Thousands of people in Scotland are being forced into extreme poverty and homelessness by hostile UK immigration policies. New research by Heriot-Watt University, funded by Joseph Rowntree Foundation, found that immigration policies are “virtually guaranteeing” homelessness and destitution 1/3

Keir Starmer is in top 1% of earners. He can afford to buy his own clothes without relying on rich political sugar daddies. It's insulting to struggling Britons - including pensioners and kids Starmer is condemning to poverty - to claim otherwise. And this corrupts democracy.

Scotland doesn’t have an immigration system lads. You know this, right?

In the era of Keir Starmer, Scottish independence is more important than ever My column in The Herald heraldscotland.com/politics/viewp…

During #CPW24, we are hosting a daily breakfast briefing to discuss the policy changes needed to tackle poverty across: 🏘️Housing 🚍Transport 💳Adequate incomes 🍏Food 🫂Communities and volunteers Find out more and register to attend here: povertyalliance.org/events/tag/bre…

The new UK government's position on asylum is unsustainable. You can't pretend to be one of the good guys (i.e. scrapping the Rwanda deal) while copying the bad guys (i.e. considering agreements such as those that Italy has struck with Libya and Tunisia).

Announcing our new Empire Podcast series: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SCOTLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 AND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 EMPIRE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 In which we examine Scotland's attempts to found its own colonies, the decision of the Scottish elites to hitch themselves to England in order to gain access to the English colonies, and the huge enrichment

A think tank once described by Anas Sarwar as being on the 'fringe' of his party is bankrolling Scottish Labour, it has been revealed thenational.scot/news/24590062.…

All you need to know about Believe in Scotland's indyref anniversary rallies tomorrow 👇 thenational.scot/news/24590151.…

BREAKING | Glasgow confirmed as host of 2026 Commonwealth Games. news.stv.tv/sport/glasgow-…

Leaders, Chief Executives, and more from WLGA, Local Government Association (LGA), COSLA, and NILGA met today to share insights and discuss challenges faced by local government across the UK.

“Today Glasgow 2026 is one step closer to becoming a reality and we are delighted that both the Scottish and UK governments have backed our proposal." Ian Reid, Chair, Commonwealth Games Scotland Support has been secured for the proposed Glasgow 2026 concept 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Read more 🔽

Health Secretary Neil Gray has written to Commonwealth Games Scotland to confirm the Scottish Government will support a proposal for Glasgow to host the 2026 games. ➡️bit.ly/CommonwealthGa…

The thing that is wrong with this article is describing the asylum system as the immigration system. But it's not wrong to say that there is an asylum system in Scotland. There is. It's 100% the responsibility of the Home Office & it is as bad as she describes.

🗨️ All 12-25 year olds living in Scotland can respond to our #SYPHaveYourSay survey today! 📊 We will then use your responses to further consult on individual policies to be included in our manifesto later this year. ➡️ Have your say here: bit.ly/sypyourviews

We'll hear from two panels on Thursday as we continue our consideration of culture funding as part of pre-budget scrutiny 2025/26. Firstly from Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society Scottish Dance Theatre Musicians' Union Culture Counts, followed by Creative Scotland. Watch live from 8.45am: ow.ly/5kTp50ToXXB

How would the people of Glasgow vote on independence 10 years on from the first referendum? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We asked – and here's what they had to say ⬇️

56% for Yes with EU membership and they'd welcome us with open arms and fast - this must be the SNP strategy now talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2024/09/17/56-…

People in Scotland have a choice – to be donor or to opt out – but it’s important to make it known. Find out more at organdonation.scot or call 0300 12323 23 📲 #OrganDonationWeek

Looking forward to this!