🗞️ Scottish Government 'shifting blame'? | Liz Truss on Indyref2 | Rabbie Burns appears in Minecraft

Aug 1, 2022

Good morning,

Welcome to your daily update from The Scotsman.

5 key stories this morning

Scottish Government 'trying to shift blame' on public sector pay amid strike threat
Liz Truss completely rules out Indyref2 'on my watch' in race for Conservative leadership
Festival chief floats Granton expansion vision has he urges Edinburgh not to rest on its laurels
Robert Burns former home brought to virtual life on Minecraft
‘Human Swan’ grounded for first expedition less than a year after fatal collision


	Scottish Government 'trying to shift blame' on public sector pay amid strike threat

	The SNP has come under fire for trying to “shift the blame” on public sector pay as strike action in councils looms.

Scottish Government 'trying to shift blame' on public sector pay amid strike threat

Liz Truss completely rules out Indyref2 'on my watch' in race for Conservative leadership

The Prime Ministerial candidate has pledged there will be no second referendum on Scottish Independence if she is elected as the next leader as she promises to “strengthen the Union”.

Deals: Scottish economy is powering up on the road to recovery

As we emerge from the worst of Covid-19 and markets recover, Rosemary Gallagher reports the environment is much more conducive to deals

Promoted by AAB and Brodies

Festival chief floats Granton expansion vision has he urges Edinburgh not to rest on its laurels

The outgoing director of the Edinburgh International Festival says the event could expand to the city’s waterfront over the next decade and help turn a vision for a new cultural quarter into reality.