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Britain / 10 January 2022

Close to 300 cases of abuse against shopworkers in Scotland reported to police

10 January 2022

Britain / 9 January 2022

Scottish government criticised for failure to develop robust ventilation system in schools

9 January 2022

It is ‘unfathomable’ that staff are having to keep doors and windows open and ask pupils to layer up for a second winter, Scottish Teachers for Positive Change and Wellbeing says

Scottish government criticised for failure to develop robust

Britain / 9 January 2022

MPs slammed for taking another pay rise as workers hit with soaring bills

9 January 2022

Britain / 9 January 2022

Cosla calls for pay rise for local councillors ahead of May elections

9 January 2022

Britain / 7 January 2022

Scottish Labour warns of ‘incredibly worrying’ spread of Covid-19 in adult care homes

7 January 2022

A general view of Stornoway airport run by Highlands and Isl

Britain / 7 January 2022

Plans to relocate airport tower jobs from remote communities shelved following trade union pressure

7 January 2022

Steam is released from Reactor 4 at Hunterston B nuclear pow

Britain / 7 January 2022

One of Scotland's two nuclear power plants to shut down permanently

7 January 2022

Britain / 7 January 2022

Available hospital beds for Glasgow children fell by 40% in last decade, Scottish Labour says

7 January 2022

Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg

Britain / 6 January 2022

Rees-Mogg leads cabinet revolt against government's planned National Insurance hike

6 January 2022

Scottish Deputy First Minister John Swinney

Britain / 6 January 2022

Labour reports Scotland's Deputy First Minister to Statistics Authority over ‘spin’

6 January 2022

Britain / 5 January 2022

‘Covid more widespread than ever’ — Sturgeon

5 January 2022

Britain / 5 January 2022

Former SNP policy chief calls for devo-max option on any future independence referendum ballot

5 January 2022

Britain / 5 January 2022

A million Scottish pensioners to lose out after Tories scrap the triple lock, SNP warns

5 January 2022

Britain / 4 January 2022

Paramedics leaving the job at five-year high in Scotland as Covid-19 strains health service

4 January 2022

Britain / 4 January 2022

‘Allowance rise for unpaid carers will not be permanent’

4 January 2022

Britain / 4 January 2022

9 in 10 Scottish teachers say workload has increased during the pandemic

4 January 2022

Britain / 4 January 2022

MSPs say homeless plan needs more funds

4 January 2022

Britain / 4 January 2022

Police investigating threats to Karen Adam MSP after backlash over post on paedophiles

4 January 2022

Britain / 29 December 2021

Further restrictions still under review, Nicola Sturgeon says amid record Covid cases

29 December 2021

Britain / 29 December 2021

Scotland must address doctors' 'fatigue, frustration and unhappiness' to plug shortage, warns BMA Scotland chair

29 December 2021

Britain / 28 December 2021

Concerns at Covid's continued spread as government rules out new restrictions before New Year

28 December 2021

Britain / 28 December 2021

Labour MSP Alex Rowley slams SNP for rejecting Passivhaus standard for new builds

28 December 2021

Britain / 27 December 2021

Boris Johnson's government 'has licensed £2.8 billion in arms sales to human rights abusers'

27 December 2021

Britain / 27 December 2021

TSSA calls on Sturgeon to ensure Scotrail doesn't lay off essential staff

27 December 2021

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon updates MSPs on any changes t

Britain / 22 December 2021

£2,000 pay rise for Scottish politicians would be ‘disgraceful,’ Labour MSP says

22 December 2021

A vigil outside the gates of Derwentside, a new women’s de

Britain / 22 December 2021

Campaigners hit out at Home Office's ‘cruel and unnecessary’ decision to send female asylum-seekers to a remote detention centre

22 December 2021

A Border Force vessel intercepts a group of people thought t

Britain / 22 December 2021

Jailed asylum-seekers overturn convictions for helping to steer small boats across the channel

22 December 2021

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon after delivering a Covid-19 u

Britain / 21 December 2021

Scotland to introduce tighter Covid restrictions after Christmas

21 December 2021

A person stands in the window of an empty office

Britain / 21 December 2021

Scotland and Wales should be able to launch their own furlough schemes if required, researchers argue

21 December 2021

Britain / 21 December 2021

A&E waiting times in Scotland are the second-worst on record

21 December 2021

Britain / 21 December 2021

Thousands of women executed for witchcraft in Scotland could be pardoned after nearly 300 years

21 December 2021

First Minister of Scotland and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon

