SNP’s flagship welfare policy, which costs taxpayers £1.4m every day, keeping far fewer children out of poverty than was originally claimed. thetimes.com/article/3ed2fd…

Shanty towns rebranded 'informal housing settlements' and the term 'slave' banned in bid to purge 'harmful and offensive' words from Scottish education. thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…

Plans to revive Scottish shipbuilding at risk after £2.5m taxpayer grant for world-class welding centre axed over SNP ban on ‘munitions’ funding. Under ‘dogmatic’ ScotGov policy, a military submarine, not just arms it carries, is classed as a ‘weapon’. thetimes.com/article/ac6706…

John Swinney and wife Elizabeth open up to ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times Scotland⁩ about his guilt at returning to save SNP and how she will “never give in” to MS. thetimes.com/article/e2b875…

Two defections to Reform cheer Nigel Farage on rare Scotland visit thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…

John Swinney snubs offer of UK Gov briefing on Strategic Defence Review - which could create thousands of Scottish jobs - to hit by-election campaign trail for SNP. thetimes.com/article/dcdec2…

Tony Blair enlisted by Scottish Labour to help party seize power from the SNP. Former PM’s policy institute is drawing up health policies for Anas Sarwar designed to solve crisis in Scottish NHS. thetimes.com/article/6b40c3…

EXC: Scotland’s ill-fated NHS app will only be available to dermatology patients after being scaled back by ministers but still faces “significant issues” being delivered on time, an internal review has found. The Times and The Sunday Times Scotland thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…

NEW: Scottish NHS app failure shows how patients’ personal agency is an afterthought. My column in The Times. thetimes.com/article/da972b…

The SNP may drop its ban on using taxpayers’ cash to support munitions projects due to threats posed by nations like Russia, John Swinney has said thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…

Far-left faction branded ‘militant tendency tribute act’ plots takeover of the Scottish Greens, claiming party is not radical enough. Policies include designating Glasgow the UK’s first ‘cannabis city’ and protected status for ‘crispy rolls’. thetimes.com/article/85be85…