Gina Davidson
The Scotsman
United Kingdom
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Scottish Government U-turn on travel restrictions after outcry
The Scottish Government has scrapped its plans to insist on Covid tests for fully-vaccinated travellers arriving in Scotland and will align with the UK regulations. → Read More
FMQs sketch: When Nicola Sturgeon's words come back to haunt her
Next year Nicola Sturgeon will become the longest-serving First Minister of Scotland in the history of devolution. → Read More
Hauliers boss denies UK Government claim that lorry driver shortage is improving
A claim the UK's shortage of lorry drivers is improving by the week has been shot down by the Road Haulage Association, which has declared it was unlikely the situation would get better any time soon. → Read More
Covid Scotland: Tourism sector demands action from UK Government on workforce crisis
The UK Government has been urged to act after warnings the Scottish tourism sector cannot “operate viably” as a result of a recruitment crisis. → Read More
New UK-Scotland row erupts over creation of freeports
A new front in the constitutional conflict between the Scottish and UK governments has emerged after the former pulled out of joint plans to create two freeports in Scotland, which were expected to create tens of thousands of jobs and help boost the post-Covid economic recovery. → Read More
Covid Scotland: Teachers' union hits out at resumption of school inspections during disruption
The Scottish Government has been branded “out of touch” by Scotland’s biggest teachers’ union after it was revealed plans are underway to reintroduce school inspections amid continued Covid disruption that has seen record levels of pupil and teacher absences. → Read More
Universal Credit: How many people are affected by the cut in each Scottish area?
A £20 reduction to Universal Credit planned by the UK government will affect more than 176,000 Scottish households where people are working but still reliant on the benefit, new figures have revealed. → Read More
Nicola Sturgeon's protection of Humza Yousaf doesn't extend to scooter mishaps
There are times in Holyrood when the cut and thrust of political pantomime is abandoned and real life, suddenly and shockingly, intrudes to disrupt. → Read More
CoP26: Summit president Alok Sharma pledges the global event will involve 'all of UK'
The global climate change summit CoP26 due to be held in Glasgow will be an “all of UK” event, according to its president, despite suggestions Downing Street is trying to freeze out Nicola Sturgeon. → Read More
Kate Forbes accused of delaying review of Scotland's financial framework with UK Government
Scotland’s finance secretary has been blamed for a delay to an independent review of the fiscal framework as a war of words erupted around the agreement guiding the allocation of monies from the UK Government to Scotland. → Read More
Gordon Brown calls for end to Boris Johnson's 'muscular unionism'
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned Boris Johnson to drop his “muscular unionism” approach to devolution as new polling revealed people in all nations of the UK are “moving closer together” in their shared values. → Read More
Urgent statement on reasons for plan to restrict Holyrood protests
MSPs are set to quiz Holyrood’s governing body to discover why protests are to be restricted under plans to designate the Parliament and grounds a “protected site” on national security grounds. → Read More
Scotland's drugs deaths : 'Appalling' new figures show 722 fatalities in six months
More than 720 people have died as a result of drug use in the first half of 2012, with Scotland’s drugs minister describing the grim new statistics as “appalling”. → Read More
The SNP and Alba conferences are over, so what have we learned?
Amid the speeches and the fringe events, if you listened closely you could hear snatches of an old Irving Berlin number in the air over the past few days of political conferencing. → Read More
Nicola Sturgeon calls for anti-vaxxers to 'cease and desist'
The First Minister has accused people who spread “misinformation” about Covid vaccines of being “selfish and irresponsible” and asked them to stop. → Read More
Nicola Sturgeon's call for agreement on indyref2 ruled out immediately by No10
A plea by Nicola Sturgeon for co-operation rather than confrontation between her government and that of Boris Johnson’s, in a bid to agree a second independence referendum, has been dismissed. → Read More
SNP conference: John Swinney predicts 'winter of Brexit discontent'
Scotland’s deputy first minister is set to tell SNP members today that Boris Johnson and Michael Gove are attempting to “dismantle devolution” and warn of a new “winter of discontent” as a result of Brexit-related shortages. → Read More
Alex Cole-Hamilton: 'I regret my involvement in the Alex Salmond inquiry'
The new leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats has expressed regret at his role in the Scottish Parliament’s inquiry into how the government handled sexual harassment allegations against Alex Salmond, and spoken of the “visceral human cost” he witnessed, revealing he was offering support to one of the women involved. → Read More
Tories call for Greens to be removed from government after concerns by Jewish community
Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to ensure her two Scottish Green ministers sign up to a globally-recognised definition of anti-semitism, or remove them from her government. → Read More
SNP conference: Party leaders raise the tempo on independence demands among members
Leading SNP figures have painted independence as a “new normal” in an attempt to reignite SNP members’ drive to campaign for a second referendum. → Read More