National government
Sarah Campbell: As a Gaelic speaker, I can't stand the bitter and offensive haters
![Fornethy House survivors due compensation, Scottish Government is told](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17395589.jpg)
![Fornethy House survivors due compensation, Scottish Government is told](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17395589.jpg)
![Yes Scotland 'delivered more of the push for independence than the SNP'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12098181.jpg)
![Yes Scotland 'delivered more of the push for independence than the SNP'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12098181.jpg)
Mark McGeoghegan
![Labour’s flagship Great British Energy policy has got off to a controversial start](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17699757.jpg)
![Labour’s flagship Great British Energy policy has got off to a controversial start](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17699757.jpg)
LETTER OF THE DAY 📨
![Barlinnie. Photograph by Colin Mearns](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12521049.jpg)
![Barlinnie. Photograph by Colin Mearns](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12521049.jpg)
![Sir Keir Starmer this week withdrew the whip from seven rebel Labour MPs](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18348363.jpg)
![Sir Keir Starmer this week withdrew the whip from seven rebel Labour MPs](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18348363.jpg)
![Landline phones will soon be phased out for a fully digital telephone network in the UK](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13281211.jpg)
![Landline phones will soon be phased out for a fully digital telephone network in the UK](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13281211.jpg)
Exclusive
![CalMac sets out improvement plan for ferry network](/resources/images/128x89/1x/7504136.jpg)
![CalMac sets out improvement plan for ferry network](/resources/images/180x180/1x/7504136.jpg)
![Highland communities are fighting against pylon plans](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17699757.jpg)
![Highland communities are fighting against pylon plans](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17699757.jpg)
![Seven Labour rebels voted against the whip and backed the SNP motion to scrap the child benefit cap](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18348222.jpg)
![Seven Labour rebels voted against the whip and backed the SNP motion to scrap the child benefit cap](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18348222.jpg)
Spotlight
![Monarchy’s income to rise by £45m to more than £130m due to Crown Estate profits](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18346350.jpg)
![Monarchy’s income to rise by £45m to more than £130m due to Crown Estate profits](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18346350.jpg)
![Glasgow has climbed the attractiveness table](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10487320.jpg)
![Glasgow has climbed the attractiveness table](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10487320.jpg)
![Gaelic Road Signs](/resources/images/128x89/1x/5194072.jpg)
![Gaelic Road Signs](/resources/images/180x180/1x/5194072.jpg)
![Housing emergency](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18282383.jpg)
![Housing emergency](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18282383.jpg)
![Carbon footprint of heat pumps](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18135280.jpg)
![Carbon footprint of heat pumps](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18135280.jpg)
![The Scottish Government said it expected health boards rated red by the MBRRACE audit to undertake 'local reviews'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18342977.jpg)
![The Scottish Government said it expected health boards rated red by the MBRRACE audit to undertake 'local reviews'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18342977.jpg)
Exclusive
![Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18348363.jpg)
![Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18348363.jpg)
PMQs
![An all too common scene on our roads](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18348081.jpg)
![An all too common scene on our roads](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18348081.jpg)
Rebecca McQuillan
![Unions have warned ministers to act on a “window of opportunity” to end looming bin strikes (Andrew Milligan/PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18263757.jpg)
![Unions have warned ministers to act on a “window of opportunity” to end looming bin strikes (Andrew Milligan/PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18263757.jpg)
![A block of flats in Aberdeen is the first in Scotland to have dangerous cladding removed and replaced](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18347536.jpg)
![A block of flats in Aberdeen is the first in Scotland to have dangerous cladding removed and replaced](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18347536.jpg)
![The chamber in the House of Commons](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17141366.jpg)
![The chamber in the House of Commons](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17141366.jpg)
Updated
![Priti Patel, Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick and James Cleverly](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18340294.jpg)
![Priti Patel, Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick and James Cleverly](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18340294.jpg)
Explained
![Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks during the debate on the King's Speech in the House of Commons](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18340068.jpg)
![Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks during the debate on the King's Speech in the House of Commons](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18340068.jpg)
![President Joe Biden, vice president Kamala Harris and House speaker Nancy Pelosi at the State of the Union address in 2022](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18339754.jpg)
![President Joe Biden, vice president Kamala Harris and House speaker Nancy Pelosi at the State of the Union address in 2022](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18339754.jpg)
Business Voices
![New documents have been released by the National Archives](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18337589.jpg)
![New documents have been released by the National Archives](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18337589.jpg)
![Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18274409.jpg)
![Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18274409.jpg)
Carole Levin
![Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes takes First Ministers questions at the Scottish Parliament. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18339243.jpg)
![Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes takes First Ministers questions at the Scottish Parliament. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18339243.jpg)
