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Alistair Grant
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Alistair Grant
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Alistair Grant is political editor of The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday
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SNP MP cleared of sexual misconduct on appeal after 'flawed' investigation
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Sturgeon under fire as councils hit out amid industrial action threat
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Ministers urged to intervene over 'disgraceful' delays to Edinburgh tram inquiry
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Train drivers offered improved pay deal in bid to end ScotRail crisis
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Almost 100,000 children in Scotland on social housing waiting list
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SNP pledges to restrict private rents in Edinburgh if returned to power
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SNP pledge to push ahead with tram extensions if returned to power in Edinburgh
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Labour MSP demands emergency Scotland-wide rent freeze
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SNP council candidate dismissed account of racism as 'a load of s***'
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Concerns over closure of 140 police stations in Scotland since 2013
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UK ministers rule out energy rationing amid fallout from invasion of Ukraine
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SNP urged to lower fares and increase services now ScotRail is nationalised
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CalMac ferries fiasco: Former minister Derek Mackay offers to be quizzed by MSPs
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Headteachers to receive half a billion pounds to help close attainment gap
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Unions warn of 'huge period of unrest' as strike ballots loom
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Scottish Child Payment to increase to £25 a week by end of 2022
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Fireworks crackdown 'risks being undermined by bad legislation'
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Councils face 'significant' challenges amid SNP funding cuts, finds watchdog
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Controversial gender reform legislation published by Scottish Government
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Scotland's NHS 'financially unsustainable and under severe pressure'
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SNP ministers deny workplace parking charges amount to ‘tax on workers’
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Business leaders call for workplace parking levy to be scrapped
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SNP MSP apologises for suggesting abuse suffered by Sarah Smith was ‘imaginary’
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Three-quarters of Scots households to receive £150 cost of living support
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SNP say opponents ‘misrepresenting’ proposal to chop bottom of school doors
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Scottish Tories call for shift away from blanket Covid measures in new roadmap
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Scotland’s tougher winter restrictions ‘worth it’, says Nicola Sturgeon
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Nicola Sturgeon to set out legislative timetable for Indyref2 in 'coming weeks'
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Legalising assisted dying ‘long overdue’, says MSP behind new plans
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Use of face masks in secondary schools 'should be regularly reviewed'
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SNP ministers to make statement on fire alarm changes amid calls for delay
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Nicola Sturgeon 'cautiously optimistic' as Tories urge scrapping of restrictions
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More than 850 babies born 'addicted' to drugs in Scotland since 2017
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Nicola Sturgeon under pressure to cut self-isolation as she updates Holyrood
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Tories call for state-funded mobile phones to be withdrawn from prisons
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Alex Salmond demands immediate help for private hire and taxi drivers
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Nicola Sturgeon accused of being 'too cautious' on Covid self-isolation rules
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