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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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Information and helpful links regarding the Coronavirus.

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Please stay at home this weekend and help save lives

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This weekend, please stay at home and help save lives. It is vital, wherever possible, we all do this.

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We can all help each other get through this crisis

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Nicola Sturgeon: “My message today is that help is available, so if you’re suffering hardship, please reach out.” If you’re worried about finances, council tax, energy bills, rent or mortgages, help is available.

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Stay at home, protect our NHS, save lives

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We must all play our part in overcoming the challenge of coronavirus. Stay at home to protect our NHS and save lives.

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We’re scaling up our NHS for Covid-19

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Health Secretary Jeane Freeman outlines how we’re scaling up our NHS to deal with #Coronavirus.

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Covid-19: John Swinney’s Ministerial Statement on Education

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Education Secretary and Deputy First Minister John Swinney has updated Parliament on the closure of schools and nurseries in response to Coronavirus/Covid-19.

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It’s time for an emergency universal basic income

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Coronavirus is an unprecedented emergency and it requires an unprecedented response. It’s time for an emergency universal basic income so that no one is left behind.

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Covid-19: Schools and nurseries will close from Friday

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Nicola Sturgeon has announced that, from Friday, schools and nurseries in Scotland will close to combat the spread of #Covid19.

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Coronavirus: you can make a difference

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We can all play our part in stepping up the fight against the spread of coronavirus. Let’s ensure those in our communities who need our support most are not left to cope alone.

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Delivering progress

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GERS figures explained: How we’re delivering for Scotland

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Today the Scottish Government published Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland – or ‘GERS’ for short – for the year 2018-19.

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Standing up for students

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From free tuition, to investing in colleges and helping graduates into work, we’re proud to champion Scotland’s students.

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The SNP is taking action to protect shipbuilding on the Clyde

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There’s no doubt that the shape and scale of manufacturing has changed in recent years, but Scotland still has an industry to be proud of and it is essential that we do all we can to support it and enable it to reach its full potential.

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Yes - It's Time For Independence

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Scotland must have a choice

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May and the Tories think that they can ignore Scotland and block us from having a democratic choice on our future. Scotland has a mandate to hold a referendum on independence.

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It’s Time

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As an independent country, Scotland’s future will be in Scotland’s hands. Together, we can make Scotland the country we all know it can be.

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Top Ten Better Together Claims Debunked

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In 2014, Scotland was promised the ‘best of both worlds’ whilst being an ‘equal partner’ within the union. Well, it’s not quite worked out like that.

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Standing up for Scotland

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SNP joins cross-party efforts to prevent a no deal Brexit

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Earlier today the SNP’s Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, met with other opposition parties in Westminster to discuss the options for stopping a no deal Brexit.

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‘Outrageous. Ridiculous. Dictatorship.’ What Boris Johnson’s Cabinet used to say about shutting down Parliament

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Only a few weeks ago, senior Tories suggested that shutting down Parliament would be “absolutely outrageous”. Now when Boris Johnson is attacking democracy, his Cabinet members have gone into hiding.

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Scotland must have powers over migration to build a system fit for purpose

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Immigration strengthens our economy, helps our public services thrive and enriches our society. Immigration powers must be devolved in Scotland, so we can do away with the damaging Tory approach once and for all.

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Fact check

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Fact check: Tory Philip Hammond has claimed that UK regions will be “better off” under every Brexit scenario

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Tory Philip Hammond has today claimed all UK regions will be “better off” under every Brexit scenario as he urged MPs to back the Government’s deal.

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Fact check: Murdo Fraser’s claim that countries can only be in the Single Market if they are in the EU is false

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Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway are all in the Single Market but are not members of the EU.

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Fact check: the difference between single market membership and ‘access’

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There was a time when the Tories supported single market membership. They now appear to have changed their minds. Instead of single market membership, they’re talking about ‘access’. It’s a con.

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4 years of delivering progress

It’s 4 years since Nicola Sturgeon became the first woman First Minister of Scotland. Here are just some of the ways we’ve made Scotland healthier, wealthier and fairer.

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