Tony Blair’s great decentralization experiment has been an unmitigated disaster

The implosion of the Scottish National Party (SNP) is fast becoming more of a popcorn fest than binge-watching Taggart. Last April we gaped as police seized a £110,000 Niesmann + Bischoff camper van from a house in Fife following the arrest of Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell, who was charged last week in connection with … Read more

Former SNP minister accuses Yousaf of botching hate crime laws

Jeane Freeman said excluding women from the laws had been a blunder – PA/Jane Barlow A former SNP cabinet minister has accused Humza Yousaf’s government of botching the introduction of hate crime laws as a poll showed it is supported by just one in five Scots. Jeane Freeman, who was health secretary when the controversial … Read more

Humza Yousaf advised by top medical director on how to get around Nicola Sturgeon’s face mask laws

The inquiry alleged Mr Yousaf was offered a ‘solution’ to SNP rules – JANE BARLOW/PA ARCHIVE Humza Yousaf was advised by Nicola Sturgeon’s most senior medical adviser how to get around her rules on wearing a face mask when he was health secretary, the Covid inquiry has heard. Professor Jason Leitch, Scotland’s national clinical director, … Read more

SNP hits high and middle earners with a threefold tax hike

Shona Robison hands over her Scottish Budget at Holyrood on Tuesday – SST/Alamy Live News Are you fed up with ever-increasing taxes? We want to hear from Scots considering moving south to avoid the SNP’s tax grab, email: money@telegraph.co.uk Higher income earners in Scotland will have to pay hundreds of pounds more income tax next … Read more