Inside Politics

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

The NHS is on the verge of an AI revolution and Scotland’s strong data infrastructure is setting the groundwork for its rollout

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

It's about to get tough, says the Royal Society of Edinburgh president - and so parties must change

Associate feature: Time to put physical activity higher up the agenda

'Nobody gives you a manual for this kind of stuff': Humza Yousaf and Nadia El-Nakla on their experience of multiple miscarriages

Jumpstarting the health system: 'If I can go through major surgery, then why can’t I be checked up just now?'

Programme for government: blueprint for an unusual parliamentary year

Q&A: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People

Security blanket: a look at social security over the past year

Q&A with Aileen Campbell, cabinet secretary for communities and local government

In the frontline: a demanding year for councils and charities

Q&A: Transport secretary Michael Matheson

Lockdown saw Scotland's streets transformed, but the effect is likely temporary

Associate feature: The new normal

Q&A: Environment secretary Roseanna Cunningham

Coronavirus has pushed climate change down the agenda at the worst possible time

Q&A with Michael Russell, cabinet secretary for the constitution, Europe and external affairs

All change: a crunch year for the constitutional question

Q&A: Tourism and rural affairs minster Fergus Ewing on supporting the tourism sector, a no-deal Brexit, and practising Jazz piano in lockdown

Associate feature: The pandemic has shown the need for a new heart disease strategy

Threats unforeseen: COVID-19 and Scotland's rural economy

How will the ‘double whammy’ of Brexit and a global pandemic impact Scotland’s economy?

Q&A with economy secretary Fiona Hyslop

A tough year for Scotland’s finances

Q&A: Finance secretary Kate Forbes on taking on a new role during a crisis and the need for more financial powers

Associate feature: Back in business for VisitScotland

Q&A: Justice secretary Humza Yousaf on developments in digital justice, court backlogs and better minority representation