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Critics claim her career is ‘over,’ while trans Scots worry about sensationalised coverage after trans rapist put in women’s prisonFew can be anticipating Holyrood’s recess next week as keenly as Nicola Sturgeon.She has endured a fortnight of relentles…
Previous inclusive policy on initial assignments reversed after furore over rapist sent to female prisonAll transgender offenders entering the Scottish prison system will first be sent to jails that match their birth gender, in a reversal of the Scotti…
This blog has now closed, you can read more on this story hereRishi Sunak was at Stansted to welcome President Zelenskiy, he reveals. That explains how they are going to fit in a meeting before PMQs. (See 10.47am.) It is very unusual for a visting lead…
SNP politician and his wife claimed their daughter was denied a place because of her Muslim-sounding nameThe wife of Scotland’s health secretary has dropped legal action against a nursery the couple believed had discriminated against their daughter, al…
As it happened: Prime minister speaks in interview on TalkTV to mark his 100th day in officeOn the subject of Rishi Sunak reaching his 100th day in office, my colleague Jessica Elgot has a great assessment of how it’s going. Here is an extract.After Li…
Analysts warn of legal challenges if bill makes inmates’ access to gender recognition certificates easier – though jail allocation is decided case by caseThe outcry over the placement of the convicted double rapist and transgender woman Isla Bryson in …
Move follows Nicola Sturgeon telling MSPs Isla Bryson would not be detained at all-female Cornton ValeIsla Bryson, a transgender woman found guilty of raping two women before transitioning, has been moved from Scotland’s all-female Cornton Vale prison …
IFS says if Holyrood’s health and climate policies remain in place other public spending will also sufferThe Scottish government could be forced to reconsider spending pledges to provide free university places and free personal care for older people in…
Campaigners welcome vote by MSPs to close loopholes they say were smokescreen for illegal foxhunting Animal welfare campaigners have hailed the decision by the Holyrood parliament to toughen anti-hunting laws as a wake-up call to Westminster.Màiri McA…
Downing Street spokesperson also says inquiry into former chancellor’s affairs to be ‘conducted swiftly’There are two urgent questions in the Commons later. At 12.30pm Caroline Lucas (Green) is asking one about the child asylum seekers who have gone mi…