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A motion is to be debated at the SNP conference which encourages the Scottish Government to explore converting suitable premises in town centres to create safe accommodation for single people

Charities welcome SNP conference motion on tackling homelessness
CHARITIES have welcomed calls for the Scottish Government to create more suitable accommodation for single homeless people but have stressed more work must be done to prevent the need for it in the first place.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman is looking to curb the number of asylum seekers trying to cross the Channel

Tories set to 'trash' international law with Suella Braverman's asylum ban

Therese Coffey sent the crowd to sleep

The Jouker Watch as the Health Secretary sends the Tory Party conference to sleep

Suella Braverman has said it would be her 'dream' to see a plane take asylum seekers to Rwanda

Suella Braverman says it would be her 'dream' to see asylum seeker flight to Rwanda

Some stakeholders felt that reporting surrounding the 2014 referendum was 'ideologically rooted in a form of liberal unionism'

INDYREF 2014 Media 'struggled to adapt to disruption in power' from Yes campaign, report finds

The BBC's Martin Geissler suggested that if Scotland was newly independent it would be 'deeply in the mire' now

Letters Here's what Martin Geissler and co are scared to ask about independence

A view over Glengarry and Ardochy Forest from the A87. Photo by Tim Rüßmann on Unsplash

Highland glen given 'pivotal' repopulation boost by community buy-out

John and Margaret Stewart following receipt of the lifetime achievement award from the SNP

Tribute to SNP campaigner John Stewart: 'He opened hearts and minds'

Nicola Sturgeon met King Charles on Monday as he officially conferred city status on Dunfermline

EXCLUSIVE 'It's embarrassing': Dunfermline resident slams people who booed Nicola Sturgeon

King Charles has had involvement in a bill to stop landlords from raising rent prices in Scotland

King Charles allowed to vet Rent Freeze Bill

George Adam's motion to introduce the rent freeze bill as emergency legislation passed despite Miles Briggs's efforts

UPDATED Rent Freeze Bill to be treated as emergency legislation despite Tory efforts to scrap it

Kwasi Kwarteng blamed the 'pressure' of Queen's death for mistakes made in mini-budget

Kwasi Kwarteng blames 'pressure' of Queen's death for mini-budget chaos

Four transport unions in Scotland have written to the First Minister, calling for a meeting to discuss the future of the rail network

Unions call for urgent meeting with Nicola Sturgeon over future of rail network

John Swinney has taken control of the finance brief while Kate Forbes is on maternity leave

John Swinney: I can’t promise to insulate Scotland from UK's ‘fiscal recklessness’

The Liberal Democrats plan to table a censure motion in the House of Commons calling for Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng to lose half of their additional salaries paid as part of their roles in Government

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng facing bid to dock their pay amid economic turmoil

Liz Truss forced to apologise for £2500 energy bill price cap bungle in radio interviews

UPDATED Liz Truss forced to apologise for £2500 energy bill price cap bungle in radio interviews

The Chancellor presented a series of headline tax cuts without reference to the overall future fiscal position of the UK

Letters Be clear about which mistake by Kwasi Kwarteng spooked the markets

Chairman Truss and leader of the politburo Kwasi Kwarteng reveal they are communist sleeper agents after seizing control of the Tory party

The Jouker Tory party has been 'infiltrated by Marxist ideology', claims GB News presenter

Gavin Vernon (left), Ian Hamilton (centre) and Alan Stuart (right) confess to stealing the Stone of Destiny in 1951. Right, Hamilton in later life.

Updated Stone of Destiny liberator and 'towering figure in indy movement' Ian Hamilton dies aged 97

Kirsty Blackman (left) has called on Liz Truss to U-turn on her

Calls for Liz Truss to U-turn on 'obscene' plans to slash benefits

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon spoke to children at St Albert's Primary School in Pollokshields, Glasgow

Hate crime report after 'racist abuse' of schoolkids visited by Nicola Sturgeon

Energy Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg, inset, announced that Ardeer had lost out on the bid yesterday

Scotland loses out to England in bid for for new nuclear fusion plant

Liz Truss leaving the Hyatt hotel in Birmingham

Liz Truss: I really enjoy being Prime Minister

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaking to the media. Photograph: PA

ANALYSIS Is the Scottish media ready for an independence referendum?

Liz Truss has refused to rule out real-term cuts to benefits despite pressure from some in her party

Liz Truss refuses to rule out real-terms cuts to benefits

Housing associations could be affected by the legislation

MSPs to hear evidence on Scottish Government's Rent Freeze Bill

In BBC thriller The Capture, a politician acting against the national interest is suspicious

COMMENT Shona Craven: The reality of Tory incompetence is now stranger than fiction

Having good relationships builds trust and can open people’s minds to the Yes message

comment The good conduct of supporters will be crucial to the success of the Yes campaign

Constitution Secretary Angus Robertson will head to France

Angus Robertson heads to Paris to highlight Scotland and France's 'Auld Alliance'

The City of London is disconnected from the real economy of business and commerce

COMMENT Toxic Tory groupthink has to be driven out if we are to change the UK

Home Secretary Suella Braverman

Migrants crossing Channel facing asylum ban as Home Secretary looks to change immigration rules

Liz Truss hinted at this plan in an interview with Laura Kuenssberg

Letters Truss's plan to simplify the tax system might sound reasonable, but beware

In Scotland, Kurdish people and the Kurdish community have been contributing to culture, art, and music

comment History has repeated itself as the Kurds have once again been betrayed

Douglas Ross speaks at a Scottish Conservative fringe event at his party's conference in Birmingham

Letters Will Douglas Ross apologise for the guff he spewed about the mini-budget?

Nicola Sturgeon paid tribute to 'first-class' SNP councillor Iris Gibson

Nicola Sturgeon pays tribute to former SNP councillor after death aged 84

The BBC did not cover the pro-independence march in Scotland, despite covering similar protests elsewhere in the UK

EXCLUSIVE BBC covers protests across UK - but ignores Scottish independence march

Bermuda, a small island nation in the Atlantic, is gearing up for a constitutional clash with the UK Government

EXCLUSIVE Constitutional crisis as UK Government blocks Bermuda's cannabis bill

King Charles at the Palace of Holyroodhouse

Call for greater transparency over monarch's role in vetting legislation

Nicola Sturgeon announced the plans earlier this year in response to the cost of living crisis

Rent Freeze and Evictions Ban Bill published before MSPs decide on 'emergency' measures

Kwasi Kwarteng delivers his speech at the Conservative Party annual conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham

'What a day': Chancellor admits 'tough' time after humiliating U-turn in defiant speech

Douglas Ross has been cruelly exposed by his own party as a political lightweight

comment Wee Ginger Dug: Douglas Ross's latest U-turn exposes him as a complete irrelevance

Nicola Sturgeon has said the entire mini-budget needs a rethink after the Chancellor abandoned plans to abolish the top rate of income tax

Nicola Sturgeon says UK Government must overhaul entire mini-budget after tax cut U-turn

Liz Truss has said indyref2 should not happen even if the Supreme Court says it is within Holyrood's competence

Indyref2 'shouldn't happen even if Supreme Court deems it legal', Liz Truss says

Delegates walk through the conference hall during the Conservative Party annual conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham earlier today

Updated Tory conference locked down by police amid 'potential security alert'

Public service cuts announced by Kwasi Kwarteng will deliver a 'hammerblow' to Scottish households, says Alison Thewliss

AUSTERITY 2.0 Tory public service cuts of £18bn to pile MORE pressure on Scottish budget

Make the Rich Pay activists target Scottish Conservative HQ in Edinburgh

WATCH 'Blood on your hands': Activists vandalise Scottish Tory HQ and smash windows

Has First Minister gathered too much power to the centre?

A message to Nicola Sturgeon: please reassure the wobbly voters like me

Shona Robison said UK Government policy

UK Government policy 'undermining' Scotland's cost-of-living support, report shows

SNP councillor Kenny MacLaren displayed a Yes flag behind him during a full council meeting, much to the dismay of opposition members

Labour accused of 'childlike hypocrisy' in council independence flag row

Douglas Ross, current leader of the Scottish Conservatives, attends a fringe event at the Tories' annual conference

Douglas Ross addresses reports he could be ousted by Scottish Tory MSPs

Greens minister Patrick Harvie, pictured, has been branded a 'ticking time-bomb' by a Scottish Tory MSP

exclusive Patrick Harvie branded a 'ticking time-bomb' by Tory MSP

Scottish Greens MSP Ross Greer has said the party must 'refresh' its defence policy in light of the invasion of Ukraine

Scottish Greens urged to 'refresh' defence policy post-Ukraine invasion

Nadine Dorries, left, has called on the Prime Minister to hold a General Election

Nadine Dorries says Liz Truss 'must' hold General Election during Tory conference

Douglas Ross speaking at the Tory conference in Birmingham

'Charlatan' Douglas Ross says Chancellor 'right' to U-turn on tax cuts