Tomorrow's front page 📰 SNP demand probe into Joani Reid over 'scandal of unprecedented proportions'

John Swinney has said Keir Starmer made a 'significant mistake' in shutting out the Scottish Government from a key Cobra meeting which discussed the implications of the Iran war

NEW: Reform UK's new campaign billboard has been slammed as 'racist scaremongering' by the Scottish Greens 🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

The Scottish Greens have staged a stunt outside Holyroodhouse Palace as they pledged to end royal tax breaks in Scotland and 'make the super-rich pay their fair share'

Zack Polanski’s Green Party has demanded that Keir Starmer suspend Israel’s UK ambassador following the introduction of the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners in Israel

NEW: Reform UK's Scotland leader Malcolm Offord was heckled at an election hustings over a homophobic joke he told 👇 🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

The UK Government has been told the closure of Grangemouth oil refinery has made Scotland 'vulnerable' to supply shortages as the last shipment of jet fuel from the Middle East is to be received this week

Tomorrow's front page 📰 Keir Starmer stays silent after Israeli Knesset passes horrific death penalty law for Palestinians

The National's Holyrood election hustings will take place in one week, and you're invited 👇

BREAKING: Developers behind the Flamingo Land resort by Loch Lomond rejected by the Scottish Government have said they are appealing the latest decision Bosses say they are seeking for the decision to be 'examined by the court'

Save the date: The National hustings, April 7. Taking place online, 7pm. There will also be a chance for subscribers to submit questions later in the week. Plus: Leader's interviews begin tomorrow! www.thenational.scot/politics/259...

NEW: Former human rights lawyer Keir Starmer has nothing to say about Israel imposing 'one of the world's most extreme death penalty laws' on Palestinians. We asked No 10 and were told he had nothing to add to Yvette Cooper's weak statement. Unbelievable.

The National is growing - to the point we've (sort of) converted LibDem leader Ed Davey! Make sure you get your must-read campaign coverage this Scottish election with a subscription from just £1 for 3 months 🗞️

Very grateful to have our brilliant Foreign Affairs Editor David Pratt reporting from Iraq at the moment He describes the Iran conflict's impact on a place where people fear "fault lines opening up" and a repeat of the horrors of the past www.thenational.scot/politics/259...

Tomorrow's front page 📰 More US bombers in the UK 'expose Starmer's lie'

"These were taken by the local journalist and friend I was with of the attack I describe witnessing in the piece. We were very close when this one came down," our foreign editor David Pratt tells us. His full piece from Iraq 👉 www.thenational.scot/politi...

EXCLUSIVE: Westminster's 'disastrous' voting system has 'compromised' Scottish politics and made Holyrood 'dysfunctional', a new paper has argued 🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

John Swinney has apologised to the victims of former council leader Jordan Linden as he insisted the SNP has 'an effective process in place' for scrutinising abusive behaviour

Campaigners have staged a counter-demonstration outside the abortion buffer zone at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, where a '40 Days for Life' vigil is being held The vigil is backed by anti-abortion campaigners with links to the US

Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire resort is the only one of Scotland’s top golf venues confirmed to have broken environmental rules in recent years, The Ferret has found 👇

Tomorrow's front page 📰 Sarwar energy bills cut promise slated

A major Scottish independence march has kicked off in Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Brian Cox, John Swinney, Lesley Riddoch, Ross Greer, Gillian Mackay and Aamer Anwar are among those leading activists down the Royal Mile 👇

The Yes Bikers are here! 🏍️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 A major Scottish independence rally is set to kick off soon in Edinburgh, with activists gathering on the Royal Mile

Less than one hour to go until activists take part in a major Scottish independence rally in Edinburgh 👀 Here's how you can watch live 👇

Keep up with our coverage all day today at thenational.scot - we have so much coming on this massive occasion, and some special bits in print tomorrow too ...

