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  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    Scottish independence
    Sturgeon sets date for fresh Scottish independence vote

    Scotland’s first minister plans to hold ‘consultative’ vote in October 2023

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    Scotland’s whisky producers face supply chain and interest rate rise hits

    Distilleries had suffered a drop in revenues in the wake of Covid travel restrictions and Trump’s trade war

  • Monday, 20 December, 2021
    Scotland lags UK average in majority of productivity indicators, study finds

    Index by CBI and KPMG reports declines in business investment and innovation, and high workplace sickness absence

  • Thursday, 9 December, 2021
    Scotland to lift controls on council tax in 2022

    Lifting limit ends SNP flagship policy, as income tax thresholds tweaked in Edinburgh budget

  • Sunday, 28 November, 2021
    Scottish National Party
    SNP members vote for work to begin on Scottish central bank

    Challenge to Sturgeon’s caution over making break with sterling as party chiefs focus on Tory failings

  • Saturday, 13 November, 2021
    News in-depthFood & Beverage
    Scotland’s whisky makers admit net zero targets will be hard to hit

    Distilleries search for ways to cut high-energy production methods amid concern about peatland erosion

  • Friday, 1 October, 2021
    London to press on with Scottish freeports despite SNP objections

    Edinburgh government has its own alternative plans to create ‘green ports’ model

  • Wednesday, 1 September, 2021
    UK defence nuclear
    MoD could move UK nuclear subs abroad if Scotland breaks away

    Contingency plans for Trident consider US and France if no long-term lease possible on navy facilities such as Faslane

  • Monday, 23 August, 2021
    News in-depthUK business & economy
    Campaigners push for ‘just transition’ for UK oil workers

    Environmental activists make case that North Sea personnel are at risk of being ‘left behind’

  • Wednesday, 18 August, 2021
    News in-depthScottish independence
    Scotland’s deficit balloons to 22% of GDP

    Data highlight fiscal challenge country would face in event of independence

  • Tuesday, 17 August, 2021
    Scotland
    Scottish housing land needs ‘more proactive’ public sector

    Advisory body’s report proposes shift from market-driven system to socialised approach

  • Sunday, 6 June, 2021
    UK inward investment
    Foreign investors back Scotland despite renewed independence push

    EY survey ranks Edinburgh as UK’s top city outside London for foreign direct investment

  • Wednesday, 19 May, 2021
    UK trade
    Johnson rejects claims Australia deal will ruin Scottish farming

    UK PM sides with free traders in cabinet as he tries to agree final negotiating position

  • Tuesday, 27 April, 2021
    News in-depthScotland
    Sturgeon fails in ‘defining mission’ to close education attainment gap

    Scotland’s first minister had said improving standards for disadvantaged pupils was the issue she should be judged on

  • Monday, 26 April, 2021
    Scotland
    Scottish parties’ spending pledges are unrealistic, says IFS

    Think-tank warns manifestos of all three are ‘disconnected’ from budgetary realities

  • Wednesday, 21 April, 2021
    FT SeriesScotland’s future
    Scotland faces up to life after oil

    In 50 years, the industry has transformed the country’s politics and economy. Can renewable energy replace it?

  • Thursday, 15 April, 2021
    Scottish National Party
    SNP manifesto promises fresh independence push and free dentistry

    Polls suggest it is on course for landslide on May 6, providing a platform to renew push for Scotland to leave the UK and rejoin EU

  • Wednesday, 14 April, 2021
    Scottish independence
    Scottish Greens demand independence referendum in Holyrood manifesto

    Party pledges to back SNP’s push to leave the UK if it retains balance of power in Edinburgh parliament

  • Friday, 9 April, 2021
    John Lloyd
    The push for independence is turning off Scots business

    A widening gulf separates entrepreneurs from nationalist ‘conviction politicians’ such as Nicola Sturgeon

  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
    Lex
    Scottish business: how to become a north star Premium content

    Developing a core competency is one good strategy

  • Friday, 2 April, 2021
    FT SeriesIs the UK heading for break-up?
    Independent Scotland would face a large hole in its public finances

    Economists say country can afford to leave the UK but FT analysis suggests it would need to raise taxes or cut spending

  • Friday, 26 March, 2021
    John Major
    Westminster should not refuse Scotland a referendum

    To save the Union, hard facts, strong arguments and a new constitutional settlement are needed instead

  • Saturday, 27 February, 2021
    Labour Party UK
    Anas Sarwar wins Scottish Labour leadership contest

    Most polls find the party trailing behind the Scottish Conservatives for second place in May election

  • Thursday, 25 February, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    Scotland reaps dividend of Covid response that diverged from England’s

    Imposing a winter lockdown earlier and prioritising care home vaccinations have kept death rate lower

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    SNP feud threatens its Scottish independence hopes

    Rift between Salmond and Sturgeon casts harsh light on institutions

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