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Regan's plan for Scotland to win its independence did not go down well with all attendees.

If elected, Ash Regan has pledged to start independence negotiations if an independence majority is secured at any Scottish or UK election.

SNP MP Mhairi Black will say that “real change will never come from Westminster” in the fraternal address to Plaid Cymru’s Spring Conference…

The Northern Irish question has caused endless headaches in Belfast, London and Brussels throughout the Brexit saga. Now analysts say the deal Prime Minister Rishi Sunak struck with the EU Commission this week offers genuine resolution of the problem. However, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)’s backing will be needed to…

HUMZA Yousaf has committed to a £1 million Scottish Government fund for “small, community-based” organisations helping people with the cost of…

GDP in Scotland is still 0.3% below pre-pandemic levels recorded in the final three months of 2019

In today’s newsletter: while it’s unclear whether he broke any rules, it doesn’t look good for the former health secretary. Will campaigners’ calls for more regulation around ministers’ use of messaging apps finally be answered?

Former prime ministers are currently making a habit of intervening in government policy. Boris Johnson deployed sources to urge current prime minister Rishi Sunak not to abandon his Brexit policies and to send fighter jets to Ukraine. Liz Truss also used her first speech on the backbenches since leaving Downing…

Sunak’s handling of the NI protocol suggests a leader – and a Tory party – with more left in the tank than some think, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle