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Inside Scotland’s Post Office scandal

For victims of the biggest miscarriage of justice in British legal history, this week is an important one. Paula Vennells, former chief executive of...

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Fergus Ewing: How Kate Forbes can save the SNP

Following Humza Yousaf’s resignation as First Minister, a fresh leadership contest could soon be on the cards. His would-be successors face an...

30.04.2024 10

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SNP ditch Greens as Bute House Agreement breaks down

If Humza Yousaf last week suffered his ‘worst week’ in office, then the same can be said this week for Patrick Harvie, the co-leader of the...

25.04.2024 8

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Is Rishi Sunak facing a Scottish rebellion?

The Chancellor will be anxiously preparing himself this evening for tomorrow’s papers, waiting to see how his Budget lands. He won’t need to wait...

06.03.2024 10

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Health Summit / Is the NHS badly run?

You don’t often hear calls for more managers to solve the crisis in the NHS. But at The Spectator’s Health Summit held in Westminster this week,...

10.02.2024 10

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Are Scots tiring of devolution?

As Scottish devolution celebrates its 25th anniversary, are voters losing faith in Holyrood? A quarter of the country believes devolution has been bad...

04.02.2024 6

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Why did the SNP push for harsher lockdown rules?

Did Scotland’s more cautious approach to lockdown help better contain the virus? The evidence suggests the opposite. In fact, Scotland’s Covid...

24.01.2024 30

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Four graphs that expose the state of Scotland’s NHS

Today’s Scottish government budget was tax-rise heavy – for both individual earners and businesses — in the name of public service support. But...

19.12.2023 20

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The NHS waiting lists are still far too high

The NHS waiting list has fallen, although not by much. The number of patients waiting has fallen from 6.5 million to 6.44 million, while the number of...

14.12.2023 10

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Wes Streeting’s ‘tough love’ approach to saving the NHS

The NHS faces an institutional and structural problem in the way it works, Wes Streeting believes. ‘Unless it changes, it’s not going to...

10.12.2023 10

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Will NHS consultants vote to stop the strikes?

After months of protest and four rounds of strike action, NHS consultants could finally be close to reaching a pay deal with the UK government....

27.11.2023 10

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NHS waiting list reaches record high – again

Rishi Sunak pledged in January that his government would cut waiting lists by 2024 — but the latest stats show the PM is failing to meet his target:...

09.11.2023 10

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The ban on laughing gas is long overdue

The recreational use of laughing gas has been banned in the UK from today. We are only the second country in the world to make the possession of...

08.11.2023 9

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Will Humza Yousaf’s conference promises save the SNP?

Humza Yousaf took SNP politicians and activists to the blistering cold of Aberdeen this week to host his first party conference as SNP leader. Yousaf...

17.10.2023 5

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Labour’s plan to save the NHS – on a budget

Wes Streeting interprets his job as shadow health secretary as being a ‘public service role and an economic role’. ‘There is a direct...

10.10.2023 10

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Douglas Ross: ‘The Scottish Tories could have a really good general election’

The SNP wasn’t the only loser last week when Labour triumphed in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election with a 20 per cent swing – the...

09.10.2023 10

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Scotland / Labour’s Rutherglen victory is just Starmer’s first step to power

The question wasn’t about whether Labour would win the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election, but by how much. A good win would involve a swing...

06.10.2023 20

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Steve Barclay turns to AI to save the NHS

The NHS is struggling to cope with an ageing population. Disputes over pay have created a stand off between doctors and the government, while the...

04.10.2023 4

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