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    • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
      Scotland
      Scottish government unveils post-independence citizenship rules

      Humza Yousaf seeks to reverse population decline and address shortage of workers

      Humza Yousaf speaks at an event in Edinburgh
    • Tuesday, 4 July, 2023
      Orkney backs freedom bid after being ‘held down’ by Scotland and UK

      Councillors rule out rejoining Norway as archipelago considers ‘alternative forms of governance’

      The Orkney town of Stromness
    • Sunday, 25 June, 2023
      News in-depth
      Scottish independence reset undermined by confusion over SNP strategy

      Mixed messaging highlights challenge facing first minister Humza Yousaf in trying to satisfy impatient members

      Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf after his speech at the SNP independence convention in Dundee on Saturday
    • Saturday, 24 June, 2023
      Scotland leader says poll victory will provide mandate to negotiate independence

      Humza Yousaf discards predecessor’s plan to use next UK election as a de facto referendum

    • Friday, 23 June, 2023
      Scottish National Party
      Humza Yousaf to set out new Scottish independence strategy

      SNP leader will address special party conference in attempt to move on from crises

      Humza Yousaf
    • Monday, 19 June, 2023
      Scottish politics
      Scottish government sets out plan for written constitution

      First minister Humza Yousaf wants to safeguard rights contained in the ECHR

    • Sunday, 11 June, 2023
      News in-depthScottish National Party
      Sturgeon’s arrest delivers hammer blow to Nationalist cause

      Opponents see chance as former first minister questioned in widening police probe into SNP finances

      Nicola Sturgeon, left, with her successor Humza Yousaf
    • Friday, 26 May, 2023
      News in-depthScottish National Party
      SNP accused of ‘moving the goalposts’ over independence campaign funds

      Critics say Scotland’s ruling party needs to explain what happened to £740,000 raised to fight a second referendum

    • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
      News in-depthScottish National Party
      Scotland’s new first minister dealt early blow by arrest of Sturgeon’s husband

      Humza Yousaf’s SNP is contending with an inquiry into its finances that could have far-reaching implications

      Montage of Humza Yousaf, Peter Murrell and Nicola Sturgeon
    • Friday, 31 March, 2023
      News in-depthHumza Yousaf
      Humza Yousaf: New first minister vows to deliver independence for Scotland

      Ending the 316-year-old union with England will be no easy task after narrow leadership election win

      Humza Yousaf
    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      Government of Scotland
      Scotland’s new first minister rewards allies with cabinet appointments

      Humza Yousaf ensures that majority of portfolios are held by women

      New Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf, front centre, poses with his new cabinet
    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      Robert Shrimsley
      Britain’s new stability is built on soft foundations

      An end to the upheaval of the past few years is welcome, but the underlying ingredients of populism and Scottish separatism remain

      Illustration of an empty bottle put horizontally on a wooden stand with four people standing in the middle of it.
    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      Scottish National Party
      Kate Forbes to quit Scottish government after leadership defeat

      Finance secretary rejects junior role as parliament confirms Humza Yousaf as first minister

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      News in-depthScottish National Party
      Scotland’s incoming first minister has a daunting in-tray

      Humza Yousaf must heal SNP divisions, fix public services and outline a route to Scottish independence

      Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes
    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Scotland’s new first minister should govern for all Scots

      Humza Yousaf has to show the SNP can deliver real policy successes

      Humza Yousaf on stage in Edinburgh after being elected as the new SNP leader
    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Stephen Bush
      Humza Yousaf should beware the SNP’s new infighting habit

      The loyalty and discipline the party was famed for has broken down of late

      Illustration of a spanner with the hole shaped like Scotland
    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      Scottish National Party
      SNP leadership candidates make final pitches as contest draws to a close

      Fractious campaign has been in marked contrast to the tight discipline of Sturgeon’s eight-year tenure

      Humza Yousaf, Kate Forbes and Ash Regan
    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      News in-depthScotland
      Nicola Sturgeon leaves behind ‘mixed’ legacy for Scotland and SNP

      One of the most effective politicians of her generation, her record nonetheless fell short of her rhetoric, say critics

      Nicola Sturgeon is accused of  overpromising and underdelivering
    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      Scottish National Party
      SNP’s president admits Scotland’s ruling party in ‘tremendous mess’

      Divisions and complaints about handling of leadership election have wrecked vaunted discipline

      SNP chief executive Peter Murrell
    • Saturday, 18 March, 2023
      Scottish National Party
      Nicola Sturgeon’s husband quits as SNP chief executive

      Resignation is blow to party establishment after admission membership numbers were overstated

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      Scottish National Party
      Path to independence ‘starts with respect’ for unionists, says SNP leadership candidate

      Kate Forbes has the greatest appeal among the Scottish public but party heavyweights back her main rival

      Kate Forbes
    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Scottish politics
      Scottish leadership race outsider seeks to harness pro-independence frustrations

      Ash Regan says country could be just ‘one election’ away from independence as SNP contest heats up

      SNP leadership candidate Ash Regan
    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      News in-depthScottish National Party
      Questions over SNP finances cast shadow over leadership contest

      Fallout from independence fundraising drive deepens concerns about grip of Sturgeon and her chief executive husband

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Britain after Brexit
      Brexit revived Scotland’s independence debate, but its next steps are unclear Premium content

      Edinburgh is yet to develop strategy for rejoining EU, despite the issue being core to case for secession

      Activists gather at a pro-Scottish independence and anti-Brexit demonstation at Holyrood, February 1 2020
    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      Scottish National Party
      No ‘magic wand’ for independence, warns SNP leadership candidate

      Humza Yousaf said he did not support Nicola Sturgeon’s plan to use next Westminster general election as ‘de facto’ referendum

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