'Cutting the aid budget, yes, it's problematic'
As chief executive of Scotland's International Development Alliance, the former UK ambassador is done being diplomatic a...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Frances Guy: Gaza doesn't need a pseudo-colonialist committee led by Trump and Blair www.holyrood.com/inside-polit...
Covid Inquiry report says Nicola Sturgeon was “serious and diligent” leader despite criticism of her government's pandemic response www.holyrood.com/news/view,uk...
UK Covid-19 Inquiry: Scottish Government response was 'too little, too late'
Official probe criticises all UK governments for lack of preparation
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November 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Covid Inquiry report says Nicola Sturgeon was “serious and diligent” leader despite criticism of her government's pandemic response www.holyrood.com/news/view,uk...
Nicola Sturgeon's response to Covid Inquiry report in full www.holyrood.com/news/view,ni...
Nicola Sturgeon response to Covid inquiry report in full
Nicola Sturgeon's full response to the Covid inquiry's report
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November 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Nicola Sturgeon's response to Covid Inquiry report in full www.holyrood.com/news/view,ni...
Covid Inquiry report says Nicola Sturgeon was “serious and diligent” leader during pandemic while Boris Johnson's administration had a “toxic and chaotic culture” www.holyrood.com/news/view,uk...
UK Covid-19 Inquiry: Scottish Government response was 'too little, too late'
Official probe criticises all UK governments for lack of preparation
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November 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Covid Inquiry report says Nicola Sturgeon was “serious and diligent” leader during pandemic while Boris Johnson's administration had a “toxic and chaotic culture” www.holyrood.com/news/view,uk...
"Five years on, I still think every day about the impact of the decisions I took."
Read: Nicola Sturgeon's statement on the Covid Inquiry report in full. www.holyrood.com/news/view,ni...
Read: Nicola Sturgeon's statement on the Covid Inquiry report in full. www.holyrood.com/news/view,ni...
Nicola Sturgeon response to Covid inquiry report in full
Nicola Sturgeon's full response to the Covid inquiry's report
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November 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"Five years on, I still think every day about the impact of the decisions I took."
Read: Nicola Sturgeon's statement on the Covid Inquiry report in full. www.holyrood.com/news/view,ni...
Read: Nicola Sturgeon's statement on the Covid Inquiry report in full. www.holyrood.com/news/view,ni...
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The report highlighted the 'personal antipathy' between Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon and said devolved governments were 'too reliant' on Westminster to lead the initial response 👇
UK Covid-19 Inquiry: Scottish Government response was 'too little, too late' www.holyrood.com/news/view,uk...
UK Covid-19 Inquiry: Scottish Government response was 'too little, too late'
Official probe criticises all UK governments for lack of preparation
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November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The report highlighted the 'personal antipathy' between Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon and said devolved governments were 'too reliant' on Westminster to lead the initial response 👇