The Westminster Prime Minister’s latest grand scheme is to bring in Free Personal Care south of the border, funded entirely by scrapping the state pension triple lock – which covers the whole UK.

Scotland is energy-rich, so why are our bills so high? Because the power lies in Westminster’s hands.

Children and paramedics were among at least 80 civilians killed in the incident, Declassified can reveal.

A think tank helping shape Reform UK’s economic agenda is preparing to publish a major blueprint focused on cutting taxes for the rich.

Supporting acts of Sheeran's US tour have quit in solidarity with Macklemore, banned for saying 'Free Palestine'.

Rhun ap Iorwerth, the first non-Labour Senedd leader, questions Westminster’s willingness to relinquish powers Andy Burnham has to be serious about devolution and understand that Wales is a nation and “not a region in England”, according to the country’s first minister. Rhun ap Iorwerth, who is the first non-Labour leader of the Senedd since devolution, told the Guardian that while he was encouraged by initial discussions with the new UK prime minister, he was wary about Burnham being captured by a consensus Westminster view against relinquishing further powers. Continue reading...

As revelations about Reform UK’s donors emerge, it’s clear that increasingly complex forms of patronage can’t be regulated effectively. We need a clean sweep, says columnist George Monbiot

This US-style right-wing political pressure group keeps its funders a secret. Its members have helped man Scotland’s anti-migrant and asylum demonstrations.

Everyone in Scotland was promised a £1,400 Union dividend, but has been handed a £3,000 annual Brexit bill. How much longer can Scotland afford to pay the price for Westminster’s mistakes?

Email the Planning Minister now to call for a ban on new AI data centres until proper safeguards are in place

The SNP are likely to emerge victorious here not because of their own support, but because a healthy Green performance will set up a generous flow of transfers to them.

Zack Polanski announces candidacy for the Holborn and St Pancras seat to be vacated by British ex-PM Keir Starmer.

Podcast Episode · The Portobello Bookshop Podcast · 21 August · 9min

EVIDENCE from a UK Government agency suggests that there could be many more data centres built in Scotland than are currently planned ...

In Washington, D.C., 63 years after Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, thousands assembled on Friday to warn against the attac...

City firms tapped for case studies to try to convince global watchdog that London has cleaned up its act

Exclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026

Exclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026

Where Burnham seeks to pull power upward into a solitary mayoral seat, the SNP has consistently driven power downward to the grassroots.

We're inviting bus passengers and MSPs from across Scotland to show support for our campaign at the Scotland Demands Better Buses Rally outside the Parliament on Wednesday 2 September, 1pm.