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UK Climate Change Committee chair brands Australia 'a disgrace' and its PM 'a denier'

UK Climate Change Committee chair brands Australia 'a disgrace' and its PM 'a denier'

Lord Deben said the UK should never have signed a trade deal with the UK without commitments on climate

by Chris Marshall

Sturgeon vows timetable cuts will be temporary as FMQs focuses on ScotRail 'chaos and disruption'

Sturgeon vows timetable cuts will be temporary as FMQs focuses on ScotRail 'chaos and disruption'

Comment: Labour’s ‘grown-up politics’ is all talk

Comment: Labour’s ‘grown-up politics’ is all talk

CND says SNP's NATO stance is a 'slippery slope'

CND says SNP's NATO stance is a 'slippery slope'

Latest News

Partygate: More fines as Met Police closes Operation Hillman

Partygate: More fines as Met Police closes Operation Hillman

Criminal investigation costs close to £500,000

Comment: The SNP's 'secret Scotland' short-changes us all - even independence supporters

Comment: The SNP's 'secret Scotland' short-changes us all - even independence supporters

Demanding accountability and transparency should transcends constitutional arguments

New ScotRail timetable launched as one third of services are cut

New ScotRail timetable launched as one third of services are cut

Changes come into force on Monday

Inside Politics See all

Politicians and their pets: Sue Webber MSP and Alfie

Political Spin: Elena Whitham

Jess Phillips MP: 'Our system has relied to date on decency. That has been fractured'

In context: Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) Bill

Latest Comment See all

Associate Feature: Concern over mental health nursing vacancies

Colin Poolman

by Colin Poolman

Associate Feature: Concern over mental health nursing vacancies

Our mental health services are coming under increasing pressure.

Associate Feature: Building the skills to thrive in the future

Gerry Lyons

by Gerry Lyons

Associate Feature: Building the skills to thrive in the future

All of us involved in education want our pupils to have a positive future – a future that’s aspirational and exciting, that leads to happy, productive, fulfilled lives.

Comment: Spiralling rents are a problem the Fringe helped create

Comment: We need to talk about the quality of debate in the Scottish Parliament

Sketch: The many voices of Michael Gove

Scottish Independence

What next for Alex Salmond and the Alba Party?

Local Government See all

Local Government

Greens pave the way for another minority SNP administration in Glasgow

Local Government

Scottish council elections: SNP 'won the election by a country mile' says Nicola Sturgeon

Education See all

Scottish universities deliver ‘world-leading research’

Trans women can give birth, Edinburgh Napier University midwifery students told

Health See all

Latest Holyrood survey reveals the impact of mental ill-health among parliamentarians

Trans women can give birth, Edinburgh Napier University midwifery students told

Justice See all

Newly published papers reveal reason Natalie McGarry's original conviction was quashed

Scottish Government has not addressed concerns about women's rights in GRA reform, policy analysts say

Green Pages See all

Majority of Britons put sanctioning Russia above concerns about rising energy bills

Sturgeon says Scotland considering becoming ‘friend’ of group pushing for the phase out of oil and gas

Business & Economy See all

Business & Economy

Scottish National Investment Bank chair tells MSPs he can't explain payout to ex-chief executive

Business & Economy

Clarity on major projects needed to support Scottish supply chains