![Farmers union blast plans to make Galloway Scotland's third National Park](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17768419.jpg)
![Farmers union blast plans to make Galloway Scotland's third National Park](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17768419.jpg)
![Kate Forbes](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18218250.jpg)
![Kate Forbes](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18218250.jpg)
![Galloway set to become Scotland's next National Park as consultation begins](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12302768.jpg)
![Galloway set to become Scotland's next National Park as consultation begins](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12302768.jpg)
![Bridget Phillipson](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18274015.jpg)
![Bridget Phillipson](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18274015.jpg)
![Jagtar Singh Johal and his brother, Gurpreet](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18335809.jpg)
![Jagtar Singh Johal and his brother, Gurpreet](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18335809.jpg)
![Russell Findlay in Holyrood](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16414199.jpg)
![Russell Findlay in Holyrood](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16414199.jpg)
![NUS:](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18283954.jpg)
![NUS:](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18283954.jpg)
![Workers in the hall at Harland & Wolff in Methil](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18338064.jpg)
![Workers in the hall at Harland & Wolff in Methil](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18338064.jpg)
![King Charles III reads the King's Speech](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18319062.jpg)
![King Charles III reads the King's Speech](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18319062.jpg)
![First Minister John Swinney](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18188293.jpg)
![First Minister John Swinney](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18188293.jpg)
![Almost 11,000 empty homes have been brought back into use](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16766359.jpg)
![Almost 11,000 empty homes have been brought back into use](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16766359.jpg)
![Solicitor Aamer Anwar representing the families of Katie Allan and William Lindsay with Deborah Coles, executive director of bereavement charity, at the inquest](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18333451.jpg)
![Solicitor Aamer Anwar representing the families of Katie Allan and William Lindsay with Deborah Coles, executive director of bereavement charity, at the inquest](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18333451.jpg)
![Big Ben and Westminster Bridge at sunset, London, England](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18333139.jpg)
![Big Ben and Westminster Bridge at sunset, London, England](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18333139.jpg)
diary
![Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18218250.jpg)
![Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18218250.jpg)
![Chancellor Rachel Reeves](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18325493.jpg)
![Chancellor Rachel Reeves](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18325493.jpg)
![Shadow chancellor Jeremy Hunt leaving BBC Broadcasting House in London, after appearing on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Picture date: Sunday July 21, 2024. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Lucy North/PA Wire](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18334633.jpg)
![Shadow chancellor Jeremy Hunt leaving BBC Broadcasting House in London, after appearing on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Picture date: Sunday July 21, 2024. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Lucy North/PA Wire](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18334633.jpg)
![There are plans for a new gas-fuelled power station in Peterhead.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12039706.jpg)
![There are plans for a new gas-fuelled power station in Peterhead.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12039706.jpg)
![The SNP wrote to Foreign Secretary David Lammy (Jordan Pettitt/PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17944360.jpg)
![The SNP wrote to Foreign Secretary David Lammy (Jordan Pettitt/PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17944360.jpg)
![Thomas the Tank engine is never late](/resources/images/128x89/1x/8768966.jpg)
![Thomas the Tank engine is never late](/resources/images/180x180/1x/8768966.jpg)
![Child poverty](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14324388.jpg)
![Child poverty](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14324388.jpg)
![The UK Covid inquiry has published its first report on the pandemic response, covering](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18326416.jpg)
![The UK Covid inquiry has published its first report on the pandemic response, covering](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18326416.jpg)
ANALYSIS
![DEIR AL BALAH, GAZA - FEBRUARY 29: Palestinian people with empty pots receive food distributed by charity as Gaza faces hunger crisis as situation worsens amid blockade due to the ongoing Israeli offensive on February 29, 2024, in Deir al Balah, central](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17811137.jpg)
![DEIR AL BALAH, GAZA - FEBRUARY 29: Palestinian people with empty pots receive food distributed by charity as Gaza faces hunger crisis as situation worsens amid blockade due to the ongoing Israeli offensive on February 29, 2024, in Deir al Balah, central](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17811137.jpg)
![Scottish politicians call for emergency COBRA meeting amid worldwide IT outage](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18326730.jpg)
![Scottish politicians call for emergency COBRA meeting amid worldwide IT outage](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18326730.jpg)
![Treasury](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11658079.jpg)
![Treasury](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11658079.jpg)
![Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in 1997](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17035295.jpg)
![Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in 1997](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17035295.jpg)
![Bin strike](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15706547.jpg)
![Bin strike](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15706547.jpg)
Exclusive
![Should Gordon Brown carry the can for the 2008 banking crisis?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10709769.jpg)
![Should Gordon Brown carry the can for the 2008 banking crisis?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10709769.jpg)
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