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Alex Salmond’s government feared prisoners could sue ministers due to overcrowding, cabinet papers have revealed.

The Scottish Police Federation (SPF) and the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) Scotland have urged the UK Government to restrict the sale of fireworks after chaos on Bonfire Night.

The UK Government has said it has "no plans" to increase the number of overseas worker visas available for HGV and bus drivers despite firms struggling to recruit staff.

A key Alex Salmond ally was involved in an alleged rammy weeks after being interviewed over the SNP finance probe, a court has heard.

Police Scotland could struggle to find a replacement for its outgoing chief Iain Livingstone after his bombshell comments about the force being institutionally racist, it has been claimed.

The SNP has accused the UK Government of blocking a Bill to prevent people from being cut off from power.

A key ally of Alex Salmond is due in court after being charged over an alleged early morning rammy.

Alex Salmond’s Alba Party have said the next Holyrood election should be used as a “vehicle” for the Scottish people to express their view on independence.

The minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland is out of date and should be raised immediately, a former SNP minister has said.

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.

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Scotland's largest local authority but will now try to win election as an MSP in May.The councillor for the Shettleston ward will stand on the Glasgow list at the forthcoming Scottish Parliament poll.Salmond stunned the Scottish political world last week when he announced the establishment of a new pro-independence party.Two SNP MPs - Kenny MacAskill and Neale Hanvey - quit Nicola Sturgeon's party over the weekend to join Salmond's new movement.Ferns is the fourth serving councillor to join

Kenny MacAskill said Nicola Sturgeon's party had "failed to achieve a majority" at the last Holyrood elections in 2016 and it was now time for other pro-independence parties to step up. The MP for East Lothian quit the SNP yesterday to join the newly launched Alba Party, which will be led by Alex Salmond and is aiming to win MSPs at May's election via the list vote.

Kenny MacAskill is "somewhat of a relief" after he quit to join the newly-formed Alba Party. Alex Salmond launched his latest political project on Friday as a means to create a "supermajority" of pro-independence supporters in Holyrood.

disunity among nationalists, Kenny MacAskill said many potential voters "are neither in a party nor want to be".The MP for East Lothian called for other pro-independence organisations to be "respected not directed" if a second referendum was eventually to take place.Nationalists are split over both the timing and the best way to secure a legally-binding vote on the constitution.

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The SNP also confirmed he stayed in the Moray property other than for two medical-related appointments.

Child Abuse Inquiry on Friday, the Deputy First Minister said there was clear division between ministers on the decision to hold a public investigation. He said an inquiry was authorised "after the change of First Minister had taken place".

BBC is run in Scotland.The four politicians made five demands in an angry backlash at "editorial balance" going back to what they claim was bias in the independence referendum.A letter to the broadcaster and the UK Government was signed by Scotland's former justice secretary Kenny MacAskill and his Westminster colleagues Angus MacNeil, Douglas Chapman and Neale Hanvey.However, the letter, published in The National newspaper, quickly provoked a split in the party.

revealed by the Daily Record, SNP MP Kenny MacAskill said he received an anonymous document about the criminal side of the Salmond case.The document claimed to show text messages by Murrell in January 2019 on the day after Salmond was charged with sexual offences.It was also the month in which a separate complaint was made about Salmond to the Metropolitan Police, an investigation the London force later dropped.Silence from SNP chief executive Peter Murrell on the messages which show him urging

Nicola Sturgeon’s husband has been urged to provide “full transparency” over WhatsApp messages where he appeared to back police action against Alex Salmond.Labour MSP Jackie Baillie said SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has “questions to answer” after the Record revealed claims that he called for pressure to be put on the police in the Salmond case.We reported yesterday that SNP MP Kenny MacAskill received an anonymous document which claimed to include WhatsApp messages relating to the sex

Nicola Sturgeon’s groundwork for a new independence campaign - days after she announced her latest move.In a sign of discontent within the party over the Alex Salmond affair, Kenny MacAskill described preparations for an Indyref2 campaign as "moribund".The former Justice Secretary, who is now the MP for East Lothian, said the lack of preparation was "not just negligent but criminal".The criticisms came in the same week as Sturgeon announced she would publish a draft Referendum Bill before next

Kenny MacAskill has criticised the Scottish Government for “failing” to hand over all the papers in the Alex Salmond probe. MacAskill rejected claims some information had to be censored and backed a Holyrood committee’s demands for full disclosure.

large-scale marches despite the country still being in a state of lockdown. Kenny MacAskill, a former justice secretary, said more mass rallies were required as the coronavirus pandemic meant traditional forms of political campaigning such as door knocking were no longer possible.

independence option instead. Kenny MacAskill MP has backed the idea of a new pro-independence party claiming that voting SNP in both Holyrood’s constituency and regional list votes “just doesn’t work”.

rising support for a Yes vote.Kenny MacAskill, a former Holyrood finance secretary, said questions could be asked of party bosses on their current plans for delivering IndyRef2.Recent polling put support for independence as high as 54% despite the Scottish Government focusing its energies in recent months on the response to the global coronavirus pandemic.But MacAskill, the SNP MP for East Lothian, told the Record that while traditional political campaigning was halted there was nothing stopping

A former SNP Justice Secretary has claimed the actions of the Crown Office relating to Alex Salmond look like an “abuse of power”.

Boris Johnson’s “hapless” leadership during the coronavirus public health crisis is paving the way for independence, a senior SNP politician claimed.

A former SNP Justice Secretary has added his voice to calls for Alex Salmond to be readmitted to the party.

Prisoners with less than three months to serve of their sentences must be released immediately to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Scotland’s former Justice Secretary has said.