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The deal to join the Scottish Government with two ministers still needs final party council approval.

Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie said his party has prompted a shift from the SNP on environmental issues.

Mental health referrals have increased by almost a fifth compared to pre-pandemic levels, figures from 117 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) in England have shown.

The Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland figures for 2020/21 have been published by the Scottish Government.

At the moment, the UK remains one of the most affected countries in Europe, with over 6 million registered cases and 130,000 fatalities since the start of the pandemic.

According to the Telegraph, the PM, his new bride Carrie Johnson (who announced over the weekend that she is pregnant with their second child together), and their one-year-old son, Wilfred, are expected to stay in the country for a holiday this August. An insider dubbed a ‘senior government source’ told the paper: ‘The PM’s going to staycation this year.’ Last summer the then-engaged couple took their baby boy (and Dilyn the dog, of course), to the beautifully rugged Applecross peni...

Credit Jeff J. Mitchell / New Hampshire Bulletin/Getty Images Fifteen states have reached a deal with Purdue Pharma on the company’s bankruptcy organization plan. New Hampshire is not among them. The deal moves the states and company a step closer to a $4.5 billion opioid settlement. Plaintiffs in the case are trying to hold the company and its owners, the Sackler family, responsible for their role in the opioid crisis. Nationally, more than 500,000 people have died from opioid overdoses caus...

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Mask wearing and social distancing to end on July 19 – reports Requirements to wear face coverings will end on July 19, reports have suggested (Dominic Lipinski/PA) Enforced mask wearing will end and social distancing will no longer be required as part of “freedom day” unlocking on July 19, reports have suggested. Boris Johnson is understood to be preparing to update the nation this week on his plans for easing coronavirus restrictions in England, with multiple newspapers suggesting the P...

Nicola Sturgeon is abusing the Supreme Court as cover for her stunts – Brian Wilson The most significant quote of the week, defining the state of Scottish politics, did not come from a politician but the Scottish judge who presides over the Supreme Court, Lord Reed. Saturday, 3rd July 2021, 4:55 am Nicola Sturgeon has complained of a politically catastrophic and morally repugnant challenge by the UK Government over the incorporation the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots Law...