Brian Leishman said there are ‘striking similarities’ between Scunthorpe, where the steel plant faces closure, and the refinery at Grangemouth.

Sir Alan Langlands will head a strategic advisory taskforce set up by the Scottish Government to help the cash-strapped university.

The Scottish First Minister will chair a summit later this month as part of efforts to counter what he sees as the rising threat of populism.

The Scottish First Minister called on the UK Government to change its fiscal rules and reverse the recent rise in employer national insurance charges.

The Scottish First Minister stressed the relationship between Scotland and the United States has been ‘forged over many years’.

Unison has started a consultative ballot of 600 staff, while the University and College Union is carrying out a formal strike ballot of its members.

Sir Ed Davey also welcomed his party’s newest MSP after Jamie Greene joined them the day after quitting the Scottish Tories.

Lord Weir is chairing a public inquiry into former Dundee-based neurosurgeon Sam Eljamel who left dozens of patients with life-changing injuries.

The First Minister spoke out after President Donald Trump announced tariffs of at least 10% would be applied on exports from the UK to the US.

The Scottish Deputy First Minister said the UK Government should ‘recognise the potential opportunities of a trade agreement with the US’.

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon shared her recollections of Ms McKelvie, who died last week.

The SNP depute leader spoke about how Ms McKelvie was ‘surrounded by love’ during her final days in hospital.

Interim principal at the University Professor Shane O’Neill confirmed that 700 staff members could lose their jobs at the crisis-hit institution.

The North Sea transition taskforce called for action from both the UK and Scottish governments to help the sector with a ‘just transition’.

The union said more than 92% of its members in local government in Scotland supported walkouts in a consultative ballot.

The Scottish Justice Secretary said she expects work to be ‘delivered at pace’ after the separate deaths in 2018 of Katie Allan and William Brown.

The Scottish Finance Secretary addressed MSPs after the Chancellor’s spring statement on Wednesday.

The union Equity is urging BBC Scotland bosses to reverse the decision to scrap the long-running show next year.

Scottish climate action minister Alasdair Allan called for a discounted rate to be introduced with a level of discount ‘proportionate to need’.

Douglas Ross has confirmed he will not stand in the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.