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Scottish LibDem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton

Alex Cole-Hamilton hikes price of his garden shed Airbnb by 150 per cent
INFLATION is set to hit an eye-watering 13 per cent in October. But even that doesn’t come close to the price rise imposed by the head of the Scottish LibDems ...

Handout photo from the Supreme Court of its judges following the swearing in of Lord Reed of Allermuir as the new president in 2020

UK Government submits Supreme Court case against Scotland holding indyref2

Protesters occupy Scottish Power's Glasgow headquarters today demanding action on the cost-of-living crisis. Photographs by Gordon Terris

WATCH Activists storm Scottish Power headquarters in protest over soaring energy bills

Students (from left) Michael Stewart, Aaron Boyack, John Poole and Claire McNab at Auchmuty High School in Glenrothes, Fife, open their exam results. Photo: PA

Education attainment gap widens as Scotland's students open exam results

Liz Truss called Dominic Raab's commentary 'declinist'

Liz Truss hits back at Raab's 'electoral suicide' attack

Trade unionists like Mick Lynch (left) and MPs including Zarah Sultana have thrown their weight behind the Enough is Enough campaign

New campaign fighting cost-of-living crisis gains 150,000 members in 24 hours

Pupils across Scotland received their exam results on Tuesday

Exam results are one of the 'strongest ever' sets, says Shirley-Anne Somerville

Gordon Brown's pro-Union think tank saw its income soar after rebranding itself as a campaigning group

CASH QUESTIONS Gordon Brown's pro-Union campaign questioned over mystery £250,000 boost source

Lord Frost said that wind power is 'medieval technology' and called for the next prime minister to embrace nuclear energy and fracking

Truss-backer Lord Frost in call to ditch 'medieval' renewables and embrace fracking

Detective Chief Inspector Jim Robertson led the inquiry into allegations of fraud linked to the sale of Rangers

Police officer who led inquiry into sale of Rangers applies for early retirement

Davidson resigned the leadership of the Scottish Conservatives in 2019

Ruth Davidson reveals bizarre name Boris Johnson gave foreign secretary job

This year marked the first full exam diet since the beginning of the pandemic

More than 100,000 pupils to receive exam results across Scotland

Trump said his home in Mar-a-Lago had been

FBI agents raid Donald Trump's Florida Home

James Connolly, the Irish Republican leader, was born in Edinburgh and spoke with a Scottish accent

COMMENT The message for Yessers from the Scot admired by Martin Compston and Mick Lynch

Georgia Waterson, Milly Batchelor, Gavin Sharp and Alistair Dinnie at the Welcome Centre for Scotland at Royal Bank of Scotland's Gogarburn office

Plea for donations to help Ukrainian refugees arriving in Scotland

Those without Clubcards are increasingly paying premium prices at Tesco supermarkets

COMMENT The pros and cons of loyalty cards in the cost-of-living crisis

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner said Scotland should not 'leave behind' people in England

Scottish independence means 'perpetual Tory rule for us', Angela Rayner claims

Anthony Barber, Edward Heath’s Chancellor, faced the same spectre of stagflation as we do today

Letters Mistakes of past Tory chancellors should serve as a wake-up call

Nicola Sturgeon sent a message to the students across Scotland who will be getting their exam results on Tuesday. Photos: PA

'I still recall the anxiety': Nicola Sturgeon sends results day message to Scots students

Question Time host Fiona Bruce came under fire for a debate in which she was accused of showing

BBC dismisses formal complaint over Question Time 'pro-Conservative' bias

Nicola Sturgeon is said to be shook at the prospect of Ruth Davidson returning. Aye, right

The jouker Nicola Sturgeon terrified of Ruth Davidson's return, Unionists claim

Kate Forbes has announced the birth of her first child with husband Ali Maclennan

Finance Secretary Kate Forbes announces birth of baby daughter and reveals name

Douglas Ross's branch office front bench has been silent

COMMENT Scottish Tories shoot for Guinness World Record – The REAL Scottish Politics

Laura Muir celebrates after winning gold in the 1500m in Birmingham, which Tory MSPs Stephen Kerr and Sharon Dowey seem to think is in Scotland

THE JOUKER Tory MSPs furious as Humza Yousaf congratulates Scotland’s Commonwealth team

The First Minister, right, has written to Boris Johnson, left, over the cost of living crisis and called for an emergency meeting

Updated Nicola Sturgeon demands Boris Johnson convenes emergency four-nation meeting

