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Craig Meighan

Edinburgh, Glasgow

Political Reporter at PA Media

Political reporter for @PA based in the Scottish Parliament. Previously at @STVNews. [email protected]

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  • 1 week ago | scotsman.com | Craig Meighan

    He will call on the SNP to drop its “bone-headed ideological opposition” to nuclear energyThe First Minister has been urged to scrap his Government’s long-held plans for a just transition away from fossil fuels and back nuclear energy instead. In a speech on Thursday, Russell Findlay will urge John Swinney to support what he labelled an “affordable transition”. The Scottish Conservative leader will call the SNP’s current approach “ill-conceived, inconsistent, chaotic and fundamentally dishonest”.

  • 1 week ago | aberdeenlive.news | Craig Meighan

    The First Minister has been urged to scrap his Government’s long-held plans for a just transition away from fossil fuels and back nuclear energy instead. In a speech on Thursday, Russell Findlay will urge John Swinney to support what he labelled an “affordable transition”. The Scottish Conservative leader will call the SNP’s current approach “ill-conceived, inconsistent, chaotic and fundamentally dishonest”.

  • 1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Craig Meighan

    The Scottish Government is “keen” to work with the UK Government on gender reforms but has “no intention” of revising its own plans at Holyrood, the Finance Secretary has said. Shona Robison told the PA news agency the process for trans people to change their legally recognised gender could still be simplified. But she signalled the change should come from Westminster, rather than the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Government accepts today's Supreme Court judgment.

  • 1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Craig Meighan

    The Scottish Finance Secretary said there are no plans to bring forward new, revised gender reforms at the Scottish Parliament. Craig MeighanThe Scottish Government is “keen” to work with the UK Government on gender reforms but has “no intention” of revising its own plans at Holyrood, the Finance Secretary has said. Shona Robison told the PA news agency the process for trans people to change their legally recognised gender could still be simplified.

  • 1 week ago | standard.co.uk | Craig Meighan

    Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysisI would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. The Scottish Government is “keen” to work with the UK Government on gender reforms but has “no intention” of revising its own plans at Holyrood, the Finance Secretary has said.

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RT @HannahMargBrown: BREAKING: Former Tory MSP Jamie Greene joins Scottish Liberal Democrats

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John Swinney tells me the reason he didn’t seek any meetings with Trump officials on his trip to New York is that he doesn’t want to interfere with UK/US trade negotiations. Trade, he points out, is a matter reserved to the UK Government.

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3 Apr 25

RT @craigymeighan: @JohnSwinney: ‘It’s so important that we remember and recall the sacrifices that have been made and learn the lessons fr…