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2026-09-13 · Evening Standard

Devolved First Ministers to sign independence declaration

🔮 The First Ministers of the UK’s devolved nations will sign a landmark agreement on Monday aimed at putting pressure on Downing Street to hold referendums on independence. assertive

2026-09-13 · Evening Standard

Independence referendum ‘not off the table’, says McAllan

🔮 Separation from the UK was thrust into the fore again this week after Andy Burnham said in the House of Commons another vote would be allowed if the majority of people in Scotland wanted it. assertive

2026-09-17 · Daily Mail

SNP ministers warned public sector savings hard to achieve without compulsory redundancies

🔮 - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Compulsory redundancies may need to be considered if the Scottish Government is to meet its target of reducing the public sector workforce, an economist has warned. mixed

2026-09-26 · Evening Standard

Douglas Alexander: Scottish Government hoards power with disastrous results

🔮 “We are the party that finally delivered Keir Hardie’s vision of Scottish home rule,” he is expected to say. assertive

2026-09-27 · Evening Standard

SNP should ‘hang heads in shame’ over Glasgow fire and rehire plan – Alexander

🔮 “So I give you this pledge today: In just a matter of months, it will have been outlawed by this Labour Government.” assertive

2026-09-27 · Evening Standard

SNP should ‘hang heads in shame’ over Glasgow fire and rehire plan – Alexander

🔮 “So I give you this pledge today: In just a matter of months, it will have been outlawed by this Labour Government.” assertive

2026-09-27 · Evening Standard

SNP should ‘hang heads in shame’ over Glasgow fire and rehire plan – Alexander

🔮 “So I give you this pledge today: In just a matter of months, it will have been outlawed by this Labour Government.” assertive

2026-09-28 · Evening Standard

Labour mayors back Scottish party leader Michael Marra’s devolution proposals

🔮 Labour mayors have backed Michael Marra’s proposals for greater devolution. assertive

2026-09-28 · Evening Standard

Healey £6bn shipbuilding plans ‘huge opportunity’ for Scottish yards – Alexander

🔮 “Navantia have been looking for us to guarantee work going forward, what we heard from John Healey today was a commitment that we will build the new floating docks for Faslane here in the United Kingdom. assertive

2026-09-28 · Evening Standard

Marra urges Labour members to back motion on Glasgow fire and rehire bid

🔮 The move, which would have impacted 23,000 staff, came after a breakdown in talks with unions over a long-running equal pay dispute. assertive

2026-10-01 · Evening Standard

Burnham’s pension changes ‘completely unacceptable’, says Swinney

🔮 From 2030, under the plans, the automatic link with average earnings would be scrapped, with pensions to increase by either 2.5% or the rate of inflation. assertive

2026-10-01 · Evening Standard

Swinney ‘misrepresenting’ Burnham pension reform impact, says Marra

🔮 The figure takes into account Scotland’s aging population, the Government said, though it will not be able to include the rate of inflation, which has been volatile in recent years. assertive

2026-10-05 · Evening Standard

‘Bring it on’, Bowie tells Scottish Government over nuclear power

🔮 But speaking at the Conservative conference in Birmingham, Andrew Bowie said “no part of Britain will be off limits” for new nuclear sites if the party returns to Downing Street. assertive

2026-10-05 · Evening Standard

Swinney has ‘nothing to explain’ over accusations of misleading Holyrood

🔮 Andy Burnham announced he would drop the earnings element of the triple lock on pensions from 2030, meaning payments to pensioners will increase by either the rate of inflation or 2.5% annually, with the saving to fund the reform of social care in England. assertive

2026-10-05 · Evening Standard

Swinney has ‘nothing to explain’ over accusations of misleading Holyrood

2026-10-05 · Daily Mail

'Arrogant' John Swinney refuses to back down on pension claims

🔮 Swinney had claimed ‘we are now going to lose our pension’ after Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced he would remove the ‘triple lock’ on pensions from 2030 to fund a national care service in England. mixed

2026-10-15 · Evening Standard

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister calls for early Westminster election

🔮 Speaking to the Press Association in the conference hall on Thursday, Jenny Gilruth said: “We would welcome an early election. assertive

2026-10-15 · Evening Standard

Time ahead the greatest challenge ever for independence movement, says Flynn

🔮 The coming period will be the “greatest challenge” the independence movement has ever faced, Stephen Flynn has said. assertive

2026-10-15 · Evening Standard

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister calls for early Westminster election

🔮 Speaking to the Press Association in the conference hall on Thursday, Jenny Gilruth said: “We would welcome an early election. assertive

2026-10-15 · Evening Standard

Scottish Government considering face covering exclusion zones, says Neil Gray

🔮 “We’re in active discussion with the Chief Constable – at a very recent meeting with her, we were exploring this around what would help, what could make the difference as we have with the (SPF) and (the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents) around what would help make the difference to tackle this particular issue.” assertive