Britain / 21 December 2021

SNP accused of diminishing Scotland’s economic potential

21 December 2021

Scottish Fiscal Commission data reveals Scotland’s pandemic recovery has been the weakest of any nation and most regions in the UK

Britain / 20 December 2021

Campaigners welcome public consultation on a new deal for tenants in Scotland

20 December 2021

Britain / 20 December 2021

Labour threatened with legal action after accusing 82-year-old Jew of anti-semitism for the third time

20 December 2021

Extinction Rebellion Red Rebels during the official final da

Britain / 20 December 2021

Environmental justice campaigners block entrance to Home Office building in Glasgow

20 December 2021

Britain / 19 December 2021

We can't rule out more restrictions before Christmas, Sajid Javid admits as omicron cases soar

19 December 2021

Scottish pupils returning to school earlier this year

Britain / 19 December 2021

Delay January school reopening because of omicron, says Scottish teaching union SSTA

19 December 2021

Britain / 19 December 2021

Labour 'let Lib Dems take Shropshire North,' former constituency candidate claims

19 December 2021

Britain / 19 December 2021

Impact of omicron on staffing levels 'a huge worry,' says head of BMA Scotland

19 December 2021

Britain / 19 December 2021

Scottish government could 'create legal duty to prevent homelessness'

19 December 2021

Police pin a protester to the floor after he tried to climb

Britain / 16 December 2021

‘Intimidation, harassment and violence:’ Police's Cop26 conduct called into question

16 December 2021

‘Police Scotland not only failed to protect human rights during their policing of Cop26, but in many cases actively hindered or violated human rights,’ Netpol says

children wearing facemasks during a lesson at Outwood Academ

Britain / 16 December 2021

Government urged to support teachers after stats reveal school staff more likely to catch Covid than other workers

16 December 2021

Britain / 16 December 2021

Anti-poverty groups, environmentalists and trade unions join forces to campaign for better bus services in Scotland

16 December 2021

People take part in a protest outside the Home Office in Wes

Britain / 15 December 2021

Scottish and Welsh governments call for urgent talks with Home Office over its asylum policies

15 December 2021

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Deputy First Minister Joh

Britain / 14 December 2021

Scots urged to do everything they can to protect their loved ones and the NHS as new Covid restrictions announced

14 December 2021

A wreath depicting 1935, the number of drug overdose deaths

Britain / 14 December 2021

Scotland cannot waste any more time tackling drug-related deaths, MSPs say

14 December 2021

There were over 1,000 recorded deaths linked to drug use in the first nine months of 2021, new figures

Scottish health secretary Humza Yousaf sits beside First Min

Britain / 13 December 2021

Home working and return of furlough could be needed in Scotland in coming weeks, unions warn

13 December 2021

Scottish government expected to confirm further rules and limitations on social gatherings on Tuesday

Britain / 12 December 2021

Johnson's clings to premiership after evidence suggests he may have broken lockdown rules last Christmas

12 December 2021

Britain / 12 December 2021

Teachers ‘favour retaining virus mitigation in schools’

12 December 2021

A ScotRail train leaves Edinburgh's Waverley Station

Britain / 12 December 2021

Give workers more say in new publicly-owned ScotRail company, union demands

12 December 2021

Activists from Friends of the Earth during a demonstration c

Britain / 10 December 2021

Cambo oil and gas project developers announce project is on hold

10 December 2021

A Covid-19 information sign in Edinburgh

Britain / 10 December 2021

Omicron could force Scotland into even stricter measures, Sturgeon warns

10 December 2021

Members of Scotland's tenants' union Living Rent organised a

Britain / 10 December 2021

Students demand action over eye-watering rents in Scotland

10 December 2021

Scotland's finance secretary Kate Forbes

Britain / 9 December 2021

SNP's financial plans fail to address child poverty and are an insult to care workers, Labour charges

9 December 2021

Britain / 4 December 2021

Labour calls for full review of Scottish government’s spending

4 December 2021

Britain / 3 December 2021

Activists hail Shell's withdrawal from the Cambo oil field project as a victory

3 December 2021

Britain / 3 December 2021

Civil society, refugee groups and trade unions call for humanitarian visas and safe routes to sanctuary

3 December 2021

A person holding a hammer behind someone wearing an LGBT pri

Britain / 3 December 2021

Figures show a stark rise in homophobic attacks

3 December 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnston holds a press conference at th

Britain / 2 December 2021

Britain ‘nowhere near’ meeting climate targets, official report on Cop26 summit finds