NEW: The latest in the Reform UK Scotland saga ... A charity linked with Reform UK Scotland candidate Conrad Ritchie is under investigation by the regulator, The National can reveal.

NEW: A former Alba Party spin doctor who served as Alex Salmond’s right-hand man unsuccessfully applied to work for Reform UK, The National can reveal. Chris McEleny put in a vid to become the party's head of press and head of policy development - but he didn't get a response

Tomorrow's front page 📰 'Deliberate timing' on Labour blocking of £1.5bn wind turbine factory

NEW: Reform UK have lost their fourth Scottish election candidate in less than a week. It comes just hours after the party lost their third Get the details: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

The man filmed at the head of a mob intimidating a Palestinian journalist has been unmasked as a serving police officer ⬇️

NEW: A Labour minister is under fire after failing to declare his relationship with the pro-Israel lobby when he unveiled a report on foreign interference in the UK Steve Reed failed to declare his affiliation with the influential Labour Friends of Israel group

Tomorrow's front page 📰 SNP MP claims Scottish Labour 'would sell health data to Palantir'

Palestine Action hunger strikers have told of the lasting effects of their starvation as they spoke out for the first time since their release from prison

Wes Streeting has again accepted over £50,000 from a firm whose owner has longstanding links to private healthcare 🚨

NEW: We are publishing the disgusting homophobic joke Malcolm Offord told and had to apologise for. It is in the public interest that people know the abhorrent language the Reform UK Scotland leader chose to use Refusing to publish this would effectively be protecting him.

Tomorrow's front page 📰 SNP slam Chancellor's 'total betrayal of working families'

NEW 🚨: Pleased to announce new columnists joining us at The National - the team behind Stop the War Scotland You'll be able to read David Jamieson, Coll McCail and Sophie Johnson every Wednesday in print and online.

Reform UK Scotland’s manifesto launch had not begun before a transphobic comment was thrown at me from the gathered crowd, writes Steph Paton ✍️

Thrilled to have had Hasan Piker join us on The National Podcast discussing Cuba, Iran and how Scotland/the UK are getting dragged into Trump's war. You can watch the full interview from 5pm here www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NOY...

NEW: A second Tory MSP has been accused of using AI to generate hundreds of questions for the Scottish Government costing the public purse 'over £200,000 in one year' Read more here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

EXCLUSIVE: A Scottish man who was charged with terrorism after allegedly showing support for Palestine Action has had his case thrown out in what is thought to be a UK first

NEW: A Reform UK Scotland candidate has been suspended just one day after he was announced to be running for Holyrood 🚨

EXCLUSIVE: A Scottish Reform UK candidate hiked the rent on a men’s mental health charity causing them to quit their tenancy, The National can reveal 🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/25951826.scottish-reform-candidate-hiked-rent-peterhead-charity/

Less than 24 hours after announcing their Holyrood manifesto and constituency candidates, Reform UK appeared to be having a bit of a nightmare, writes Xander Elliards ✍️

The party’s offering to Scotland looks less like a coherent programme for government and more like a rambling collection of half-formed thoughts, writes Xander Elliards ✍️

A first look at tomorrow's front page of The National 📰 Farage's plan to drag Scotland backwards

BREAKING: Reform UK have unveiled plans to reduce the Scottish Parliament's powers in their 2026 manifesto Nigel Farage's party wants to slash the number of MSPs and regularly review Holyrood's devolved powers People were warned that this is what they wanted.

BREAKING: Reform UK have pledged to cut the size of the Scottish Parliament and regularly review its devolved powers if they win the Holyrood elections in May The party's Scottish manifesto also says they would would 'repeal SNP bad laws' and introduce sweeping changes to the Scottish tax system

BREAKING: Police have intervened in an 'anti-fascist' protest at Reform UK's Scotland conference 🚨 Activists unfurled a banner saying 'fuck Farage' and 'no to fascism in Scotland'

BREAKING: Delegates at Reform UK's Scottish conference have been met with an 'anti-fascist' demonstration More to follow