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Number of Dumfries and Galloway crisis grants on the rise

Desperate parents and individuals turned to Dumfries and Galloway Council for a cash payment on 8,030 occasions in 2022/23 as they struggled to make ends meet

Daily Record · May 31, 2023

Labour's devolution architects would be 'horrified' to hear party now, Swinney says

THE Scottish Labour politicians who forged the devolution settlement would be “horrified” to hear their party’s position on the constitution…

The National (Scotland) · May 30, 2023

‘I never doubted you! Now, let’s have sex’ – Cleo Watson’s Whips, digested by John Crace

After Watson’s stint at No 10, she made headlines with her tales of having to ‘nanny’ Boris Johnson. Now she’s written a bonkbuster set in Westminster – and John Crace has read it so you don’t have to

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2023

Tory MSP says deposit return scheme could go ahead with glass included

Maurice Golden MSP said the scheme could go ahead with glass included if the Scottish Government wished, irrespective of the internal markets act.

The Independent UK · May 29, 2023

UK Government 'blocking Holyrood ministers at every turn'

Westminster has stated that the DRS can only go ahead in Scotland if glass bottles are removed

Insider UK · May 29, 2023

UK could break up unless it is rebuilt as ‘solidarity union’, says Mark Drakeford

Exclusive: First minister of Wales says bonds that tie UK together have come under ‘sustained assault’ from 40 years of neoliberalism

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2023

The challenges of getting a pro-indy organisation off the ground at university

AFTER a seven-year hiatus, the University of Aberdeen’s Scottish Greens Society has reformed. At its helm is co-convenor Lucy Angus, a third-year…

The National (Scotland) · May 29, 2023

'Extraordinarily hostile': BBC presenter and Green minister clash in interview

A BBC journalist and a Greens minister clashed over Westminster’s meddling in the Scottish Government’s flagship recycling scheme in an…

The National (Scotland) · May 28, 2023

Westminster 'blocking us at every turn', claims Lorna Slater in deposit return scheme row

The Green minister could not guarantee the deposit return scheme would still go ahead in Scotland next year following a late intervention from the UK Government.

Daily Record · May 28, 2023

Labour set to ban new North Sea oil and gas developments in race to net zero

Keir Starmer is set to make the announcement when he visits Scotland next month to set out his net zero energy policy.

Daily Record · May 28, 2023