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

NEW: We reveal Reform's Scottish leader Malcolm Offord's multi-million-pound property "empire", featuring a £2m townhouse in one of the poshest parts of London Further evidence that Reform's bosses are not the Men of the People they present as ... www.thenational.scot/news/2594924...

Malcolm Offord has written to St Andrews University after a Reform UK society pub night was disrupted by student protesters 👇

NEW: Anas Sarwar is facing calls to apologise and meet with a leading charity after a "disgraceful joke at the expense of stroke survivors". After a press conference, Sarwar asked if photographers had got his "stroke pose" on camera.

BREAKING: MSPs have rejected legislation to legalise assisted dying in a late-night landmark vote

The former leader of Midlothian Council’s Conservative group has confirmed he has joined the SNP after describing the UK union as ‘no longer serving Scotland’s best interests’

Thousands more taxpayers are moving to Scotland from the rest of the UK every year than leaving, a stark change which is boosting Scotland’s tax base by hundreds of millions of pounds

It’s all very well and good me having access to them for free, but free bus travel is useless if the buses don’t actually turn up or go where you need to go, writes Ellie Gomersall ✍️ 🔗 www.thenational.scot/commen...

The west's lack of care for the war crimes being committed is telling, writes Jonathon Shafi ✍️ 🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/w...

BREAKING: The US counterterrorism chief has resigned after claiming Israel 'pressured' Donald Trump into the Iran war More to follow

BREAKING: The SNP Government will 'more than double' Labour's support for Scots using heating oil The Energy Secretary said the support offered by the UK Government 'only equates to around £33 per household'

Brilliant reporting from James here

What's going wrong with the UK media coverage of the US-Israel attacks on Iran, and why are we only getting to hear certain kinds of Iranian voices? I spoke to Aaron Bastani to dig into these issues and more earlier today 🔎 youtu.be/e24BKHrYEdQ?...

Upside of being laid up with a rotten cold was a chance to try @scotnational.bsky.social podcast at last with @lauraewebster.bsky.social Refreshing, informed and clear-eyed about all those bought by powerful lobbies. If you think no one is reporting ‘it’ you might find ‘it’ here 👇🏼

Tomorrow's front page 📰 Poll finds majority oppose use of Scottish airports by US to wage war on Iran

Tomorrow's front page 📰 Newly released documents reveal PM knew about Mandelson and Epstein relationship

Seeing these findings in black and white takes it to a new level. Starmer has to go, but Scotland needs rid of the entire British establishment. The buck should stop with him yes - but these documents show how mucky and irreparable the entire nasty system is.

NEW: Scottish Labour have spoken up about the memo showing the UK Government want to overrule devolution regardless of what the devolved governments think Instead of speaking up for Scotland, the party has defended the memo - choosing to attack the SNP www.thenational.scot/news/2592760...

Keir Starmer breaks silence after a secret memo revealed his attitude to devolution - telling ministers to ignore the wishes of the devolved governments The PM says he won't make apologies for wanting to spend more in Scotland

NEW: Keir Starmer has broken his silence on the leaked memo that showed his "direct attack" on devolution Speaking in the Commons, the PM said he wouldn't apologise - and attacked John Swinney instead

NEW: Nigel Farage has been called out in the House of Commons for his comments on gun laws in the wake of the tragic Dunblane massacre Farage complained about "knee jerk" restrictions on handguns brought in after 16 children and their teacher were killed in the shooting

Tomorrow's front page 📰 PM's leaked 'assault on devolution'

LATEST: Keir Starmer has been accused of a "direct assault" on devolution after a leaked memo revealed him suggesting the UK Government should be prepared to go against the wishes of devolved nations Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

NEW: Suspended Scottish Labour MP Joani Reid was given a £2400 donation from her husband’s firm just three weeks before he was arrested on suspicion of spying for China

John Swinney is being challenged to bring in an immediate moratorium on so-called hyperscale data centres amid growing concerns from campaigners

Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand have slammed the Israeli Defense Forces for their 'vile arrogance' after using the band's hit track in a 'nauseating' propaganda video without their consent

There's talk about a need for new legislation on vape shops after a fire in one led to a 175-year-old building collapsing in Glasgow. What do you think?

Another fire has struck the heart of Glasgow – this time at the Union Corner building. It adds to a string of recent losses: the Mackintosh, the O2 ABC, Victoria’s nightclub. Why do the city’s historic buildings keep burning down? Special report👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2592143...