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

Tory peer Michelle Mone reportedly paid out more than £50k to settle allegations of 'racism'

Tory peer Michelle Mone pays out £50,000 to settle 'racism' claim

A panel of 24 Scots will be chosen to help influence how the Scottish Parliament engages with minority communities

Random Scots to advise MSPs on boosting engagement with minority communities

Rishi Sunak's higher education plans have been panned by the Scottish Education Secretary

EXCLUSIVE Education Secretary slams Rishi Sunak's 'cynical' plan to ban certain degrees

Leaked proposals for judicial reform have been widely condemned

‘You can’t just rewrite the rules’: SNP slam Tory plans for judicial reform

Rishi Sunak's campaign ad has been mocked as looking like something an unsuccessful candidate on The Apprentice might produce

WATCH 'Keep Brexit Safe': Rishi Sunak mocked over 'Apprentice-style' campaign clip

The Prime Minister announced plans to axe 91,000 civil servants in May

Government 'goes cold' on Boris Johnson civil servant cuts plan after huge cost revealed

Liz Truss made the ridiculous claim that the Scottish Government is using its 'entire resources' on campaigning for independence

Letters Supreme Court case is not a waste of time ... even if our side loses

Shirley-Anne Somerville has urged pupils, parents and carers to utilise the results helpline when it goes live on Tuesday morning

School pupils urged to utilise careers helpline on 'nerve-wracking' results day

Boris Johnson was in Slovenia when the Bank of England warned of a recession

Government rejects call to summon Cobra meeting to tackle cost-of-living crisis

Shell reported record profits in both the first and second quarters of 2022

Energy giant's offshore medics to be balloted on industrial action

Boris Johnson's luxury honeymoon location revealed as Brits suffer with cost of living

Boris Johnson's luxury honeymoon location revealed as Brits suffer cost of living

Dominic Raab is reportedly considering introducing changes which would limit ministers' accountability

Dominic Raab ‘considering measures to curb judges’ powers’

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

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent. Photo: PA

Number of asylum seekers crossing the Channel passes 18,000, data suggests

Jimmy Maxton was elected MP for Glasgow Bridgeton in the General Election of 1922

COMMENT 'This is Scotland, can you beat it?': Have we fulfilled the potential Jimmy Maxton saw?

Liz Truss is the favourite to become the UK's next prime minister

COMMENT George Kerevan: Scotland won't be able to ignore disaster of Truss's Lizonomics

Former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown has called for urgent action from the UK Government

comment Kirsty Strickland: Like him or not, Gordon Brown is right. Here's why

Fascist party Patriotic Alternative was protesting outside Drag Queen Story Time events in England last week

COMMENT Steph Paton: Fascist movements are using public anger to mobilise in the UK

Boris Johnson refused to step down as prime minister after quitting as Tory leader, but has now gone on holiday

'Come out of hiding and tackle cost-of-living crisis', absent Boris Johnson told

Ruth Davidson was given a peerage by Boris Johnson's Tory government

'I will always come back and campaign against indyref2', Ruth Davidson says

Scottish Labour will need Tory votes to install their group leader, Jim Logue, at the head of North Lanarkshire Council. Photo: Colin Mearns

Labour look to Tory votes in bid to oust SNP from council leadership

Bank of England director Andrew Bailey warned those in the UK are particularly vulnerable to energy price shocks

Letters Before we know it we’ll be a depleted county of greater England

The Tory leadership contender is conflating activism against government attitudes and policies with hating the people who live in Britain

Letters Rishi Sunak's plan to criminalise those who 'vilify' Britain is dangerous

Nadine Dorries, left, and Zac Goldsmith, right, have attacked the Commons Privileges Committee

Boris Johnson allies attack Privileges Committee over 'witch hunt' inquiry going ahead

Main image of Liz Truss by Callum Winter/Liz For Leader

WATCH Truss told Scotland to 'get lost' with Nicola Sturgeon swipe, says Gordon Brown

Carrie and Boris Johnson are looking to make a £400,000 profit from the sale as they plan their exit from Downing Street

Boris Johnson puts house on market for £1.6m and looks set to make £400k profit

Douglas Ross has so far refused to publicly back either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak as his choice for next PM

Douglas Ross is 'not watching' hustings in Tory leadership contest

Energy firms are raking in huge profits

LETTERS If you see Sid, tell him we’ve all been conned in energy sell-off