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Scottish Government needs to ditch council tax freeze to save our kids' education
Education
Record View says ministers should also move urgently to reform the council tax so that it targets those with the deepest pockets.
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Lanarkshire MSP launches plan which would see big polluters jailed for decade
Environment
Labour’s Monica Lennon seeks the Scottish public’s views on plans to make their country the first UK nation to enforce ecocide law with tough sanctions acting as a deterrent to eco-criminals.
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Scottish Greens defend "from the river to sea" chant as death toll rises in Gaza conflict
Israel-Hamas war
EXCLUSIVE: The Greens issued a response after the slogan was used by a party councillor
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School strikes suspended after trade union backs revised council pay offer
Scottish Government
The Unison trade union has endorsed the latest offer by council chiefs.
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Green minister Lorna Slater claims she does not use a Scottish Government-issued phone
Scottish Green Party
Slater, the minister for the circular economy, also denied using WhatsApp for any Scottish Government-related business.
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Time running out to get rid of gas boilers in Scotland, says Patrick Harvie
Patrick Harvie
Ahead of Scottish Greens conference, the Holyrood minister said the country remained 'a long way off' meeting targets to install eco-friendly boiler alternatives like heat pumps.
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Scottish Government split on SNP plan to freeze council tax as Greens share concerns
Council Tax
Holyrood ministers had been considering hiking taxes on the most expensive houses in a bid to help cash-strapped local authorities and protect services.
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Chris Packham calls for Scots salmon farming industry probe after zombie fish scandal
Sunday Mail News
Chris Packham has urged the Scottish Government after the Sunday Mail revealed damning footage of 'zombie salmon' and mass deaths of thousands of fish at a Highland farm.
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Trans rights activists hurl abuse at campaigners outside feminist conference in Glasgow
LGBTQ+ rights
Anonymous organisers behind the Glasgow Trans Rally had attempted to shut down the FiLiA conference, which features people from around the world to discuss topics including female genital mutilation.
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Green MSP Maggie Chapman faces growing backlash over 'vile' comments on Israel
Politics
Maggie Chapman said the violence in and around Gaza was a "consequence of apartheid, illegal occupation and imperial aggression by the Israeli state".
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Green by-election candidate calls for UK Government to remove peak rail fares
Lanarkshire Politics
Green candidate Cameron Eadie wants to see the UK Government follow the Scottish Government's lead on the matter.
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Angus Robertson challenges Douglas Ross to 'put up or shut up' following secret talks claims
SNP
The SNP minister also defended the decision to suspend Fergus Ewing and accused the veteran Nationalist of not behaving like a "normal parliamentarian".
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Humza Yousaf accuses Tories of 'climate denial' after Rosebank oil field gets go ahead
North Sea oil
Rosebank, which is 80 miles west of Shetland, has been approved by UK regulators amid a storm of protest from eco campaigners.
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MSP promises Anti-abortion harassment 'coming to an end' as more protests begin at clinics
Scottish Government
Gillian Mackay will soon publish her Members' Bill to introduce buffer zones outside medical facilities to stop demonstrations.
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Scottish Government launches £5m community bus services fund
Transport
The fund will prioritise more rural local authorities while also focusing on improving access to services and links between different modes of transport.
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Ian Blackford insists Green deal has not harmed SNP relationship with businesses
SNP
Some SNP members have openly questioned whether the party's agreement with the Greens is costing it support.
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Greens snub chance to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth one year on from her death
Royal Family
All party leaders at the Scottish Parliament made short speeches on the passing of the late monarch except for the Greens.
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Man arrested over alleged abuse of Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie in Rutherglen
Police Scotland
Patrick Harvie was speaking to reporters in Rutherglen last week when the alleged incident took place.
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SNP members support powersharing deal with Greens, insists Humza Yousaf
SNP
The First Minister said voters he met while campaigning in Rutherglen rarely mentioned the deal between the SNP and Greens.
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Police to speak to Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie amid probe into 'homophobic abuse'
Patrick Harvie
Officers from Police Scotland will take a statement from the politician early next week after he was abused in the street while campaigning.
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SNP and Greens hail two years of Bute House Agreement but critics call deal 'utterly dysfunctional'
Scottish Government
Veteran SNP MSP Fergus Ewing previously called the Greens "hard left extremists who should never be anywhere near government".
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Scottish Greens select student as Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election candidate
Scottish Green Party
The party announced that 20-year-old Cameron Eadie, who is also a mental health support worker, would be standing.
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Scottish Government to consult over banning 'barbaric' snares which trap animals
Animals
The consultation will seek views on whether an outright ban should be put in place.
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Green Party announce Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election candidate following SNP 'branch office' claims
Lanarkshire Politics
The Scottish Green Party have announced their candidate today for the upcoming by-election.
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