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Neil Pooran

Edinburgh

Political Reporter at PA Media

Scottish Political Correspondent with @PA based at Holyrood. Formerly @STVNews and @EdinburghLive_ All my own views etc.

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  • 1 week ago | msn.com | Neil Pooran

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

  • 1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Neil Pooran

    Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay also called on Holyrood ministers to address Parliament on the issue next week. Neil PooranScottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay has said the SNP’s gender policies must now be dropped “for good”, calling on ministers to address the Scottish Parliament on the issue next week. Mr Findlay said John Swinney should apologise to the women of Scotland for the “bitter divisions” caused by the Scottish Government’s gender legislation.

  • 1 week ago | insidermedia.com | Neil Pooran

    John Swinney has met with business leaders and trade union representatives at his official residence, after he warned US tariffs risk causing a recession. The First Minister discussed how to ensure economic resilience in the face of challenging headwinds during the talks at Bute House on Wednesday. On Monday, Swinney said tariffs imposed by the Trump administration in Washington will likely cause damage unless the Scottish Government takes action.

  • 1 week ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Craig Paton |Neil Pooran

    Scotland must not be an “afterthought” for the UK Government, the First Minister has said as he called for the Grangemouth refinery to be nationalised. The calls come after UK ministers fast-tracked plans to nationalise the British Steel site at Scunthorpe to keep it open. But Scotland Office minister Kirsty McNeill accused the Scottish Government and SNP MPs of “manufacturing grievance”, claiming the two industrial sites are not in similar situations.

  • 1 week ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Craig Paton |Neil Pooran

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Neil Pooran @neilpooran
9 Apr 25

RT @PA: #BreakingNews US President Donald Trump has announced a 90-day pause on tariffs except for China, sending the Dow Jones up 1,800 po…

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Neil Pooran @neilpooran
4 Apr 25

NEW - MSP Jamie Greene has defected to the Scottish Liberal Democrats, just a day after dramatically quitting the Tories. The West Scotland MSP has been unveiled as a Lib Dem at the party’s spring conference in Inverness. https://t.co/P6cEr8EqJm

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Neil Pooran @neilpooran
3 Apr 25

RT @alistairkgrant: Scathing letter from Jamie Greene MSP as he resigns the Tory whip. "...the party now rests its hopes on a Reform-ligh…