The minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland is out of date and should be raised immediately, a former SNP minister has said.
09.10.2021 - 06:37 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater will tell members her party’s policies can change people’s lives after they entered a power-sharing agreement with the SNP.
In the first party conference since the co-operation agreement with the SNP was signed in August, Ms Slater will stress the importance of the policy decisions made by the party after she and fellow co-leader Patrick Harvie took up government office.
The climate, Ms Slater will tell delegates, is being put “at the heart of government”.
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The minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland is out of date and should be raised immediately, a former SNP minister has said.
Michael Gove has attacked the SNP’s approach to devolution and claimed the Scottish Government’s aim was to “take power away from Scottish councils”.
Nicola Sturgeon will set out her climate catch-up plans later this week after missing targets for the last three years.
Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has said the Scottish Government is “not actively” considering covid restrictions amid fears of a winter surge.
HBO’s Succession, appeared on BBC’s Question Time on Thursday (October 21).During the show, an audience member asked whether an independent Scotland would prioritise the environment more than the current UK government.In response, Cox said: “This is not a party political issue. We’re in deep shit, we really are.
The loss of funding for a massive carbon capture storage scheme in Scotland has been described as a "betrayal" and a “stab in the back” by an SNP MP.
Nicola Sturgeon has revealed the Scottish Government is monitoring a new variant of the Delta strain which has caused a rise in infections.
Green Ministers have been dismissed as “SNP lapdogs” over their non-attendance at Cabinet meetings.
The SNP is being urged to investigate an MSP who admitted he attended an anti-abortion protest outside a clinic in Glasgow.
Nicola Sturgeon has claimed size “does not matter” when it comes to countries tackling climate change.
The SNP Health Secretary Humza Yousaf has been accused of scrapping a group on remobilising the health service in Scotland following the covid pandemic.
The SNP has achieved "diddly squat" at Westminster since the 2015 general election which saw the party win an historic landslide in Scotland, a former Holyrood minister has claimed.
Brexit is squarely to blame for the shortage of workers being felt across the UK and the knock-on effects on supplies, an SNP minister has said.
The SNP will "crumble" when Nicola Sturgeon eventually steps aside from frontline politics, Alex Cole-Hamilton has predicted.
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An SNP MP has publicly shared a message calling for a fellow Nationalist at Westminster to be expelled from the party.
Malcolm Offord also described former First Minister Alex Salmond as a “brilliant” politician who had run a “very good administration”. Offord’s appointment yesterday led to accusations of cronyism due to his status as a Tory donor.
Edinburgh heard that during the nightmare attack Rigby was acting like it was a game and joking and laughing as his injured victim suffered.Advocate depute Stephanie Ross said that during the assault he made comments that he was going to kill Mr McLelland and that he could rape him if he wanted to.The two hour long terror ordeal finally ended after armed police forced entry to a flat in Edinburgh.Rigby (20) who has previous convictions, including for offences of disorder, admitted abducting and
NHS. It came as he demanded the SNP Government help the poorest pensioners pay their soaring energy bills.