Craig Meighan

Politics

‘It’s just great’: Japan ambassador tries Irn Bru on visit to whisky distillery

Hiroshi Suzuki described Scotland as an ‘important’ trading partner as he toured a distillery with First Minister John Swinney.
30 May 2025
Politics

Labour’s Hamilton by-election candidate ‘in it to win it’, says Rayner

The Deputy Prime Minister campaigned alongside Davy Russell on Thursday.
29 May 2025
Politics

Sarwar labels Farage ‘a pathetic little man’ amid row over Reform ad

The Scottish Labour leader said the Reform UK leader ‘thinks Hamilton is some kind of show on the West End of London’.
28 May 2025
Tech

Rural Scots in four regions given ‘significant’ 4G coverage boost

The UK Government said the improvement will cover an area equivalent to thousands of football pitches.
28 May 2025
Politics

Farage: Sarwar has introduced sectarianism into Scottish politics

The Reform UK leader defended his party’s attack ad against the Scottish Labour leader.
27 May 2025
Business News

Oil and gas workers face ‘unjust transition’ with no plan, commission warns

The Just Transition Commission said urgent action is needed to ensure the transition from fossil fuels happens fairly.
22 May 2025
Politics

Edinburgh University staff back strike action over £140m cuts and threat to jobs

In a ballot of University and College Union Scotland members at the university, 84% of those who voted backed strike action.
21 May 2025
Business News

Revived US export plan announced to boost Scottish trade

The Scottish Government is taking forward research to identify individual American states for exports after scrapping the plans last year.
15 May 2025
Business News

Scots £15,000 a year poorer due to flatlining wages, research finds

The Future Economy Scotland think tank said stunted wage growth since the financial crisis has left workers worse off.
15 May 2025
Business News

Communities urged to bid for £8m renewable energy fund

The Scottish Government’s community fund has been met with £4m by the UK Government’s Great British Energy firm.
15 May 2025
Politics

Migration must come down ‘across the board’, says Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader backed the Prime Minister’s plans but refused to endorse his language, which has been criticised by some Labour figures.
14 May 2025
Business News

More than half of MSPs urge Chancellor to back major carbon capture project

Some 71 MSPs and 10 MPs from across the political spectrum warned Rachel Reeves that delaying Acorn will ‘jeopardise’ Scotland’s industrial sector.
13 May 2025
Politics

Swinney: Scotland will have option of independence under my leadership

Asked whether he had put independence on the back burner, the First Minister said he had to ‘directly’ deal with Scots’ priorities this year.
12 May 2025
Politics

Kate Forbes to vote against Assisted Dying Bill at Holyrood

The Deputy First Minister said she does not think ‘any amount of legal drafting can prevent people feeling pressured to die’.
12 May 2025
Politics

Scotland faces a simple choice in 2026: Swinney or me, says Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader accused the First Minister of wanting to ‘defraud’ the people of Scotland during a speech in Glasgow.
7 May 2025
Politics

Reform UK to be Scotland’s second largest party at Holyrood, poll suggests

The Survation survey suggests Nigel Farage’s party will beat the Tories and Labour to become the main opposition at the Scottish Parliament.
7 May 2025
Business News

UK-India trade deal will make ‘massive difference’ to Scotland, says Chancellor

The agreement will put ‘more money in people’s pockets’, Rachel Reeves said during a visit to a distillery in East Lothian.
7 May 2025
Politics

SNP’s ‘flimsy’ programme for government offers ‘more of the same’, says Findlay

John Swinney’s plans were also criticised by Scottish Labour leader who asked the First Minister: ‘Is that it?’
6 May 2025
Politics

Sturgeon warns trans lives could become ‘unliveable’ after Supreme Court ruling

The former first minister of Scotland also rejected calls for her to apologise to critics of gender self-ID.
6 May 2025
Politics

Swinney: Eradicating child poverty ‘ever more difficult’ because of Labour

The First Minister said he could not ‘fathom’ how Labour lived with itself after making billions in cuts to the benefits budget.
6 May 2025
Politics

Swinney: Scotland must be alive to the threat of Farage after English elections

Scotland’s First Minister attacked Labour and the Tories for ‘cosying up’ to Reform, which performed strongly in local elections south of the border.
2 May 2025