Kathleen Nutt

Glasgow

Political Correspondent at The Herald (Scotland)

Political Correspondent, The Herald; contact me on [email protected]

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MSPs told domestic abuse victims should get legal aid without being means tested

5 days ago | heraldscotland.com | Kathleen Nutt

Lawyers are calling for people suffering domestic abuse to receive legal aid without it being means-tested. (Image: PA) Legal aid should be given automatically to people suffering domestic abuse who want help from a solicitor, MSPs have been told. The appeal has been made to members of a Holyrood committee who are investigating the financial problems victims face when leaving - or trying to leave - an abusive relationship.
Doctors demand 1800 more GPs in Scotland to improve patient care

5 days ago | heraldscotland.com | Kathleen Nutt

A doctor checks a patient's blood pressure. (Image: Press Association Images/Press Association Images) One thousand more GPs are needed than the Scottish Government has committed to if the service to patients is to sufficiently improve, according to doctors's representatives.
Cost of major Glasgow rail project rises by more than £40million

6 days ago | glasgowtimes.co.uk | Kathleen Nutt

A Scotrail worker at Hairmyres Station. (Image: Robert Perry) The cost of a major infrastructure project which will see the electrification of a train line between Glasgow and East Kilbride has risen to almost £144 million, it can be revealed.
Cost of East Kilbride train line upgrade rises to £144 millon

6 days ago | heraldscotland.com | Kathleen Nutt

A Scotrail worker at Hairmyres Station. (Image: Robert Perry) A cost of a major infrastructure project which will see the electrification of a train line between Glasgow and East Kilbride has risen to almost £144 million, The Herald can reveal.
SNP consider 'specialist prisons' after investigation by The Herald

1 week ago | heraldscotland.com | Kathleen Nutt

A prison officer at the entrance to a cell in A hall at Barlinnie prison, Glasgow. (Image: free) Measures to tackle Scotland's population including the prospect of establishing new 'specialist prisons' have been set out in John Swinney's government programme following a major series by The Herald.
What's the mood inside the SNP, Labour and Tories as Holyrood race begins?

1 week ago | heraldscotland.com | Kathleen Nutt |Rebecca McCurdy |Hannah Brown

First Minister of Scotland and SNP leader John Swinney speaking at Assembly Roxy in Edinburgh, to mark one year to go to the next Holyrood election on May 7 2026. (Image: Jane Barlow/PA Wire) John Swinney was flanked by scores of SNP election candidates in Edinburgh as he declared the SNP were “back” and ready to win in 2026. This was an invigorated SNP leader – a far cry from the man who stepped up rather reluctantly to pick up the pieces of his struggling party.
Anas Sarwar: Scottish Conservatives in 'terminal decline'

1 week ago | heraldscotland.com | Kathleen Nutt

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar speech at Pollokshaws Burgh Hall, Glasgow to mark one year to go ahead of the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. Pictured with Jackie Baillie (Image: Colin Mearns) Voters face a "straight choice" at next year's Holyrood election between Labour and the SNP with the Scottish Conservatives in "terminal decline", Anas Sarwar has said.
Sir Keir Starmer will not campaign in Hamilton by-election, says Anas Sarwar

1 week ago | heraldscotland.com | Kathleen Nutt

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar speech at Pollokshaws Burgh Hall, Glasgow to mark one year to go ahead of the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. (Image: Colin Mearns) Keir Starmer will not campaign in the Hamilton by-election which is to take place next month, Anas Sarwar has revealed. The Scottish Labour leader insisted he was in charge of the campaign ahead of the vote on June 5, which follows the death of SNP minister Christina McKelvie in March.
Colin Beattie re-selected as SNP candidate after Branchform probe

1 week ago | heraldscotland.com | Kathleen Nutt

SNP MSP Colin Beattie (Image: Contributed) SNP MSP Colin Beattie has been re-selected as an SNP candidate, The Herald can reveal. Mr Beattie, a former national treasurer of the party, won the party contest to stand in next year's Holyrood elections as the candidate for Midlothian North and Musselburgh.
Alcohol ban on trains to be lifted, John Swinney announces

1 week ago | heraldscotland.com | Kathleen Nutt

Alcohol ban on trains to be lifted, John Swinney announces (Image: ScotRail) John Swinney has announced that a ban on drinking alcohol on trains is to be lifted. The First Minister did not unveil the ending of the ban when he made his Programme for Government statement to Holyrood.

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