Chris McCall

John Swinney 'defending the indefensible' by backing Angela Constance Angela Constance will face a motion of no confidence after being accused of misleading the Scottish Parliament.

Labour, the Lib Dems and the Conservatives will all back a motion of no confidence in Angela Constance next week.

How will the Greens vote?

SNP justice secretary Angela Constance faces calls to resign The veteran Nationalist minister is facing growing calls to resign after she denied misrepresenting the views of Alexis Jay during a Holyrood debate in September.

"Angela Constance’s position is completely untenable. She must resign immediately or John Swinney should sack her"

Angela Constance, the SNP Justice Secretary, is tonight facing calls to resign for misrepresenting grooming gangs expert Alexis Jay.

A letter finally released by the Government shows Jay wrote to Constance to contradict a statement she made to MSPs.

Glasgow City Council faces threat of judicial review from housing campaigners EXCLUSIVE: Scotland's largest local authority admitted its services were "under extreme pressure" as the city struggles with the volume of homelessness applications.

Campaigners have threatened to launch a judicial review against Glasgow City Council over its "unacceptable" record on housing.

Scotland continues to have lowest life expectancy in UK Scots can expect to live two years less than people born in England, and over a year less than those in Wales.

Scots men living in the poorest communities can expect to die a full 13 years before those living in the richest.

Nicola Sturgeon pledge to narrow attainment gap 'a lifetime away from happening' The ex-SNP leader promised in 2015 "to close the attainment gap completely" but the Lib Dems said it could take more than a century to achieve.

A landmark SNP pledge to eliminate the poverty attainment gap between the richest and poorest Scots pupils is a "lifetime away from happening", the Government has been warned.

Protests against asylum seeker hotels are 'appalling', says John Swinney The First Minister told an audience in Glasgow "we need people to come to Scotland to boost our working age population".

"That's where I stand, I'm not going to change my mind"

Aside from his statement on energy, John Swinney made some strong remarks today on the issue of hotels being used to house asylum seekers.

He described protests outside the hotels as "appalling", and insisted "Scotland will not follow that hostile approach to migration".

the story does state that clearly.

In a statement, Sandie Peggie said: "I am beyond relieved and delighted that the Tribunal has found that my employer Fife Health Board harassed me after I complained about having to share a female only changing room with a male colleague"

Sandie Peggie wins trans row tribunal against NHS Fife in landmark ruling Peggie, an experienced nurse, took NHS Fife to an employment tribunal after refusing to share a changing room with a transgender colleague.

Sandie Peggie was harassed by NHS Fife, an employment tribunal has found in a landmark legal ruling.

John Swinney to claim independence will reduce electricity bills for Scots EXCLUSIVE: The SNP leader will today unveil the "It's Scotland's Energy" campaign ahead of the next Holyrood election.

John Swinney will take inspiration from one of the SNP's most famous political slogans when he launches a new campaign aimed at convincing Scots that independence will reduce their electricity bills by a third.

Scots pubs could open late for World Cup so fans can 'enjoy the celebration' Neil Gray said he wanted to "make sure people are able to enjoy the celebration as Scotland get out of the group of death".

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Should pubs be allowed to stay open late so fans can watch Scotland's World Cup matches next summer?

SNP Health Secretary Neil Gray says he wants to "make sure people are able to enjoy the celebration as Scotland get out of the group of death".

Scottish Labour education spokeswoman quits over friendship with convicted sex offender - Daily Record Pam Duncan-Glancy resigned after the Record approached Scottish Labour about her links to disgraced former councillor Sean Morton. Concerns were raised about her judgement.

EXC: Scottish Labour’s education spokeswoman has quit over her friendship with a convicted sex offender.

Pam Duncan-Glancy resigned after a Record investigation into her links with Sean Morton, who was convicted of possessing indecent child images.

Imagine telling Trump “you also receive a certificate” like it’s a primary school sports day.

“The real business of the draw isn’t far away,” a distressed-sounding Jonathan Pearce tells BBC viewers after enduring an opening 25 minutes to the World Cup draw featuring Robbie Williams, Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino.

Exactly. Ibrox / Cessnock is a success story in terms of abandoned older properties being brought back into use by a forward-thinking housing association, and good quality new builds.

Scotland fans could enjoy pint at Euro 2028 under plans for 'extended pilot scheme' to end booze ban EXCLUSIVE: Tartan Army supporters could be able to toast their side at Hampden Park if Scotland qualify for the European Championships in 2028.

Scots football fans would be able to enjoy a pint while attending matches under Labour plans for an "extended pilot scheme" to scrap the notorious ban on booze.

Former UKIP leader in Scotland denies taking payments from Russia David Coburn, who served as an MEP for five years, was previously forced to apologise after he compared Humza Yousaf to convicted terrorist Abu Hamza.

A former leader of UKIP in Scotland has denied he took payments from Russia in exchange for making pro-Putin statements.

John Swinney to make decision on Scottish grooming gangs probe by Christmas The First Minister met police chiefs earlier this week to hear about the scale of the problem.

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John Swinney tells reporters the Scottish Government will set out its position on a grooming gangs inquiry before Christmas.

A minor point, but those flats were in Ibrox. And the area where they stood is now home to some good quality social housing built in the last 10 years.

John Swinney told extra Budget cash should be spent on more free school meals EXCLUSIVE: Ross Greer said the benefits of providing free school meals to more pupils were "unquestionable."

"Any money the Government was quite rightly putting aside to mitigate this horrendous Tory policy, and is now available, should be going into other areas, like expanding free school meals"

Ross Greer tells me he hopes the SNP Government will use any extra cash it receives from the UK Budget to fund the expansion of free school meals.

Kids in P1-P5 are already offered a free meal, the Greens hope this could soon include those in P6/P7 as well.

I drink the sugar free version anyway.

Irn-Bru maker admits it could change recipe of iconic drink due to sugar tax AG Barr said it would "carefully review" the implications of the new sugar tax levy imposed by the UK Government.

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Sugar tax latest: AG Barr has admitted it could be forced to change the Irn-Bru recipe for a second time in seven years to meet the latest levy announced by Wes Streeting.

The Finance Secretary said: "The First Minister has been clear that funding will be used to continue our journey to eradicate child poverty.
"We will look at specific measures...
"But on the principles, yes, that's what the intention will be."

(1/2) I asked Shona Robison, in the wake of today's Budget, if the SNP Government will now commit to spending the money it planned to use to mitigate the impact of the two-child cap in Scotland on other policies to help reduce child poverty.