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Kathleen Nutt
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Political Correspondent at The Herald, email me with stories and tips to kathleen.nutt@theherald.co.uk
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MSPs are asking Angus Robertson what steps he is taking to ensure officials pass him 'critical information'.

Comes after email revealed invites to HES board meetings.

But Cab Sec later said officials didn't pass on the invites.

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Angus Robertson MSP faces fresh Holyrood questions over bombshell email
MSPs are demanding to know why they were not told of key evidence when Angus Robertson appeared before them to answer questions on Historic…
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November 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Exc: Lawyers want clarity on what changes will be made to ensure the accused in sexual offences proceedings has a fair trial.

Ruling said current approach risked breaching Art 6 of the ECHR.

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'Uncertainty’ in Scottish courts - lawyers warn of fallout from rape shield ruling
Lawyers are calling for "clarity" from Scotland's courts over how they will respond to a landmark ruling over what evidence can be heard…
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November 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Exc: Ex chair of HES wrote to top official asking Angus Robertson to attend a board meeting.

Mr Robertson told MSPs he had not been invited to any board meetings.

I asked the SG if invite was passed on - not been told if it was or not.

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Pressure on Robertson over 'meltdown' in heritage agency as secret email leaked
Angus Robertson is under pressure over the government's handling of a "meltdown" in the country's heritage agency as a secret email…
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November 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Unspun: Why Angus Robertson's appearance before today's culture committee failed to dispel the impression he was 'missing in action' as the HES crisis unfolded.

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Did Angus Robertson dispel 'missing in action' impression over HES chaos?
Angus Robertson was accused of 'being asleep at the wheel' over the troubles which have engulfed the Scottish Government's heritage agency Historic…
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November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Exc: MSPs on a Holyrood cross party group which supports a change in the law on prostitution defend working with organisations opposed to abortion and gay marriage.

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Christian organisations against abortion and gay marriage members of MSPs' group
Ash Regan and other MSPs on a cross party group in Holyrood have defended working with Christian lobby groups the Evangelical Alliance and CARE for…
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November 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Exc: The leader of Unison Scotland has urged Scottish Labour to back a visa system for care workers after its research found many suffering racism at work with most not reporting it amid fears of losing their immigration status.

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Union boss demands Scottish Labour back visas for care workers
Lilian Mercer, the leader of Scotland's biggest trade union Unison has demanded Scottish Labour backs visa calls for overseas staff employed in the…
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October 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Exc: How has an order involved in the Magdalene laundries, where 'fallen women' were taken into forced labour, become an established member of a Holyrood group?

A survivor of abuse in a Scots children's home hits out.

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'Disgusted': Abuse survivor condemns Holyrood platform for Magdalene order
A survivor of child abuse has condemned a Holyrood cross party group for allowing the Religious Sisters of Charity, an order linked to the Magdalene…
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October 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Glasgow's education director has resigned with immediate effect after discovering that text messages from a year ago may become public.

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City education director resigns following 'undermining' text exchange
The director of education for Glasgow City Council has resigned following the revelation of a compromising text exchange.
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October 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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What's going on in Scotland's heritage agency? Here's my behind-the-scenes investigation into the crisis at the organisation charged with looking after more than 300 of the country's most important historic buildings and sites.

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'Stress, upset, anger': Inside the 'complete meltdown' in Scotland's heritage body
Historic Environment Scotland has been described as 'in complete meltdown'. The Herald finds out what is going on behind the scenes in the heritage…
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October 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Exc: Pupils from low income families would be prioritised to receive residential outdoor education in a bid to cut the cost to the taxpayer under changes being considered to Liz Smith's Holyrood bill

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Low income pupils priority in outdoor education bill after SNP U turn
Pupils from low income households and those with additional support needs would have priority to receive residential outdoor education under changes…
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September 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Exc: After her success in establishing buffer zones outside abortion clinics, Scottish Green co-leader
@gillianmacmsp.bsky.social has set her sights on decriminalising abortion

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Gillian Mackay: 'Decriminalising abortion is my next Holyrood goal'
The Scottish Greens MSP who successfully spearheaded legislation to create buffer zones at abortion clinics has set her sights on decriminalising…
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September 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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EXC: 'On equal marriage, gender and fox hunting, I am the opposite of Fergus,' SNP MSP Emma Roddick speaks about being challenged in May 2026 by Fergus Ewing and on being on a female 'hit list' of SNP MSPs

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Emma Roddick on Fergus Ewing, being on a female 'hit list', and being sacked by FM
Emma Roddick hopes to rally independence supporters behind her as she dismissed claims by Fergus Ewing that personal support he has gained since…
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June 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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What's it like working in one of Scotland's overcrowded and 'red risk' prisons? I spent a day with a prison officer at HMP Low Moss to find out.

