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Kate Forbes sent a late response to questions from the SNP's trade union body but has been criticised for her economic thinking

Kate Forbes's answers to key questions 'difficult to parse', says trade union body
THE SNP Trade Union Group (TUG) has said it has concerns about the direction of Kate Forbes’s “economic thinking” as leaders insisted they want an early meeting with whoever wins the SNP contest.

SCOTONOMICS

Fifteen sessions were hosted across two venues on Saturday

Scotonomics day two: Activists, community, and central banks
ACROSS two venues in Dundee, Scotonomics provided attendees with fifteen sessions on day two.

Shona Robison (second from left) has cast doubt on one of Humza Yousaf's key leadership pledges

EXCLUSIVE Yousaf-backer casts doubt on one of his key leadership pledges

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The SNP's economic spokesperson Stewart Hosie(centre) speaking at the Scotonomics conference in Dundee

EXCLUSIVE 'Boring banker' Stewart Hosie defends SNP currency plans

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[L-R]: Nick Sherrard from Label Ventures, Ray Bugg, the founder of DIGIT.FYI, and Pauline Smith from Development Trust Scotland

SCOTONOMICS Scotland is the 'king of pilots', but here's why that's a bad thing

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Humza Yousaf visited the proposed site for the Eden Project in Dundee in his last campaign trail stop of the SNP leadership race

Humza Yousaf vows to fight to the last as SNP leadership race nears close

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The panel on Friday evening considered of currency [L-R] Tim Rideout, Kairin van Sweden, Steven Hail via video link from Australia

SCOTONOMICS Economist tackles independence currency question and urges Scots to be 'grown up'

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One panel discussing what innovation means in a modern economy [L-R] Nick Sherrard, Ray Bugg, Pauline Smith

Scotonomics day one: Innovation, currency, macroeconomics, and comedy

Professor Stephen Kinsella of Limerick speaking via video link at the Scotonomics Festival of Economics conference in Dundee

SCOTONOMICS Economics of independence 'far less important' than politics, says economist

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Deputy First Minister John Swinney (left) and outgoing First Minister Nicola Sturgeon arrive for her last First Minster's Questions

COMMENT Focusing on the local is essential to this new era of Scottish politics

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A boy and his dog view Cruachan hydro electric power station in Argyll

EXCLUSIVE The green jobs that will play a vital part in Scotland’s net-zero future

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Kinloch Castle on the Isle of Rhum off the west coast of Scotland

COMMENT Politics is all about changing lives for the better – let's remember that

Alex Salmond speaking at the Scotonomics Festival of Economics in Dundee

EXCLUSIVE Alex Salmond explains his Scottish currency U-turn since 2014 referendum

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A young boy with a placard on the Royal Mile prior to the start of a pro-Independence march

COMMENT Our new first minister must take the long view for Scotland's future

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Ash Regan outside Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh

EXCLUSIVE Ash Regan winds down 'intense and tiring' leadership campaign

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Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater says party members will decide if MSPs should vote for the new First Minister

Exclusive Scottish Greens: Party members to decide if our MSPs will vote for new FM

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As Nicola Sturgeon steps down as FM how does the Yes movement move on from the SNP leadership contest?

COMMENT Three ways the Yes movement can move on from this rancorous leadership contest

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The Scottish Independence Convention has had its biggest change since 2006

EXCLUSIVE The Movement for Scottish Independence is established after groups back reform

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The next FM must build upon Nicola Sturgeon's legacy of action on climate change

COMMENT The next first minister must accelerate change - for people and the planet

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SNP leadership candidates Ash Regan, Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes taking part in the SNP leadership debate in Inverness

COMMENT The Sustainable Growth Commission is dead. Long live Scotland's Wellbeing Economy

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Nicola Sturgeon meets the King in Dunfermline in October last year

THE JOUKER Text break-up? Why Sturgeon won't meet King to formally quit as FM

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Nicola Sturgeon walks to the debating chamber for the final time as First Minister

INSIDER What it was like inside the Scottish Parliament for Nicola Sturgeon's final FMQs

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Douglas Ross opened his time at Nicola Sturgeon's final PMQs by asking about SNP membership numbers

SKETCH A graceful final FMQs for Nicola Sturgeon? Not if Douglas Ross can help it

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Douglas Ross (left) followed by Anas Sarwar and Patrick Harvie.

How opposition leaders responded to Nicola Sturgeon's final Holyrood speech

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Professor Richard Murphy on what the next SNP leader and first minister should do about GERS

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED Richard Murphy: Here's what the next first minister has to do about GERS

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Thousands rallying across Scotland to demand independence on King’s coronation

Thousands rallying across Scotland to demand independence on King’s coronation

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Nicola Sturgeon addresses the SNP conference

EXCLUSIVE SNP NEC member calls for changes to system to 'improve transparency'

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The 'Shipbuilders of Port Glasgow' sculpture alongside the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde.

People of Scotland and island communities badly let down, ferries committee finds

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Kate Forbes's fiscal policies are seen as more right-wing than her competitors in the SNP leadership race

EXCLUSIVE How SNP leadership candidates responded (or not) to trade unionists' 'key questions'

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The SNP leadership race has shown the need for more debate within the party, an expert says

SNP leadership race ‘shows party needs more rather than less debate’

The Scottish Greens spring conference will take place in Clydebank on Saturday

Scottish Greens to discuss power sharing agreement ahead of SNP contest result

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A French company is looking to roll out a sleeper train service between Edinburgh and Paris

EXCLUSIVE French company scopes out sleeper train service between Edinburgh and Paris

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John Swinney says the pay strategy focuses on balancing

Government's public sector pay strategy suggests 3.5 per cent increase

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Suella Braverman said the legislation is needed as people arriving in the UK after crossing the Channel have 'overwhelmed our asylum system'

'Draconian' asylum bill could leave 40,000 children destitute or locked up

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Humza Yousaf says he will try attend both the coronation and the AUOB rally

EXCLUSIVE Humza Yousaf questioned over commitment to 'attend both coronation and Yes rally'

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New evidence shows Boris Johnson warned against claiming all guidance was followed

Scathing new evidence emerges amidst Boris Johnson grilling

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SNP leadership debate: What will you do to heal the divisions in Scottish society?

SNP leadership debate: What will you do to heal the divisions in Scottish society?

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The SNP leadership candidates are being urged to make the last days of the contest a battleground of ideas

Plea for SNP leaders candidates to focus on ‘battle for ideas’ in last days of race

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Scottish Green minister Patrick Harvie (left) and Scots Tory MSP Murdo Fraser

THE JOUKER Scottish Tories red-faced after rent freeze claims come back to haunt them

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The contest between Ash Regan, Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes to become the next SNP leader is entering its final days

What are SNP members thinking as leadership race enters final days?

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Slater, right, told Whittle, left, he could find the answers to his questions through a 'simple Google'

WATCH Tory claiming 'secrecy' around DRS firm could 'find answers on Google', says Slater

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Nicola Sturgeon will chair her final FMQs this coming Thursday March 23

Scottish Tories accuse SNP of trying to cancel FMQs to protect next leader

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Gavin Newlands, the SNP’s transport spokesperson at Westminster, said Avanti’s record over the last year had been an 'utter disgrace'

Exclusive UK Government 'wedded to disaster of rail privatisation' with Avanti contract

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Mhairi Black has claimed that young SNP members have had the 'enthusiasm knocked out of them'

COMMENT Shona Craven: Petulant strops won’t win back former SNP members

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SNP leadership candidates (from left) Ash Regan, Humza Yousaf, and Kate Forbes

EXCLUSIVE Humza Yousaf suggests rivals will 'lose SNP support' if elected party leader

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Feminism isn't an exclusive club - it's a means to ensure a more equal world, writes Karen Adam

COMMENT Scotland is better when women support each other - in politics and in life

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Articles of Union presented by Commissioners to Queen Anne, 1706 (c1905).

BACK IN THE DAY What happened the day that the Scottish Parliament was adjourned?

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Protests on May 6 will see activists gather in Edinburgh calling for Scotland to have a say on both independence and the monarchy

COMMENT The Declaration of Calton Hill will assert our right to an independent republic

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Angus Robertson gave a scathing assessment of how the UK Government had “frequently diluted” Scottish identity internationally

UK Government is 'actively undermining' Scotland overseas, says Angus Robertson

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Nicola Sturgeon said she believed the influence of social media websites, like Twitter, has undermined the ability of countries to 'address big issues of substance that will shape futures'

Nicola Sturgeon says social media 'damaging political debate' in last public speech

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Nicola Sturgeon was interviewed on Loose Women at the start of her final week as First Minister

SNP 'mishandled' members row but 'perspective' needed, says Nicola Sturgeon

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Former prime minister Boris Johnson is panicking about the probe into whether he lied to parliament

ANALYSIS Boris Johnson's latest U-turn shows he's panicking his career could be over

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Suella Braverman on a visit to Rwanda where she plans to deport migrants

EXCLUSIVE Home Secretary Rwanda images 'like something from a disturbed holiday album'

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Hundreds gathered in central Glasgow for the St Patrick’s Festival Committee celebration. But why isn't there something more?

SPECIAL REPORT Why can't Glasgow have huge public St Patrick's Day celebrations?

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Refuweegee founder and director Selina Hales

THE FERRET Home Office disputes leave refugee children homeless and sleeping in cars