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The Rent Freeze Bill has been sponsored by Tenants' Rights Minister Patrick Harvie

Rent Freeze Bill passes first stage of scrutiny in Scottish Parliament
MSPs backed the general principles of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill by 88 votes to 29 on Tuesday evening.

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng's financial plans have come under further scrutiny following the IMF's intervention

'Unmitigated disaster': Serious concern over IMF's warning to Tory Chancellor

The legislation, if passed, would introduce new measures to allow MSPs to be withdrawn from their roles

Holyrood to debate bill to unseat MSPs who don't show or break rules

Police guard the hearse carrying the Queen's coffin along the Royal Mile, Edinburgh

Police to review at least one incident of 'heavy-handed policing' during anti-monarchy protests

Former Labour prime ministers Gordon Brown with Tony Blair

Our Scottish Future Gordon Brown launches new advisory board for his Unionist think tank – here's who's in

A think tank has said rich households could receive twice as much support than poorer ones to help with the cost of living

Rich to get 'twice as much' support to help with cost-of-living, think tank claims

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey

Liberal Democrats cancel party conference following Queen's death

LibDem member Cameron Greer (left) heads the pro-indy group

LETTERS Scottish Liberals for Independence group should be welcomed

Activists from four of Holyrood's political parties marched on the Scottish Parliament on the first day after summer recess

LGBT+ activists march on Holyrood calling for 'trans rights now'

Scottish Tory MSPs have been accused of snubbing an all-party effort to call for an energy bill freeze

ENERGY CRISIS Douglas Ross's Tories 'refuse' to join all-party effort to freeze energy prices

Cameron Greer, right, is a loyal LibDem - but has decided to form a pro-independence sub-group within the party

EXCLUSIVE Young LibDem launches campaign group for pro-independence party members

Igor Kuleshyn, from the Freedom Ballet of Ukraine, with his daughter outside the MS Victoria/PA Media

Search is on for more places to house Ukrainian refugees as MSPs visit crisis cruise ship

People in Shetland face having to pay much higher energy bills than those in the rest of Scotland

Exclusive 'People are really worried and scared': Shetland reacts to £10k energy bill warning

LGBT campaigners are set to march on the Scottish Parliament when it returns from summer recess

LGBT activists set to march on Scottish Parliament calling for trans equality

Almost one in four plan to go without heating this winter

Almost one in four plan to go without heating this winter

The public saw right through this stunt

JOUKER 'Brass neck' Unionists heckled as public see through bin strike photo op

Scottish Government faces calls to tackle student mental health ‘crisis’

Scottish Government faces calls to tackle student mental health ‘crisis’

The Tory-controlled Moray Council will see a by-election

Tory-controlled Scottish council to see by-election after councillor resigns

Sunak's remarks have been described as

Tory leadership race Rishi Sunak condemned for ‘callous and cruel’ drugs remarks

Scottish LibDem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton

The Jouker Alex Cole-Hamilton hikes price of his garden shed Airbnb by 150 per cent

Scottish LibDem leader and MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton said his colleague had been assaulted by an SNP supporter

Man released without charge after accusations of 'assaulting' LibDem councillor

Statistics showed 79% of Scottish dental practices were not accepting new child patients

Over 80 per cent of Scottish dental practices not taking on new adult patients

LibDem councillor 'assaulted by SNP supporter', Alex Cole-Hamilton claims

Updated LibDem councillor 'assaulted by SNP supporter', Alex Cole-Hamilton claims

The National analysed which topics Liz Truss, left, and Rishi Sunak have tweeted about since making it into the final two of the leadership race

EXCLUSIVE Truss and Sunak only mention cost of living TWICE each in Twitter campaigning

CalMac ferries have been disrupted again this week

'Parliament recall' demand as island ferry services hit by further disruption

Scottish LibDem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton was at the launch of the world’s longest inflatable assault course in Edinburgh

Alex Cole-Hamilton awkwardly bounces around on an inflatable obstacle course

The Vow 2.0? Alex Cole-Hamilton could partner up with Labour and Tories to stop indyref2

The Vow 2.0? Alex Cole-Hamilton could partner up with Labour and Tories to stop indyref2

The latest YouGov poll shows a tiny difference between support for the Tories and Labour

Labour lead falls as Tories make up lost ground, Westminster polling shows

Scottish Government faces calls to speed up delivery of HIV meds

Scottish Government faces calls to speed up delivery of HIV meds

Alan Milburn said it would be a 'slippery slope'

Ex UK minister said compensation for Scots infected blood victims was a 'mistake'

Charity calls for increased support for people living with dementia

Charity calls for increased support for people living with dementia

The unfinished Glen Sannox Caledonian Macbrayne ferry in the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow. Photo: PA

Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney face calls to give evidence to ferries probe

Unions have called for the introduction of a maximum temperature for workers

Staff should be sent home if temperatures reach 30 degrees, unions demand

Glass-fronted Portcullis House in London is set to be too hot for certain government workers as a heatwave approaches

Glass-fronted UK parliament building set to be 'too hot for workers' during heatwave

Donald Cameron wasn't impressed with Nicola Sturgeon's announcement

Furious Tories tell Nicola Sturgeon to 'give it a rest' as next white paper published

SNP MSP Emma Roddick and LibDem MP Alistair Carmichael were both asked to speak at Shetland's first Pride event

exclusive Scottish Pride event apologises after SNP MSP 'told LibDem will speak instead'

Alex Cole-Hamilton was criticised for using a local by-election as a national 'barometer' on independence

Alex Cole-Hamilton told off by Ballot Box Scotland after indyref2 claim

Alex Cole-Hamilton is demanding answers over reports of secret lobbying by the Queen

Call for answers over Queen's political lobbying in Scotland

LibDems 'will insist on electoral reform' in Labour coalition talks post-general election

LibDems 'eyeing Labour coalition deal' - with one key caveat

Opposition MSPs warned the legislation constituted a 'power grab'

Scottish Government to be granted emergency Covid powers permanently

Alistair Carmichael neglected to rule out a coalition with the Tories after the next General Election

LibDems backtrack over Alistair Carmichael failing to rule out Tory coalition

Neil Parish, the shamed ex-Tory MP who resigned his seat after he was exposed as having watched porn in parliament, pictured in 2016 advocating a remain vote in the Brexit referendum. Photograph: Getty

BY-ELECTION Who will win the Tiverton and Honiton by election?

Councillor Kathleen Leslie, the Tory group leader in Fife, has been handed the convener role on the Education Scrutiny Committee

UPDATED Tory who called FM 'drooling hag' given top paid role on Scottish council

LibDem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton with Councillor Susan Murray, who will be standing in East Dunbartonshire at the general election in 2024

GENERAL ELECTION LibDems pick first MP candidate prioritising general election over indyref2

Nicola Sturgeon will make the announcement at Bute House. Photograph: Neil Hanna/PA

Nicola Sturgeon to make major indyref2 announcement – here's how you can watch

People on Shetland were quoted hundreds of thousands to connect to broadband

Shetlanders 'quoted more than £700,000 to connect to broadband', MSP says

Derek Wann (inset) was unmasked as the Twitter troll Lady Whistledown last year. He has now been made leader of the Angus Conservative group

Tory troll councillor behind abusive account given top spot on council group

Douglas Ross has come under fire from his own MSPs

Tory MSP says Douglas Ross has Scottish Conservatives in a 'f***ing mess'

Edinburgh Council could be in for a change of administration

SNP look set to lose Edinburgh Council as Unionists 'undermine election result'

Anas Sarwar's Scottish Labour has taken control of Fife Council thanks to the votes of the Tory group led by Kathleen Leslie (left). Photos: Facebook and PA

Tory who called Nicola Sturgeon a ‘drooling hag’ hands Labour control of council

Assisted dying bill set to be delayed to next year after 'unprecedented response'

Assisted dying bill set to be delayed to next year after 'unprecedented response'

Gray, left, met with Johnson, right, ahead of the publication of her report. Both sides say the other arranged the meeting.

Motion laid demanding details of secret Johnson-Gray meeting

SNP nominate LibDem councillor for Lord Provost of Edinburgh

SNP nominate LibDem councillor for Lord Provost of Edinburgh

Unionist party council deals are denying the will of the majority of Scots

COMMENT Unionist party council deals are denying the will of the majority of Scots