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Rishi Sunak snubs Nicola Sturgeon as he ignores SNP and hands millions directly to Scots

| UPDATED: 08:00, Thu, Feb 25, 2021
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Chief Secretary to the Treasury Steve Barclay, said communities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will now all benefit from at least £800million of investment by the UK Government. The £4.8billion from the levelling up fund will be used to boost regeneration across the UK.

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Holyrood latest: Lib Dem MSP forced to apologise after swearing at colleague | Politics | News

Liberal Democrat MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton has been forced to apologise to the Scottish Government's children's minister, Maree Todd, after apparently swearing at her during a Holyrood meeting.

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Sturgeon challenges Salmond as Tories claim SNP government 'stinks to high heaven'

A FURIOUS battle between Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond continues tonight as the SNP leader challenged her predecessor to appear before a Holyrood committee investigating the Scottish government's mishandling of harassment complaints against him.

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SNP news: EU state ambassador angrily slaps down Sturgeon's Scotland independence hopes | Politics | News

SCOTTISH independence is not 'on the agenda' for the UK Government, a senior British diplomat has said.

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SNP news: Sturgeon failing to WOO as Billionaire claims donors turning away from party | Politics | News

“The people in government are not competent and they are anti-business, so supporting indyref2 is not sensible.”
Mr McColl stressed to The Sunday Times of Scotland that when Alex Salmond was First Minister there “were pro-business people around him, and they were listened to.”
He hinted the recent dismissal of MP Joanna Cherry from the SNP Westminster front bench showed big gaps across the party and leadership.
Billionaire Jim McColl spoke out against the SNP (Image: Getty)
Mr McColl was friendly with former FM Alex Salmond (Image: PA)
He added: “Look at the recent dismissal of Joanna Cherry, and the absence of outspoken politicians like Kenny MacAskill and Alex Neil in senior positions in the party.

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SNP news: Shamed ex-minister pockets £150,000 in expenses despite not attending Parliament | Politics | News

A SHAMED former SNP minister will pocket more than £150,000 in expenses despite being absent from Parliament for more than a year.

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SNP news: Sturgeon accused of being 'deeply offensive to Scots' in bid to break up UK | Politics | News

BORIS JOHNSON's Tories have launched a furious attack on Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP as the Prime Minister is set to head to Scotland to underline the strength of the Union.

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SNP news: Nationalist MP ordered to respect the Union after branding the UK a "madhouse" | Politics | News

AN SNP MP has been told to respect the Union after he said independence would give Scotland the chance to escape the 'madhouse' of post-Brexit Britain.

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Nicola Sturgeon handed Scottish independence BLOW in new report - 'Don't lose UK status' | Politics | News

| UPDATED: 12:29, Thu, Jan 14, 2021
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Scotland's first cross Citizens' Assembly has published its vision for the country's future with Scots claiming further powers to the Scottish Parliament as a preferred option. The report contains 60 recommendations which include the Scottish Parliament receiving further powers from Westminster and cooperating with the UK Government.

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Scotland set for strict TWO-MONTH lockdown until March – Covid cases spiral out of control

SCOTS could stay locked down until March as Nicola Sturgeon warned Scotland faced a grim coronavirus deaths milestone.

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