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Matt Kerr
An elderly woman's hands
Britain / 21 November 2025
21 November 2025
NUMBERS GAME: Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth meets with students at Kings Park Secondary School in Glasgow
Aw That / 22 November 2025
22 November 2025

Whether in recycling or energy policy, a deeper crisis in long-term thinking is apparent in Scotland. With the new Budget looming, MATT KERR wonders if we can move beyond shallow, headline-grabbing measures

People look at the Covid Memorial Wall, central London, ahead of the fifth anniversary of lockdown, March 21, 2025
Scotland / 21 November 2025
21 November 2025
A person holding an energy bill
Scotland / 21 November 2025
21 November 2025
A view of the Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm amongst existing electricity pylons on the Romney Marsh in Kent
Energy / 20 November 2025
20 November 2025
Funeral fund victims take case to Holyrood
Scotland / 19 November 2025
19 November 2025
Humza Yousaf (centre, when still first minister) visits the Hillcrest Homes housing development in Dundee, in April 2024. The number of new affordable homes completed in Scotland had fallen in each of the last three years, from 23,486 in 2022 to 19,988 in 2024
Aw That / 8 November 2025
8 November 2025

The right to buy may have been scrapped in Scotland, but the damage it has done lives on even now, writes MATT KERR

Rockstar Strike
Workers' Rights / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025
Workers' Rights / 6 November 2025
6 November 2025