2026-10-16 · Evening Standard

Swinney: Of course I would work with Burnham if new powers offered to Holyrood

🔮 Andy Burnham will head north on Friday to make a speech in North Lanarkshire, where he will urge the Scottish Government to work with Whitehall to push powers to local communities, though it is not clear if more powers could be devolved to Holyrood. mixed

2026-10-16 · Evening Standard

UK Government not ‘actively looking to save Palestinian lives’, says SNP MP

🔮 “To pretend that there was nothing that the UK Government could have possibly done before this point.” assertive

2026-10-17 · Evening Standard

Zionism is racism debate ‘unhelpful’, says Scottish Green co-leader

🔮 Zack Polanski’s party – which is not officially linked to the Scottish party, but forms part of a wider international movement – has faced a backlash since the vote, with Labour announcing it will cut ties with the party at council level in England and Wales if representatives do not disavow the motion. assertive

2026-10-17 · Evening Standard

Buses to be brought under public control by 2031, says John Swinney

🔮 The changes, it is understood, will allow regional transport partnerships to have more control over routes and fares on the bus network, without the Government having to actively own it. assertive

2026-10-17 · Evening Standard

Zionism is racism debate ‘unhelpful’, says Scottish Green co-leader

2026-10-17 · Evening Standard

Buses to be brought under public control by 2031, says John Swinney

2026-10-17 · Evening Standard

Buses to be brought under public control by 2031, says John Swinney

2026-10-19 · Evening Standard

Labour becomes Holyrood’s second biggest party after Reform MSP resigns whip

🔮 Both Reform and Labour had 17 seats following May’s election, but the decision by Ms Bland – a regional MSP for Central Scotland and Lothians West – drops her former party to 16 seats and into third place. assertive

2026-10-19 · Evening Standard

Labour becomes Holyrood’s second biggest party after Reform MSP resigns whip

2026-10-19 · Evening Standard

UK’s first plant to build subsea cables opens in Highlands

🔮 Sumitomo claims up to 250 direct jobs will be created by the factory’s opening, with more than 400 supported through the wider supply chain. assertive

2026-10-20 · Evening Standard

Scottish and Welsh ministers demand action to tackle poverty in Budget

🔮 Scottish Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville and Welsh Deputy First Minister Sioned Williams sent a joint letter to UK ministers on Tuesday, calling for the benefit cap and the so-called bedroom tax to be scrapped, as well as for the UK Government to end the freeze on local housing allowance and provide targeted discounts on household bills. assertive

2026-10-20 · Evening Standard

Moving BBC Scotland online risks leaving viewers behind, corporation warned

🔮 Moving BBC Scotland online risks leaving viewers behind, corporation warned The broadcaster announced on Tuesday the channel would move solely to BBC iPlayer from the spring of next year as part of a raft of changes which will see BBC Three also move online, as well as Radio 4 Extra. assertive

2026-10-20 · Evening Standard

Moving BBC Scotland online ‘wholly unacceptable’, says Scottish Government

🔮 The broadcaster announced on Tuesday that the channel would move solely to BBC iPlayer from spring of next year as part of a raft of changes which will see BBC Three also move online, together with Radio 4 Extra. assertive

2026-10-21 · Evening Standard

Jackdaw announcement must provide certainty to north east, says Swinney

🔮 Scotland’s First Minister has said he hopes the announcement of approval for the Jackdaw gas field “will provide some certainty for the north east” of Scotland. assertive

2026-10-21 · Evening Standard

Jackdaw announcement must provide certainty to north east, says Swinney

🔮 Scotland’s First Minister has said he hopes the announcement of approval for the Jackdaw gas field “will provide some certainty for the north east” of Scotland. assertive

2026-10-21 · Evening Standard

Ring-fence energy fund for north-east of Scotland, says Swinney

🔮 The Scottish Government has still not confirmed its move away from opposing oil and gas by publishing a finalised energy strategy, with reports this week suggesting it could be late 2027 before the document is released. assertive

2026-10-22 · Evening Standard

Aberdeen MP urges Energy Secretary to approve Rosebank oil field

🔮 But reports suggest the Rosebank oil field, which has often been clubbed together with Jackdaw, could be rejected. assertive

2026-10-22 · Evening Standard

Aberdeen MP urges Energy Secretary to approve Rosebank oil field

🔮 Oil produced from development near Shetland will be sold on the open market, while the gas produced off the Aberdeen coast will be used to meet domestic demand. assertive

2026-10-26 · Evening Standard

Scottish Labour leader calls for tax hikes on big banks ahead of Budget

🔮 The Scottish Labour leader will meet the Chancellor and Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh this week. assertive

2026-10-28 · Evening Standard

Marra urges Scottish Government to pass on UK energy bill payment

🔮 It is not clear how much funding will come to Scotland as a result of the policy but the Scotland Office has said the Budget will result in a £600 million boost to the Scottish Government’s coffers. assertive

2026-10-28 · Evening Standard

Scottish Government to pass on £100 energy bill payment

🔮 Households assessed as being council tax bands A to D will receive the money, with Mr Healey telling the Commons the devolved nations will receive “their share”. assertive

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