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Scotland’s fortnightly political & current affairs magazine

We asked MSPs: what is your top advice to newbies?

We asked MSPs: what is your top advice to newbies?

With an eye to dissolution of the sixth session of this parliament, Holyrood asked some of our sitting politicians the simple question

by Staff Reporter

Euan Stainbank: The community meeting turned into a community disco

Euan Stainbank: The community meeting turned into a community disco

Former council leader found guilty of sexually assaulting three men

Former council leader found guilty of sexually assaulting three men

Independence will 'lock Nigel Farage out' of Scottish politics, John Swinney claims on first day of campaign

Independence will 'lock Nigel Farage out' of Scottish politics, John Swinney claims on first day of campaign

Latest News

One in five children in Scotland living in poverty despite recent improvements

Society & Welfare

One in five children in Scotland living in poverty despite recent improvements

Action call as election nears

Patient Safety Commissioner Karen Titchener: MSPs should be worried about me

Patient Safety Commissioner Karen Titchener: MSPs should be worried about me

'I’m not sure too many people should be having a good night’s sleep'

Douglas Ross: You can’t survive a bad election result, whether it’s your fault or not

Douglas Ross: You can’t survive a bad election result, whether it’s your fault or not

Holyrood spoke to departing MSP and former Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross

Inside Politics See all

Communities, Housing & Planning

Is there a way out of the housing emergency?

The data frontier: How AI is poised to improve NHS diagnostics and treatment times

Anton Muscatelli: It’s time for Scottish politics to get real

Sick to death: Why poverty remains at the centre of Scotland's public health divide

Latest Comment See all

Housing needs transformative change

Mairi McAllan

by Mairi McAllan

Communities, Housing & Planning

Housing needs transformative change

Cabinet Secretary Mairi McAllan on why small shifts won't solve the housing emergency

Even for its most loyal supporters, the SNP's record is starting to look a bit thin

Lord Ashcroft

by Lord Ashcroft

Even for its most loyal supporters, the SNP's record is starting to look a bit thin

And yet the party has been a considerable helping hand by its political opponents

What should we tell young people about voting?

Sketch: Malcolm Offord is but a simple Greenock wean

Scottish Independence

The SNP's failure to secure a majority should kill off talk of a second referendum

The just transition has been nothing short of a failure

Local Government See all

Local Government

Local Authorities Guide: Orkney Islands Council

Local Government

Local Authorities Guide: North Lanarkshire Council

Education See all

Ex-musician named Scotland’s new Chief Inspector of Education

Keir Starmer: Nigel Farage is a ‘disgrace’

Health See all

Neil Gray ‘sorry and frustrated’ to miss assisted dying vote after hospital stay

Mental health warning over psychiatrists shortage

Justice See all

Husband of Scottish Labour MP Joani Reid arrested on China spy claims

Lord Advocate gave John Swinney information on Peter Murrell case 10 months ago, papers show

Green Pages See all

Just transition will fail without poverty action, Scottish parties are warned

Long-term climate targets still at ‘significant risk’

Business & Economy See all

Business & Economy

Techscaler sets sights on New York as programme expands

Business & Economy

John Swinney slams ‘destructive’ Tories as Lib Dems confirm budget support