Remon­towa announced hundreds of positions overseas on the seven-ferry loch-class programme after the nationalised Scottish yard lost the £175m contract

Ministers will require councils to flag new projects and have ordered environmental assessments for two proposed sites, but stopped short of a temporary ban

Muhammad Jawad Yaqoob spoke out as union chiefs said members across Scotland are experiencing a terrifying surge in racist violence and threats.

It says the Middle East crisis has highlighted the UK’s vulnerability to shocks

"The Government risks being remembered as one which sat on its hands whilst the industry that tens of thousands of working class people rely on collapsed in slow motion"

The shipyard in Port Glasgow was nationalised by the SNP Government and has faced huge controversy over its failure to complete a 2015 order for two CalMac vessels.

EXCLUSIVE: Chinese and Vietnamese shipyards will benefit from a £200m MOD contract instead of Ferguson Marine in Port Glasgow just a few miles away.

'Thousands of jobs in oil and gas are at risk of disappearing without being replaced by new work - this is the context that the populist Right is seeking to exploit,' warn union leaders

The Reform UK leader claimed "everybody in Scotland is having a go at us" as his party's campaigning tactics face a backlash.

A top union official has slammed the decision not to include "social value" when considering a tender by Ferguson Marine to build seven…