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Prime Minister Liz Truss

'Thank goodness for this incredible Labour resurgence' : Liz Truss's week
My Week: Liz Truss

Neil Mackay: If Labour would back a border poll in Ulster, it must back Indyref2

Neil Mackay: If Labour would back a border poll in Ulster, it must back Indyref2

Could Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng succeed against the odds?

Andy Maciver You never know, Truss and Kwarteng might just pull this off

future generations will be picking up the bill for tax cuts

Sarah Davidson: Mini Budget poses a threat to our local communities and society as a whole

There was nothing in last Friday's mini-Budget for the ordinary working man or woman, just high earners reaping more benefits

Donald MacLeod Super-rich celebrate as ordinary folk suffer

Prime Minister Liz Truss has seen the pound plummet to record lows after less than one month in No 10

Michael Settle Sorry Tory spectacle can surely only end one way

Stress, long hours, the competitive atmosphere – would you be in the race to be Prime Minister or First Minister?

Alison Rowat Sturgeon, Starmer, Kwarteng, anyone – who would you make Prime Minister?

Catherine Salmond, editor of The Herald

EDITOR Catherine Salmond: ‘It is a privilege to produce The Herald for you each day’

The Labour Party is now in ruthless election-winning mode

Rebecca McQuillan For the first time in 15 years, Labour mean to win back Scotland. Can they really do it?

Majid Haq during a press conference at Stirling Court Hotel, Stirling. An independent review has recommended that Cricket Scotland is placed in special measures by sportscotland after 448 examples of institutional racism were revealed.

Agenda Kaukab Stewart: We all win if we drive racism out of Scottish sport

Liz Truss and the Tories are clearly engaged in an intentional, malicious war against the poor and most vulnerable

Neil Mackay There’s only one word to describe what the Tories are doing to this country: evil

The mini-budget contained bold moves to grow the economy

A cautious welcome for Kwarteng's fiscal event from chambers of commerce

In recent years, St Andrews has been on the march, closing in on the upper echelon of UK university rankings

Rosemary Goring St Andrews deserves its title as Britain's best university

Labour now have a 17-point lead in the latest opinion poll, suggesting the UK is tired of Conservative rule

Adam Tomkins Why I, as a Tory, want the next UK government to be a Labour one

The gathering of the European Rural Parliament shows what can be achieved in times of hardship

Claire Taylor Meeting the Ukrainian women who are feeding their nation 'was an emotional moment'

Italian leader Giorgia Meloni's electoral success shows that the far right has already risen

Neil Mackay Scotland needs to stop navel-gazing and face the world square on

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer in his hotel room in Liverpool preparing for his speech to delegates at the Labour Party Conference

PREMIUM Michael Settle: Nerves jangling among some Tories over reaction to mini-budget

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng might briefly make people feel less bad by pre-empting tax rises and energy bills which have not yet hit

Brian Wilson The value of pensions and savings is eroding before our eyes

Despite boogeymen like serial killer Peter Tobin and fictionalisations in Tartan Noir, only a few serial killers have operated in Scotland since the end of the Second World War

David Wilson Comforting myth of the dogged detective and evil serial killer does us no favours

Digital technology has given us a curse rather than a blessing

Doug Marr Get the picture? I’m not interested in your selfies

Kaye Adams sets the scene for her Strictly tango on Saturday

Alison Rowat: Sturgeon praises BBC host's Strictly turn as parties tangle over tax

The First Minister criticised Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's plans, showing that the Scottish Government will not follow suit

Lesley Riddoch The only government in tune with public, economist and market opinion is the Scottish Government

Less than twelve months out from a proposed referendum, the SNP has done little to convince of independence's merits in countering a Tory policy siege

Kevin McKenna If the SNP don’t care about independence, why should we?

The islands need a type of autonomy that doesn't benefit the Scottish Government's agenda

Mark Smith Why doesn't the Scottish Government understand the island dimension?

Dr David Featherstone

Agenda: Showing the way in the progress of activism

Alister Jack: Growth plans sets out bold and ambitious steps to rebuild economy

Opinion Alister Jack: Growth plan sets out bold and ambitious steps to rebuild economy

UK Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng

PREMIUM Kwasi Kwarteng, the UK's funny money man

SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford

PREMIUM Ian Blackford's week: Scots deserve more – especially a chance to pay more taxes than their English pals

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on Vladimir Putin’s referendums

Camley’s Cartoon: Putin announces referendums

The independence movement in Wales could hold the key to a new re-imagined union state

David Leask Scotland’s Labour leaders shunned independence – but could Welsh Labour jump ship?

Tom Gordon: Reporting on the new PM and her game of high stakes

The Prime Minister's plans might see her preparation for unpopularity come to fruition

Brian Taylor Liz Truss is prepared to be unpopular – she might get her wish

Tom Devine describes the UK Tories as “vindictive and cruel” and the Scottish Government as “weak and tired”

PREMIUM Tom Devine: Polls show 50% support for independence and rising. That is why Tories will not grant a referendum

Instead of businesses ensuring they pay a fair wage, the onus falls on the worker to find an employer who will

Lennie Pennie Welcome to the world of the new poor. Working full time but still unable to make ends meet

The Scottish Government's rent strategy fails to solve a chronic problem

Opinion Marcus DiRollo: Rent freeze and eviction ban fail to tackle Scotland’s underlying property problem

Hit the ground running ... and into the abyss?

Donald MacLeod Truss in a rush, is it a race to the bottom?

US president Joe Biden said trickle-down economics 'has never worked' ... a criticism at odds with Trussonomics

Michael Settle Truss knows that if her growth plan fails she has a long way to fall

The Queen's long-lasting reign will complicate feelings over the constitutional question

Andy Maciver Could the Queen’s legacy be constitutional harmony?

Keir Starmer is in prime position to win the next election – if he can solve his party vision problems

Alison Rowat Is victory within Labour leader's grasp?

An M8 cap could effectively better link our infrastructure

Mark Smith The case for putting a roof on the M8

Boris Johnson claimed Northern Ireland Protocol was 'over-ready'

Teddy Jamieson Putting hardline Brexiteers in charge of Northern Ireland Office is a worrying start from Truss

Truss's energy plans will create scenes more akin to the 1970s

Neil Mackay Energy rationing and humiliated by America – UK is friendless on world stage

The war in Ukraine is messy and complex but we cannot allow Putin to achieve his aims

Rebecca McQuillan Standing up to Putin is hard. Conceding to him would be a disaster

US president Joe Biden has already opined that the Prime Minister's trickle-down approach has 'never worked'

Robert McNeil Liz Truss’s trickle-down tripe butters no parsnips with Joe

Why Truss will have to think hard before reneging on the EU

PREMIUM Kirsty Hughes: Why Truss will have to think hard before reneging on the EU

King Charles III and other members of the royal family hold a vigil at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh

Guy Stenhouse: Politicians should pay attention to the royal masterclass to save Union

Medical trials could help us deal with dementia

PREMIUM Rosemary Goring: 143 different drugs to tackle dementia are undergoing trials – are we on verge of a breakthrough?

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during First Minster's Questions

PREMIUM Adam Tomkins: Scottish Parliament has turned into zombie parliament

Glasgow City Council senior staff were honoured by the Queen after city hosted COP26

Alison McRae: Glasgow's COP26 is still changing the way we live

The area of sea in which Scotland’s fishing fleet is allowed to operate is shrinking

Struan Stevenson: Time to work together as fishing fleet faces double whammy

Both unionists and nationalists have failed us all

PREMIUM Neil Mackay: Time to admit it: both unionists and nationalists have failed us all

A protester in the crowds as they watch an Accession Proclamation Ceremony at Mercat Cross, Edinburgh, publicly proclaiming King Charles III as the new monarch.

Lois McLatchie: Our politicians are trooping their anti-protest colours

The standard of Scots school has improved in recent decades

PREMIUM Brian Wilson: A 25-year journey to improve the state of Scotland’s schools

Jacinda Ardern will be one of a 2000-strong congregation in Westminster Abbey today for the Queen's funeral

Alison Rowat: New Zealand premier Ardern cites Scotland in defence of Covid strategy