2 December 2021

Britain / 2 December 2021

Labour leadership accused of targeting anti-zionist Jews

2 December 2021

The party's ‘campaign of stigmatisation of innocent left-wing Jews for factional reasons is totally unacceptable,’ Jewish Voice for Labour tells EHRC

Extinction Rebellion Scotland activists outside Holyrood

Britain / 2 December 2021

Activists denounce private meeting between MSPs and fossil fuel giant BP

2 December 2021

(from left) Louise Slorance, Kimberly Darroch and Scottish L

Britain / 1 December 2021

Scottish Ministers under pressure to sack senior management at scandal-hit super-hospital in Glasgow

1 December 2021

Students arriving at St Andrew's RC Secondary School in Glas

Britain / 1 December 2021

MSPs urged to back plans for greater ventilation in Scottish schools

1 December 2021

Britain / 1 December 2021

Caledonian Sleeper workers take pay justice fight to London

1 December 2021

Members of a non government organisation make a red ribbon,

Britain / 1 December 2021

SNP demands Tory government reverse cuts to overseas funding

1 December 2021

Britain / 30 November 2021

Cabinet Office forced to deny accusations that experts are being politically vetted

30 November 2021

Britain / 30 November 2021

Activists' occupation of former homeless accommodation in Glasgow ends

30 November 2021

Labour leader, Keir Starmer walks to today's shadow cabinet

Britain / 30 November 2021

Starmer's shadow cabinet reshuffle represents a shift to the right, socialists say

30 November 2021

Campaigners raise concerns for the future of Labour’s plans for a green industrial revolution

Retired nurse manager Siobhan Boyle administers a covid vacc

Britain / 29 November 2021

Tory ministers must take stronger action against new Covid variant, unions and devolved leaders demand

29 November 2021

Britain / 29 November 2021

Labour's Cat Smith quits shadow cabinet over party leadership's refusal to reinstate Corbyn

29 November 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Down

Britain / 29 November 2021

Britain's democracy ‘cannot hinge on a gentleman’s agreement,’ Labour insists

29 November 2021

Nicola Sturgeon in the debating chamber of the Scottish Parl

Britain / 29 November 2021

Scottish government to double child payment sustained campaigning

29 November 2021

Britain / 29 November 2021

Local government funding cuts in Scotland must end or economy will worsen, Cosla says

29 November 2021

Britain / 28 November 2021

Cold, hungry and stressed: 150,000 London kids in need

28 November 2021

Charity reports devastating effects of Tory cuts on vulnerable families

Britain / 28 November 2021

Labour: Sturgeon must back or sack death hospital board

28 November 2021

Britain / 28 November 2021

Financial pressures ‘will see families struggling at Xmas’

28 November 2021

Britain / 26 November 2021

Cops involved in raid on Baile Hoose occupation should face disciplinary action, campaigners says

26 November 2021

Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid

Britain / 26 November 2021

Government urged to ensure that alternative plans are in place as new Covid variant found in Europe

26 November 2021

Britain / 26 November 2021

Further education needs an extra £1bn of support to help tackle youth unemployment

26 November 2021

Tory MP Phillip Hammond leaves 10 Downing Street in April 20

Britain / 26 November 2021

Government accuses of ‘muzzling its own watchdog’ after refusing to sanction Hammond

26 November 2021

Britain / 26 November 2021

Sack NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde's senior management, Sarwar tells Sturgeon

26 November 2021

Police and demonstrators at an Extinction Rebellion protest

Britain / 25 November 2021

Campaigners condemn government proposals to strengthen powers to crack down on climate activists

25 November 2021

Britain / 25 November 2021

Police Scotland decision not to renew its training contract with Sri Lanka’s police welcomed by campaigners

25 November 2021

Britain / 24 November 2021

Home Office should be stripped of responsibility for the Windrush compensation scheme after ‘litany of flaws’

24 November 2021

Climate activists protesting in fake blood during the offici

Britain / 24 November 2021

Pollution and climate change jumps to become Britain’s biggest concern, poll finds

24 November 2021

Britain / 23 November 2021

Tory councillor pays ‘substantial’ legal costs to Corbyn over defamatory tweet

23 November 2021

Britain / 23 November 2021

Social workers struggling to deliver children's services due to understaffing, underfunding and a lack of resources

23 November 2021

Demonstrators at a Extinction Rebellion protest during the C

Britain / 23 November 2021

Extinction Rebellion unveils plans to mobilise millions for acts of civil disobedience after Cop26's failures

