Kieran Andrews

Unions criticise process that ‘clearly favoured individuals’ for new roles created at higher pay grades

Labour leader nudges ahead of SNP rival but both lag behind the ‘don’t knows’, reveals poll

Students from Europe would be guaranteed free tuition as part of an application to join the EU

Chancellor is facing a rebellion from Scottish Tories over extension of windfall tax

Elections watchdog to consider options for ballot papers

Conservatives also call for more grants to help people upgrade their homes

Ministers in heated Holyrood exchange amid row ignited by Labour’s windfall tax plans

Bill to fill public sector gaps exceeded £51 million in last financial year

Edward Soden-Bird’s allegations come as Covid and hospitals inquiries shine light on poor record-keeping at top of government

Jeane Freeman tells Covid inquiry that Holyrood may have made mistakes but insists improvements were made ‘as time went on’

The former leader in Westminster says peerages would increase the SNP’s influence over legislation and did not rule out accepting one

Jenny Gilruth, the education secretary, admits flagship SNP policy contributes to funding issues in higher education

Funding to support ‘core teaching’ in higher education is being reduced by 6 per cent

A pledge to raise the benefit to £30 a week was not met in this budget

Anas Sarwar will pledge that Scottish Labour MPs will not simply “make up the numbers” at Westminster in a criticism of both his former colleagues and the SNP.I

Food prices should be capped across the UK to ease the pressure of the cost of living crisis on families, the SNP’s Westminster leader has said. France had shown the way with a maximum cost attached to staple goods, Stephen Flynn said. It will be one of three requests put forward by the SNP in the a

Humza Yousaf has been named as one of 100 “rising leaders” from across the world by Time magazine. The first minister is praised alongside a host of sports stars, artists, influencers and politicians by the American news magazine, which creates waves with its annual person of the year list.The new r

Scottish ministers will consider overhauling protections for whistleblowers to “take the lead” in the UK in the wake of the Lucy Letby case.A proposed Independe

Humza Yousaf has hailed a political win after agreeing a bumper pay package with junior doctors that ensured Scotland is the only part of the UK to avoid NHS st

Labour will defeat the SNP at the next election for the first time since 2010 to become Scotland’s largest party at Westminster, according to a landmark new pol