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Holyrood Rejects Assisted Dying Bill, 69–57, After Final Free Vote

Extensive amendments could not overcome opposition from medical bodies or disability advocates.

Holyrood Opens Final Stage on Assisted Dying Bill With 300+ Amendments and a Tight Vote Looming

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Seals Cancer Ward Rooms and Moves Patients for Planned Upgrades

Scottish Government Plans Direct Four‑Vessel Award to Ferguson Marine to Safeguard Clyde Shipyard

Swinney Defends Lord Advocate Briefings After Papers Show 2025 Murrell Update

Swinney Backs Lord Advocate as Furor Over Murrell Briefing Intensifies

Swinney Pressed Over Early Briefing on Murrell Indictment as Hearing Pushed to May

Scottish Minister Refuses to Guarantee Bus Driver’s Killer Will Lose Free Travel

Indictment Alleges Peter Murrell Embezzled £459,000 From SNP Over 12 Years as Hearing Nears

Millionaire Drummer Paul McManus Takes Over, Funds Salmond Misfeasance Case Against Scottish Government

Scottish Government Pays £392,500 to For Women Scotland After Supreme Court Sex-Definition Ruling

Scottish Government Defends Case-by-Case Prison Placements for Trans Inmates in Court Challenge

Scottish Court Reviews Trans Prison Policy As Rights Bodies Split

Holyrood Rejects Ash Regan’s Bill to Criminalise Buying Sex

ExxonMobil Shuts Fife Ethylene Plant, Begins Decommissioning Through 2028

Holyrood Backs Disclosure Push as Sarwar Cites Notes Alleging Political Pressure on QEUH Opening

IFS Warns Reform Scotland Tax-Cut Plan Would Demand Tough Choices

Information Commissioner Takes Scottish Government to Court Over Sturgeon Inquiry Papers

Tom Hunter Launches Entrepreneurs’ Manifesto Urging Income-Tax Alignment and Planning Overhaul in Scotland

Swinney Says SNP Majority Would Trigger Demand for Second Scottish Independence Referendum