The National (Scotland)

The National is a daily newspaper based in Scotland, owned by Newsquest, that started its journey on November 24, 2014. It was the first daily publication in Scotland to advocate for Scottish independence, emerging from the demand of Newsquest's audience following the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. The National is linked to The Herald and the Sunday Herald and has Callum Baird as its editor. Initially available only on weekdays, a Saturday edition was introduced in May 2015. The newspaper is printed in a tabloid format and can also be accessed through an online subscription.

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Can Keir Starmer find any policy that Anas Sarwar won't support?

1 day ago | thenational.scot | Xander Richards

When the quite literally loyal-to-a-fault Tory minister Nadine Dorries was asked that question about her prime minister Boris Johnson in 2022, she said: “If he went out and kicked a dog, I would probably withdraw my support for him.” Dorries was known as one of Johnson’s most fierce allies, defending him even after his ignominious downfall finally played out following an exodus of ministers from his UK government.
UK nations unite against Labour’s 'inadequate' devolution approach

2 days ago | thenational.scot | Xander Richards

The Labour administration in Westminster has received a letter signed by the Scottish Parliament’s Social Justice and Social Security Committee, the Northern Ireland Assembly’s Committee for Communities, and the Equality and Social Justice Committee at Senedd Cymru raising concerns about its handling of planned welfare cuts.
Pro-independence Holyrood majority 'matters for future of politics' – John Curtice

2 days ago | thenational.scot | Xander Richards

Speaking during a live recording of the Holyrood Sources podcast in Edinburgh on Wednesday evening, the polling expert also warned it is “not inconceivable” that Nigel Farage’s Reform UK win an outright majority at Westminster at the next General Election. Hours earlier, Electoral Calculus had published a Multi-level Regression and Post-stratification (MRP) poll of 5400 UK voters which projected that Reform UK would win 31% of the vote and 377 Westminster seats – none of which were in Scotland.
Anas Sarwar backs UK disability benefit cuts amid Scottish Labour revolt

2 days ago | thenational.scot | Xander Richards

By Wednesday evening, 12 Scottish Labour MPs out of 37 had signed their names to a reasoned amendment which would block the UK Government welfare cuts if it passes a vote on July 1. In total, around 130 Labour MPs have put their names to the amendment opposing Keir Starmer’s Government’s plan to cut some £5 billion from disability benefits annually.
SNP Government 'to cut spending by £2.6 billion per year', Finance Secretary says

2 days ago | thenational.scot | Xander Richards

Speaking in Holyrood, Shona Robison said that the Scottish Government’s plans would save the equivalent of “4.4% of the forecast resource budget” by 2029/30. Her speech came as the Scottish Government published both its Medium-Term Financial Strategy and its first Fiscal Sustainability Delivery Plan.
300k Scots 'to lose £500 per year' to Labour's welfare cuts, leading charity warns

2 days ago | thenational.scot | Xander Richards

Trussell, the anti-poverty charity which runs some 1400 food banks across the UK, also told MPs that new claimants for the health element of Universal Credit would be £3000 per year worse off if Labour’s proposed changes go through.
EU, taxes, and Labour 'out of step': What we learned in John Curtice's polling report

3 days ago | thenational.scot | Xander Richards

Professor John Curtice (left) and (down from top right) First Minister John Swinney, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch (Image: PA) NEW polling has shown the Labour Government is “totally out of step with voters” on a range of issues including the EU, taxation, and welfare, the SNP have said.
David Lammy hints at Israel's nuclear weapons – but UK Government remains silent

3 days ago | thenational.scot | Xander Richards

Labour ministers have repeatedly declined to address Israel’s secret stockpile of nuclear weaponry – obtained outwith the international Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) – even after the nation launched strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites on June 13. Israel’s strikes were followed by the US bombing further Iranian nuclear sites in a bid to stop the country obtaining a nuclear weapon.
Legal challenge forces EHRC to change guidance on Supreme Court sex ruling

3 days ago | thenational.scot | Xander Richards

In April, the UK’s highest court ruled that the words “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 refer to biological sex and are not affected by a trans person acquiring a gender recognition certificate (GRC). Nine days later, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) issued guidance stating that the ruling meant that “in workplaces, it is compulsory to provide sufficient single-sex toilets”.
Scottish minister leaves door open to US war planes refuelling at Prestwick

3 days ago | thenational.scot | Hamish Morrison

External Affairs Secretary Angus Robertson refused to say whether the American Air Force would be banned from using the state-owned Ayrshire airport, which is often used by allied militaries as a refuelling stop. Labour backbencher Carol Mochan (below) asked whether the Scottish Government would rule out allowing America and Israel access while they carried out strikes on Iran.