David Cameron

Over 100,000 messages from Matt Hancock and government ministers have been leaked by journalist Isabel Oakeshott

Who is Isabel Oakeshott? Key revelations from leak of Hancock WhatsApps

Kate Forbes, and the other SNP leadership candidates, should commit to drawing up a comprehensive plan to achieve Scotland's climate change targets (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

SNP leadership contest is an opportunity to get serious about climate change

Aberdeen captain Willie Miller celebrates with the rest of the team after winning the European Cup Winners Cup following a 2-1 win over Real Madrid in Gothenburg in 1983.

Gothenburg Greats to be honoured as Aberdeen confirm 40th anniversary plans

First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon during a press conference at St Andrew's House, Edinburgh. Picture: Andy Buchanan/PA Wire

Nicola Sturgeon promises to publish tax returns next month

Nadhim Zahawi

Sunak orders investigation into Tory chairman Nadhim Zahawi amid tax questions

Jeremy Hunt channels Mr Bean as he orders a coffee in a new Treasury video about inflation (Picture: HM Treasury)

Chancellor Bean is actually talking sense in much-mocked video

Boris Johnson to release a memoir about his time in Downing Street after reportedly £6 million deal.

Boris Johnson to release a memoir about his time in Downing Street

Acting Finance Secretary John Swinney delivered the Scottish Budget for 2023-24 last month (Picture: Andrew Cowan/pool/Getty Images)

Swinney faces moral questions of his own as public services struggle

Where once many people grew their own food, now most people buy it from supermarkets (Picture: Marvin Recinos/AFP via Getty Images)

Looming global food crisis should galvanise world into action – Joyce McMillan

Lord Young of Graffham, David Young holds his insignia of member of the Order of the Companions of Honour after it was presented to him by the Prince of Wales in 2015 (Photo by John Stillwell - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Lord Young: tributes paid after death of Cabinet Minister at 90

“I always wanted to incorporate some kind of art into my career.”

Ad Feature The astounding life and career of Rita Poddar

Rishi Sunak can't resist the cameras but now he's PM he should stop the cheesy videos.

What is it about Tories and photo-ops? They can’t stop themselves

The boarding school experience for Richard Beard's generation was firmly rooted in the past (Picture: John Pratt & Chris Ware/Keystone Features/Getty Images)

What boarding schools can do to UK's future leaders – Laura Waddell

Football has become a political football again with Boris suggesting Ukraine sould be given a World Cup bye

Waving Ukraine all the way to Qatar would be some gesture

David Cameron is driving a small lorry of supplies to Poland

Ex-PM David Cameron driving ‘small lorry’ to Poland with supplies for refugees

Renewable energy can drive down the price of energy, cut carbon emissions and reduce the power of despots like Vladimir Putin (Picture: William Edwards/AFP via Getty Images)

How renewable energy can help solve three major crises – Scotsman comment

Bogside Artists' mural depicting a famous photograph from Bloody Sunday of the dying Jackie Duddy being carried by local men as a local priest Fr Edward Daly (later Bishop) tries to lead them to safety waving a blood stained white handkerchief. The mural is one of several which make up the People's Gallery in the Bogside, where the killings happened. Picture: JPIMedia

Bloody Sunday: 'The people did not forget. We remember still' - Brendan McDaid

John Kelly, brother of Michael Kelly, who was killed on Bloody Sunday in Derry's Bogside in 1972, holds an image of his brother beside the Civil Rights mural in the city. The campaigner has told how he narrowly avoided being shot on the same day his teenage brother was killed. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Bloody Sunday families say battle for justice goes on after 50 years

Lesley Stephen, who was diagnosed with HER2-positive breast cancer in 2014, said the approval of the new drug would allow for "kinder" treatment options. Picture: Chris Watt

Potential 'game changing' breast cancer drug approved in Scotland

David Cameron set out the basis for a Scottish independence referendum on an episode of the BBC's Andrew Marr Show (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Union dividend is more important to Scotland than ever – Pamela Nash

Donald Trump's supporters storm the US Capitol in an attempt to stop the ratification of Joe Biden's election as US president (Picture: Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

How liberalism has made Western democracies what they are – Dr Paul Arnell

Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael called for a "revolution" in standards

Alistair Carmichael calls for transparency ‘revolution’ over sleaze scandal

The UK government's decision to fund carbon-capture-and-storage schemes in England instead of Scotland will have dashed the hopes of Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross (Picture: Daniel Leal-Olivas/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Here's clear evidence Scotland has no future in Brexit Britain – Kenny MacAskill

Perhaps Scotland's national character is closer to the Rev I M Jolly than Disneyland, but it's much easier to be happy when you have a job, a warm house and access to healthcare (Picture: Mark Ashman/Disney via Getty Images)

Sturgeon should focus on the economy ahead of 'well-being' – Susan Dalgety

Twenty women currently living with secondary breast cancer, captured by global award-winning portrait photographer Viktorija Grigorjevaite aka Sane Seven

Secondary breast cancer remains “forgotten” illness, says patient

The odd half-empty shelf is no excuse to start panic-buying and making the situation worse (Picture: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images )

Big Society values are needed now more than ever in modern times – Scotsman says

Ministers have been criticised for failing to have an adequate policy around retaining WhatsApp and text messages.

Texts between ministers may be deleted permanently due to lack of backup system

David Cameron reached the political top at a young age, so to see him reduced to a rather desperate lobbyist is not just grubby, but tragic, says Ayesha Hazarika (Picture: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images)

Lobbying scandal is about more than Cameron's fall from grace – Ayesha Hazarika

What is the Greensill scandal? David Cameron’s lobbying of Greensill capital explained (Photos: GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images, OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images, Tolga Akmen - WPA Pool/Getty Images, Hannah McKay - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

David Cameron’s lobbying of Greensill Capital explained

Former prime minister David Cameron is at the heart of concerns over the Greensill lobbying saga. Picture: Jacob King/PA Wire

'Serious, legitimate concerns' over Greensill lobbying saga, says Ross

A review has been launched into Greensill Capital, the collapsed financial firm for which David Cameron lobbied ministers

Boris Johnson urged to explain ‘cronyism’ of David Cameron Greensill exchanges

David Cameron has admitted he should have contacted ministers through 'formal' channels when lobbying on behalf of finance firm Greensill Capital (Picture: Jacob King/PA)

Why are Scottish Tories silent over Cameron lobbying scandal? – Angus Robertson

A review is expected to be launched into Greensill Capital, the collapsed financial firm for which David Cameron lobbied ministers.

No.10 to launch review into David Cameron's dealings with Greensill

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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: PA

SNP is not in a mess, insists Nicola Sturgeon

Members of the RMT in Network Rail have voted to accept a pay offer, the union announced.

RMT members at Network Rail vote to accept pay deal

SNP leadership candidates Kate Forbes, Humza Yousaf and Ash Regan

Analysis: Next SNP leader will need to heal party's gaping wounds