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Workers inspecting turbine housing in hydroelectric power station

Douglas Chapman: UK governments put industrial strategy on the scrap heap
I COULDN’T have put it better than Lord Mandelson when he described the UK economy as being “stuck in a fearful hole”.

Douglas Chapman discusses the takeaways for Scotland from Clara Ponsati's recent speech

EXCLUSIVE The big takeaways for Scotland from Clara Ponsati's speech

AT my last meeting as chair of the Westminster All-Party Parliamentary Group on Catalonia, I was fortunate enough to host Catalan MEP Clara Ponsati as our main speaker and I couldn’t have made a better choice. 

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The Scottish Government has already announced a Green Industrial Strategy

COMMENT Scotland needs to appoint that industrial policy minister now

THE First Minister earlier this month announced plans to create a dynamic government ministry to drive industrial policy once we become independent. This is something I welcomed

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Douglas Chapman MP

COMMENT New report is big reality check for the UK – and an opportunity for Scotland

READING the Resolution Foundation think tank’s comprehensive new report Ending Stagnation – A New Economic Strategy for Britain was both a sobering experience and an uplifting one.

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SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn with some MPs behind

comment With Yes enduring Stephen Flynn should consider withdrawing SNP MPs from Westminster

THERE’S been quite the stooshie recently about independence. And not from the usual Unionist quarters I may add.

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SNP MP Douglas Chapman (centre, left) meets with Catalan political figures including Meritxell Serret, Catalan Minister for Foreign Action (centre, right)

COMMENT Scotland is crying out for an organisation like Catalonia’s National Assembly

IT’S six years since Catalonia held its referendum on self-determination ...

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The Danish government has credited Selina with single-handedly helping the country to reduce its food waste

This is what we must learn from the Nordics on food waste and security
RESILIENCE is a word you have probably seen pop up across a wide range of newspaper articles on government policy, climate ambition or the latest sustainable business models.

SNP leadership candidate Kate Forbes visits Raploch Estate in Stirling

COMMENT Let’s get down to business on making Scotland a wealthier and fairer country

THIS month’s edition of the Scottish Business Monitor report, now in its 25th year, has come at an important time in our leadership contest for our next first minister.

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Stephen Flynn runs the SNP at Westminster with an 'independence first' mantra

COMMENT Like Stephen Flynn at Westminster, a new SNP leader must bring new possibilities

LEADERSHIP elections by their very nature are blunt and bruising events. No party is immune to this and no individual exempt.

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Much controversy followed the opening of the Cumbrian coal mine

COMMENT Douglas Chapman: Coal’s green legacy can put National Energy Company back on agenda

IT’S not very often that I start an article with a quote from a LibDem, but I feel Tim Farron’s recent quip in reaction to Michael Gove’s climate-crippling decision to approve the Cumbrian coal mine deserves a mention.

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