23 November 2021

Jeremy Corbyn with the Balie Hoose activists

Britain / 22 November 2021

Activists occupying an empty building in Glasgow launch crowdfund to help stop eviction

22 November 2021

Britain / 22 November 2021

Further bin strikes on the horizon, workers warn after talks with Glasgow city council fail

22 November 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking during the CBI annual

Britain / 22 November 2021

Unions slam Johnson after rambling CBI speech

22 November 2021

Prime Minister praises Peppa Pig, loses his notes, and compares himself to Moses and Vladimir Lenin

Climate Justice Activists at the Cop26 Gates asking delegate

Britain / 12 November 2021

Cop26's aim to limit global warming in ‘mortal peril’

12 November 2021

The ‘fossil fuel industries' fingerprints’ are all over the summit's draft agreement, environmentalists warn

Britain / 12 November 2021

Caledonian Sleeper workers have been ‘left out in the cold,’ union warns

12 November 2021

Britain / 12 November 2021

The solutions to the climate emergency won't come from the colonisers, Indigenous groups say

12 November 2021

Protesters move through the restricted Blue Zone area of the

Britain / 12 November 2021

Youth climate activists gather outside Cop26 to condemn world leaders' inaction on climate crisis

12 November 2021

BP or Not BP activists protest against the Scottish Ballet's

Britain / 12 November 2021

Artists and dancers perform protest musical against BP’s sponsorship of the Scottish Ballet

12 November 2021

The motorcade of U.S. President Joe Biden heads along the M8

Britain / 11 November 2021

Cop26's carbon footprint expected to be more than double that of Cop25

11 November 2021

Britain / 11 November 2021

Female detainees forced to mix with male sex offenders at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre

11 November 2021

A person walks past messages left on a fence at the Scottish

Britain / 11 November 2021

Hundreds gather to demand justice for migrants as Cop26 nears its end

11 November 2021

Climate protestors demonstrate at the Scottish Power Buildin

Britain / 11 November 2021

Activists call out the ‘greenwashing’ of polluters and corporations at Cop26

11 November 2021

Campaigners from Friends of the Earth Scotland, Get Glasgow

Britain / 10 November 2021

Better public transport is the only way to cut carbon emissions, unions and campaigners urge

10 November 2021

Cop26 summit ignores rail, buses, ferries and bicycles and puts its focus on cars and planes instead

A replica of Cop26 summit's main UN negotiation stage, carry

Britain / 10 November 2021

Cop26's draft agreement condemned for lacking concrete commitments to tackle climate crisis

10 November 2021

Britain / 10 November 2021

Scottish government challenged to end its two-tier workforce

10 November 2021

Britain / 10 November 2021

More lawyers needed to fight against climate crisis, campaigners say

10 November 2021

Protesters take part in a rally organised by the Cop26 Coali

Britain / 9 November 2021

Activists call for a feminist green new deal at Cop26

9 November 2021

Britain / 9 November 2021

Campaigners call for a law to protect the planet from ecocide

9 November 2021

an Extinction Rebellion protest on St Vincent Street in Glas

Britain / 9 November 2021

MSPs quiz police's targeting of socialist and left-wing protesters in Glasgow

9 November 2021

Britain / 9 November 2021

Bin strikes could last until Christmas, union tells Glasgow City Council

9 November 2021

Britain / 8 November 2021

‘Business as usual’ can’t save the climate

8 November 2021

Charities demand radicalism in face of officials’ delay

Britain / 8 November 2021

Staff at Scottish Qualifications Authority could go on strike before agency is scrapped

8 November 2021

Britain / 8 November 2021

Trade unionists insist campaigners and labour movement must join forces to bring about green transition

8 November 2021

They warned that workers across the country are already on the front line of tackling the climate emergency

Britain / 7 November 2021

No green transition possible without public ownership, trade unions insist

7 November 2021

Britain / 7 November 2021

Police slammed for disrupting peaceful march and kettling and arresting climate activists in Glasgow

7 November 2021

Britain / 7 November 2021

Indigenous activists lead tens of thousands in mass climate demonstration

7 November 2021

Niall Christie and Bethany Rielly in Glasgow

Features / 7 November 2021

‘So much more could have been achieved’: Jeremy Corbyn at Cop26

7 November 2021

The Star’s Niall Christie speaks to the former Labour leader about the failures of the Tory government to act on climate change and why he will be spending the week in Glasgow with strikers, unions and community representatives talking about the people power we need instead