Parents facing 'mixed messages' over mobile phone use in Scots schools as SNP Government accused of 'shrugging' on the issue

The SNP is demanding Michelle Mone be stripped of her peerage in the wake of the PPE Medpro scandal. Elevating her to the Lords in 2015 was another of David Cameron's masterstrokes.

The SNP loves telling councils what to do when it comes to local taxation - freeze it! - but is remarkably less vocal when it comes to any issue the Government isn't keen on - banning mobile phones in schools, guidance on toilet provision etc.

Keir Starmer hails "the talent of Glasgow and the Clyde" on the back of the recent Type 26 frigate deal with Norway, which secures shipbuilding into the 2030s.

The number of new homes being completed in Scotland fell by six per cent in the year to the end of June. Not the backdrop the SNP Government would have wanted as its much-hyped Housing Bill finally gets voted on tonight.

Scots could have their council tax debt written off under a Green party proposal to help families trapped in "cycles of poverty".

John Healey tells Labour conference: "You know who won’t back defence jobs? The Scottish Nationalists".

Anas Sarwar has said Andy Burnham "should continue to serve the great people of Manchester" as speculation mounts over a possible leadership challenge.

Solidarity with journalists facing redundancy at STV News.

Glasgow is gripped by a homelessness crisis and few people in Holyrood seem to have noticed.

John Swinney tells me President Trump's claims on paracetamol have "no foundation in clinical or scientific evidence". "I think we've got to follow careful, considered scientific and clinical evidence, and that's what the Scottish Government does at all times."

Bridget Phillipson, who is standing to become Labour's next deputy leader, admitted "we haven't done everything right in our first year in Government".

Scots living in the most deprived parts of the country are 4.5 times more likely to drink themselves to death than those staying in the wealthiest areas. Not a figure contained in the Scottish Government press release on the subject.

I understand Douglas Ross still did not receive an invite to today's seagull summit, despite recent events.

Scots women suspected of having cancer are being "left in limbo" as they wait months for urgent gynaecological appointments.

John Swinney should “hang his head in shame” over the length of time families are stuck in temporary accommodation, Scottish Labour has said.

SNP chief executive Carol Beattie has stood down with immediate effect "due to personal health reasons". She's been replaced by former SNP MP and Nicola Sturgeon special adviser Callum McCaig.

Scotland's largest local authority has been forced to shell out millions on agency workers to ensure streets are swept and bins get emptied.

Jamie Hepburn resigns as SNP minister after being accused of 'aggressively grabbing' Douglas Ross in row over seagulls

Jamie Hepburn has resigned as Parliament Business Manager in the wake of #seagullgate It comes just hours after Douglas Ross, who accused Hepburn of "aggressively grabbing" him in the Chamber, wrote to John Swinney on the issue.

Douglas Ross has written to John Swinney demanding he investigate whether Jamie Hepburn has broken the ministerial code. It comes after Ross alleged Hepburn "assaulted" him in a Holyrood rammy over seagulls.

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Plot twist: The Scottish Parliament has confirmed there is no CCTV of the incident involving Douglas Ross and Jamie Hepburn in the Holyrood chamber last night.

Holyrood rammy: A senior Tory MSP has accused an SNP minister of physically assaulting him in the Scottish Parliament yesterday.

Joe Duffy, whose daughter Amanda was murdered in 1992, is among those at Holyrood today to watch MSPs vote to abolish the not proven verdict. Joe has campaigned for the verdict's removal for 33 years. "I was hoping it would happen in my lifetime. Thankfully, I've got there".

John Swinney's gloomy outlook on the prospect of reduced US tariffs on Scotch whisky follows a Bloomberg report which rated such a deal as "not likely".

Is the Scottish Government's continued use of X sustainable, if senior SNP ministers become increasingly vocal in their dislike of Elon Musk? All advertising spending on the platform was halted in March 2023 - the month Humza Yousaf took charge.

More than 10,000 children across Scotland are stuck living in temporary accommodation, official figures show. The figure has barely moved in the last year, suggesting efforts to fix the issue are yet to make any real difference.

Alex Logan, a plater at Fergusons for 47 years, has called for the Port Glasgow shipyard to become "Scotland's ferry factory". “We are a shipyard, not a fabrication yard. We have built ships here for 122 years and, with the right support, can build them for another 100"

Over a third of council areas are not housing any asylum seekers, piling pressure on cash-strapped Glasgow to provide a safe haven. A tiny amount of homes have also been provided in Edinburgh compared to Scotland’s biggest city.

Alexander Dennis has announced it now intends to continue building buses at its two factories in Falkirk. The firm can access a £4m Government furlough deal if it can secure sufficient new orders.

The SNP has presided over a "clusterf**k" at a state-owned shipyard which now faces an uncertain future, Anas Sarwar has warned.

Historic Environment Scotland on why they gave directors an 18% pay rise: "The new framework was based on job evaluation outcomes and independent salary benchmarking, adjusting salaries where gaps existed and maintained them where already comparable." AI or word salad?

MSPs raised my reporting into Historic Environment Scotland at a Holyrood committee today. A director enjoying a private dinner at Edinburgh Castle will surprise few workers at the quango. But I suspect they'll be more angered by board members being handed an 18% pay rise.

It shouldn't be left to Glasgow to pay for a national homelessness crisis.

Scrapping Scotland’s controversial not proven verdict would be “in the interests of justice”, Angela Constance has declared.

John Swinney has told reporters he used a meeting at the White House to warn Donald Trump that tariffs on Scotch whisky are costing jobs in the birthplace of the President's mother.

Anas Sarwar tells me the saltire "belongs to everybody - it's our flag". But he says the underlying issue of the flag debate is "people do not feel as if their life is getting better".

A former MP is "absolutely appalled" at protests against the temporary housing of asylum seekers in a Falkirk hotel. Dennis Canavan, who represented the town for 33 years, appealed to residents to remember the "humanitarian" motto on Falkirk's historic coat of arms.

John Swinney on his Oval Office meeting with Donald Trump: "We’ve had a constructive discussion about the reasons why Scotch whisky would benefit from no tariffs"

NEW: John Swinney will meet Donald Trump in the Oval Office later today.

John Swinney gifted Trump-branded clothing worth almost £500 after meeting with US President's son

"I've never been that into flags," former Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon told Good Morning Britain this morning.

Jack Middleton, a key adviser to John Swinney, has announced he is seeking the SNP candidacy in Aberdeen Central for next year's election. It comes after sitting MSP Kevin Stewart revealed he was standing down yesterday.

One Labour MP has put the boot into Ian Murray’s successor Douglas Alexander by dismissing him as a “wee p***k” who nobody likes.

The SNP Government shelled out £4m on golden goodbyes last year. Among those receiving six figure pay-outs was a former boss at Ferguson Marine, and a senior exec at the country's scandal-hit water regulator.

💔 Ian Murray was sacked over the phone while attending an event on behalf of his beloved Hearts, the Record can reveal. 💔 Murray hasn’t spoken with Starmer since. Friends of the ex-Scottish Secretary say he’s still “very angry”.

Tommy Sheridan has warned that voting SNP at next year's Holyrood election could be the equivalent of a "Unionist strategy".

Douglas Alexander has insisted Anas Sarwar is "nobody's branch office manager" as he plots a Labour fightback in Scotland before next year's Holyrood election.

I was in Paisley at the election count in 2015 when Douglas Alexander lost his seat to Mhairi Black. Few there that night would have predicted a decade later she would be out of Parliament and he would be back in Cabinet as Scottish Secretary.