8+ hour, 49+ min ago   (821+ words) Scottish Labour is still a “significant force” in Scottish politics despite recent election results, a contender for the party’s leadership has said. The number of MSPs elected for the party has declined in every Holyrood election since devolution, falling to…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (451+ words) Andy Burnham has been accused of “pulling the pin on a constitutional hand grenade” after John Swinney wrote to the Prime Minister following his comments on independence. On Wednesday the Prime Minister said Scotland can have a second independence referendum…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (605+ words) Ed Miliband said the UK had to “call out” illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank before it was “too late” to save the two-state solution. The foreign secretary also said the prospect of a Palestinian state alongside Israel is…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (354+ words) It may well be true that the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields would cause the UK to bust its ‘carbon budget’, agreed as part of international efforts to restrict global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. However, it has not…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (341+ words) scotsman.com There will be an exodus of North Sea supply chain companies if Rosebank and Jackdaw are not approved quickly, the developer of the two projects has warned Holly Pattenden, vice president of Norwegian energy giant Equinor, said â…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (576+ words) John Swinney has set out his stall to become a great reformer of Scotland’s public sector - but he faces an almighty showdown with trade unions, his political opponents and the harsh reality of having to turn the taps off on…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (555+ words) SNP told to end rapist prisoner early release 'madness' as sexual and domestic abuse crimes increase The Scotsman...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (661+ words) Michael Marra claims “Labour will rediscover its soul” under his leadership (24 August). I think it might be too late for that, regardless of who replaces Anas Sarwar as leader. Whether Labour in Scotland can recover its long-lost soul would require…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (590+ words) Waiting times for rape victims to access specialist support are a ‘”badge of shame’ on Scotland with women and girls left unable to access the care they need for 170 days on average, a charity said. The Scottish Rape Crisis Alliance…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (294+ words) We’ve all read the headlines and watched the video clips on social media. The men and women at the coal face in Scotland’s food and drink sector are crying out for support as the industry battles its way through a…...