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Lucy DunnThe Spectator |
For victims of the biggest miscarriage of justice in British legal history, this week is an important one. Paula Vennells, former chief executive of...
Following Humza Yousaf’s resignation as First Minister, a fresh leadership contest could soon be on the cards. His would-be successors face an...
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...
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...
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,...
As Scottish devolution celebrates its 25th anniversary, are voters losing faith in Holyrood? A quarter of the country believes devolution has been bad...
Did Scotland’s more cautious approach to lockdown help better contain the virus? The evidence suggests the opposite. In fact, Scotland’s Covid...
Today’s Scottish government budget was tax-rise heavy – for both individual earners and businesses — in the name of public service support. But...
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...
The NHS faces an institutional and structural problem in the way it works, Wes Streeting believes. ‘Unless it changes, it’s not going to...
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....
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:...
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...
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...
Wes Streeting interprets his job as shadow health secretary as being a ‘public service role and an economic role’. ‘There is a direct...
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...
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...
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...