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Former first minister Humza Yousaf spoke to The Scotsman about his book 'Under Fire' and life after Holyrood

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A car burns after clashes between Israeli settlers and Palestinians outside the occupied West Bank village of Turmos Ayya near Ramallah in October last year (Picture: Hazem Bader)

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Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband

UK 'called out' illegal Israeli settlements before it was 'too late'

Ed Miliband in the House of Commons

Miliband: Israeli settlers committing ethnic cleansing in West Bank

A platform in the North Sea, around 100 miles east of Aberdeen

Burnham pressed to urgently back new North Sea drilling

Andy Burnham waves with his wife Marie-France van Heel

Burnham's ruthless purge of cabinet as Starmer allies shown the door

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Burnham to 'approve new North Sea drilling' on Monday - reports

Andy Burnham's victory rally at Ashton Town FC after being elected as Makerfield MP

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Andy Burnham will soon be UK prime minister, despite not being an MP when the Labour Party became the new UK government at the last general election (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Explainer Andy Burnham to be crowned Labour leader today - but he's not PM yet

Five Scottish Labour MPs joined the cross-party group after the meeting

Burnham yet to have 'direct conversations' with oil and gas sector

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband (Maja Smiejkowska/PA)

Exclusive Scots Labour MPs worried about Ed Miliband becoming chancellor

Disused North Sea oil rigs stacked up in the Cromarty Firth during a downturn in the sector in 2018

Jackdaw bosses call for 'timely approval' from Miliband before winter

Rosebank and Jackdaw are currently awaiting approval

Exclusive Scottish Labour MPs say Rosebank and Jackdaw should go ahead

Keir Starmer's government has finally pledged funding for the Acorn project at the St Fergus gas terminal hear Peterhead (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Exclusive Labour 'risking energy jobs and security' over cuts for defence plans

Andy Burnham is expected to become the next prime minister

Exclusive Pressure on Burnham to 'rethink' Labour's oil and gas ban

Chancellor Rachel Reeves says she is backing Andy Burnham to be the next Prime Minister.

Rachel Reeves: I'm backing Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham MP

Andy Burnham step closer to becoming PM as Darren Jones endorses him

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Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, who is responsible for UK defence spend, poses at RAF Northolt in Ruislip, west of London (Picture: Dan Kitwood / Pool / AFP)

Readers' Letters: Surely most can afford to pay a little more for defence?

Offshore energy assets should be classified as critical national infrastructure by the UK government, OEUK has argued

Exclusive OEUK call for North Sea energy assets to be 'critical infrastructure'

Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander

Exclusive Allies hit back as anonymous MPs brand Alexander 'most absent man in cabinet'

Farmers left concerned over UK Government’s backing of CCC advice eating less meat and dairy

Ministers 'out of touch' with rural life over meat and dairy advice

The Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields are off the Scottish coast

Exclusive SNP Aberdeen South candidate backs Rosebank and Jackdaw

Tony Blair

Tony Blair tells Labour to drill for North Sea oil and scrap net zero

First Minister John Swinney wants a cap on supermarket essentials (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: UK getting it wrong on supermarket food pricing

The Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields are off the Scottish coast

MPs vote against supporting Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband led Labour once before, so why not again? (Picture: Leon Neal)

Don’t laugh but Miliband may be Labour's least-worst option for leader William Deans

Andy Burnham

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Aberdeen-born politician Alistair Carns has only been an MP since 2024, having previously been an officer in the Royal Marines. He's priced at 14/1 for the job of Labour leader.

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The last King's Speech was in July 2024

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Anas Sarwar

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Jobs are being lost in the North Sea oil and gas sector as fossil fuels declines

'Industrial catastrophe' as unions rally against oil and gas decline

Kemi Badenoch had a strong PMQs

Analysis Badenoch smells blood as she reminds Labour Starmer has let them down

Ed Miliband is expected to announce the decoupling of gas and electricity prices

Miliband is warned of ‘untold damage’ in clean energy drive

Kemi Badenoch speaking to activists in Edinburgh

Kemi Badenoch: Holyrood paying 'lip service' to oil and gas industry

Jackdaw is 150 miles off the coast of Aberdeen

Energy experts call for Jackdaw North Sea gas field to be approved

Energy bills are set to rise

Energy bills predicted to surge by nearly £300 a year from July

Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage at a Reform UK local election campaign rally in Leeds this week (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Scotsman Letters: Swinney wrong to condemn all Reform supporters as 'racist'

Up to 500 skilled jobs would be created by the factory (Picture: Ashley Cooper/Construction Photography/Avalon)

Major wind turbine factory set to create 500 Scots jobs

Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband wants to make home solar generation more accessible, in a bid to boost energy security for the UK

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Scotland to receive £4.6m from UK Government in heating oil support

A navy vessel sailing in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway through which much of the world's oil and gas passes. Picture: Sahar Al Attar/AFP/Getty

Minehunting drones from Scots base could be deployed to Middle East

Torness near Dunbar is Scotland's last remaining nuclear power station (Picture: Danny Lawson)

UK Government funds £14m Scots nuclear research involving 100 students

Hunterston B nuclear power plant in North Ayrshire (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Exclusive Mothballed nuclear site 'could still be revived', says energy minister

Four of the frontrunners to succeed Keir Starmer.

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar in Glasgow in December (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Here's how Labour can improve popularity

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Enough rural windfarms to supply Scotland's energy needs have been built or consented to, says reader

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Keir Starmer could be heading out of Downing St

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The pact will see European countries working together on offshore wind projects.

UK signs offshore wind pact with Euro allies - what now for Ming Yang?

Only two Scottish projects were successful in the round

Record UK offshore wind auction leaves questions Jeremy Grant

UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

Explainer All the Westminster politicians visiting Scotland today

Berwick Bank, an offshore wind farm to be built off the East Lothian coast, has been approved.

AR7: Berwick Bank wind farm secures 'monumental' UK contract backing

An offshore wind farm off the coast of Montrose.

Exclusive Ports fear ‘no new Scottish projects’ in offshore wind auction

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

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