Humza Yousaf said he felt like the “luckiest man in the world” after being elected as the new SNP leader. Mr Yousaf, who has been Scottish Health Secretary since 2021,
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Millions of pounds of compensation promised by ministers to relatives of frontline health and social care workers who died during the pandemic may remain unclaimed, according to a union. Unison
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Nicola Sturgeon has carried out her final official engagement as Scotland’s First Minister, opening a £33 million treatment centre for orthopaedic surgery. The National Treatment Centre at the Victoria Hospital
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The family of a mother-of-five who was killed in a suspected murder-suicide question whether her death could have been prevented if police had handled a call differently the day before
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A London woman who complained after a local council offered her accommodation more than more than 150 miles away in Stoke-on-Trent has won a legal fight. Mother-of-three Nadia Zaman argued
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A man who directed the rape and sexual assault of young girls in the Philippines from his home in Scotland has been jailed for 12 years. Gary Campbell, 59, from
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A “vulnerable” 18-year-old woman should not go home after leaving hospital because her mother is living with a convicted paedophile, a High Court judge has ruled. Mrs Justice Arbuthnot has
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Annual council tax bills in England will rise by an average of 5.1% in April, as England’s local authorities warn of cuts to key services due to unprecedented financial pressures.
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Food bank usage in Scotland and the north of England is the highest in the UK, according to official figures. The Family Resources Survey, published by the Department for Work
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The struggle to afford food has affected a quarter of households where an NHS or social care worker lives and more than a fifth where teachers or teaching assistants live,
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