Calum Ross
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Power-sharing talks between the SNP and Greens have 'progressed'
Talks between the SNP and Greens over a power-sharing agreement at Holyrood have "progressed" and could be confirmed early next month. → Read More
SNP reshuffle: Runners and riders for Nicola Sturgeon’s new top team
Nicola Sturgeon has some big decisions to make as she seeks to reshuffle her top team for the SNP’s fourth term in office. → Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Call for Holyrood to halt rise of 'green lairds'
Former Holyrood minister Peter Peacock has demanded urgent action to prevent “green lairds” from ushering in another century of land “exploitation” in Scotland. → Read More
Scottish Conservatives unveil plan to tackle potholes and NHS backlog
The Scottish Conservatives are poised to unveil plans to spend £600 million on tackling the NHS treatment backlog and £200m on repairing potholes. → Read More
Nicola Sturgeon vows to spend more on the NHS than England
Nicola Sturgeon has insisted that her key NHS spending pledge is only a “backstop” and funding could be even higher than proposed by the SNP. → Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Scheme to help Scots buy first homes runs out of cash in days
Thousands of young families are facing disappointment after a Scottish Government scheme to help first-time buyers ran out of cash in just eight days. → Read More
Alba Party: Who are the first four candidates for Alex Salmond’s new party?
These are the first four candidates announced for Alex Salmond's new Alba Party. → Read More
Here are all the pre-purdah promises made in one day by the Scottish Government
The Scottish Government made a dozen announcements in just two hours as a flurry of spending promises were made a day before "purdah" rules kicked in. → Read More
Scottish election 2021: What is purdah?
We have now entered a period often called “purdah” in which restrictions have been imposed in the run-up to the Holyrood election on May 6. → Read More
Andy Wightman: This was 'not the way' to conduct Salmond inquiry
A key member of the Holyrood probe into the handling of allegations against Alex Salmond has criticised the process. → Read More
Rubislaw Quarry: Nicola Sturgeon urged to safeguard local decisions
Nicola Sturgeon has been challenged to back a ban on overturning local planning decisions after a controversial housing development was given the go-ahead at Rubislaw Quarry in Aberdeen. → Read More
BREAKING: ScotRail services to be nationalised from next year
ScotRail services will be taken into public ownership from next year, it has been confirmed. → Read More
Shona Robison speaks out over 'frightening' abuse of female politicians
Former Health Secretary Shona Robison has urged the next generation of female politicians not to be discouraged by the "frightening" harassment she experienced. → Read More
Swinney says Salmond’s conspiracy claim ‘disproved’ by legal evidence
John Swinney claims newly published legal evidence has “utterly disproved the conspiracy theory” put forward by Alex Salmond. → Read More
What happens next in the Salmond inquiry?
After a dramatic few weeks for Scottish politics, as Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond testified to the inquiry into the government's handling of complaints against the former first minister, we look at what happens next. → Read More
Salmond inquiry: How did Nicola Sturgeon answer seven key questions?
Nicola Sturgeon's seven-hour testimony before MSPs on Wednesday was the SNP leader's chance to finally have her say on her role in the Scottish Government's botched handling of allegations against Alex Salmond. → Read More
Live updates: Nicola Sturgeon testifies at Alex Salmond inquiry
First minister Nicola Sturgeon is appearing at Holyrood as part of an inquiry into the government’s handling of sexual harassment complaints about Alex Salmond. → Read More
Salmond inquiry: Seven key questions Nicola Sturgeon must answer
Nicola Sturgeon is poised to testify today as the final witness in the Holyrood inquiry into the government's handling of harassment allegations against Alex Salmond. → Read More
John Swinney says Alex Salmond legal advice shows ‘reservations’ but ‘reasonable grounds’
John Swinney has admitted the legal advice he will release today shows that "reservations" were raised with the Scottish Government about the Alex Salmond civil case. → Read More
Salmond inquiry: Crown Office action defended as ‘vindication of democracy’
The head of the Crown Office has defended the way it has handled Alex Salmond's inquiry evidence as a "vindication of democracy". → Read More