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Inside HMP Low Moss: what it's like working in one of Scotland hothouse prisons
Senior prison officer Alan Henderson describes working life at top secuity HMP Low Moss, currently operating on the highest red risk security status.
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April 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Enjoyed being part of @heraldscotland
team investigating the state of Scotland's prisons for our new series running all this week. Today Martin Williams examines the soaring cost of the country's prisons

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'Staggering' £77,500-per-prisoner annual cost despite 25 yrs of jail crisis warnings
The taxpayer cost of Scotland's jails has soared to over £77,000 per prisoner - as the price of building new jails to end overcrowding has…
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March 31, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Labour has been accused of briefing against one of its new Scottish MPs after he criticised government welfare cuts

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Scottish Labour accused of briefing against rebel MP who attacked benefit cuts
Labour has been accused of briefing against one of its Scottish MPs after he spoke out massive government cuts to welfare benefits.
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March 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Analysis: To her supporters in the SNP, Scotland's first woman First Minister Nicola Sturgeon
embodied a modern outward-looking European Scotland, to her detractors she blew the SNP off course from its founding goal.
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Sturgeon legacy: From SNP victories, to Branchform, Salmond and gender rows
To her supporters in the SNP Nicola Sturgeon was an election-winning machine who led the party to its biggest ever victory - to her detractors she…
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March 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Analysis: Is John Swinney preparing for a Cabinet reshuffle? With Shona Robison & Fiona Hyslop standing down as MSPs in 2026 & Mairi McAllan returning from mat leave this yr, the FM may make pre-election changes to his top team

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Is John Swinney preparing for a pre-election Cabinet reshuffle?
Is SNP First Minister John Swinney preparing for a pre-election Cabinet reshuffle?
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March 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Unspun from me today: Could Nigel Farage's close friendship with President Donald Trump - deeply unpopular in Scotland - damage the chances of a Reform UK
breakthrough in Holyrood next year?

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Analysis: Will Farage's friendship with Trump scupper Reform's Holyrood ambitions?
The deputy leader of Reform Richard Tice is to visit Scotland later this week when he is expected to announce further defections to his party.
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March 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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The saga over whether the SNP will endorse Fergus Ewing as the party's Holyrood candidate for Inverness and Nairn next year suggests ongoing tensions in the party despite John Swinney's work to heal divisions. My analysis for Unspun

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Analysis: What does John Swinney do with Fergus Ewing?
John Swinney promised to unite his party yet tensions are coming to the fore again over Fergus Ewing's bid to stand again for Holyrood.
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February 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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SNP ministers have been warned they 'risk defeat' if oppose
@mspliz outdoor ed bill. SNP MSPs on committee did not back general principles due to concerns over cost and teachers' volunteering. Stage one vote due March
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SNP 'risks defeat'if it opposes education bill which can bring 'life success'
SNP ministers have been told they face defeat in a Holyrood vote next month if they do not back an outdoor education bill which experts say can help…
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February 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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EXC: After Scotland's most senior judge Lord Carloway asks if 'a hold up' in Branchform is down to the Crown Office or the police, Police Scotland make clear it's not them - pointing to the force's report sent to CO back in August
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Police Scotland suggest it is not to blame for Operation Branchform 'hold up'
Police Scotland have suggested it is not responsible for any 'hold up' in the Operation Branchform investigation following concerns raised by Lord…
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January 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Big development on the Scottish Budget today - which
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scooped back in December after an exclusive interview with @alexcolehamilton.bsky.social
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SNP and Liberal Democrats on cusp of Budget deal before final talks
"There are areas of great commonality between us and the SNP," says Scottish LibDems leader Alex Cole-Hamilton
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January 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Could the SNP and Labour form a coalition government after the 2026 Holyrood election? It's voters favourite two party form of government. But could it happen?
@alanroden.bsky.social thinks not; Andy Maciver thinks it's possible.
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Analysis: Could the SNP and Labour do the 'unthinkable' and form a coalition?
Polling published at the weekend found a coalition between the SNP and Labour would be the most popular form of two party government after the next…
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January 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Unspun from me tonight is a short profile of Pat McFadden - the enigmatic Scottish politician (and Celtic fan) who was in charge of Labour's general election and who rather unusually tends to shun the personal limelight
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Who is Pat McFadden? Celtic fan favoured to succeed Reeves as Chancellor
Minister for intergovernmental relations Pat McFadden has a successful record after being put in charge of Labour's general election campaign
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January 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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EXC: The Dean of the Faculty of Advocates Roddy Dunlop KC has sounded a human rights warning over the ongoing Operation Branchform investigation www.heraldscotland.com/news/2484705...
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Operation Branchform: Dunlop sounds human rights warning over Murrell case
The Dean of the Faculty of Advocates Roddy Dunlop KC makes major intervention in Operation Branchform case.
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January 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM