Michael Blackley

Council chief insists witchcraft apology is NOT a distraction from the 'day job' The civic head of an SNP-led council has defended a decision to offer an apology and commemorations for people accused of witchcraft and denied it is a distraction from the '... See more

Just 42 benefit fraud cases sent to prosecutors despite 23,000 allegations in Scotland More than 23,000 allegations of benefit fraud have been made to Scotland's social security agency in three years but only 42 people have been reported to prosecutors. C... See more

Senior civil servants are being offered 'eye-watering golden goodbyes' to quit their jobs as part of John Swinney's public sector reform plan – while staff have been told to work from the office more often. Officials earning more than £62,000 have been to... See more

The former oil capital of Europe is being 'sabotaged' by the policies of the Labour and SNP governments, according to the newest Tory MP. Douglas Lumsden was given a key slot at Conservative conference introducing Kemi Badenoch after he resoundingly won t... See more

Kemi Badenoch has launched a fightback against separatists running Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and declared that the Tories will win the next General Election 'for everyone who wants to see our great country united'. The Conservative leader told ... See more