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The family of a murdered detective have called for his bravery to be recognised after almost 40 years.

A hero police officer who was murdered by two escaped prisoners has been refused a posthumous bravery medal on the 45th anniversary of his death.

The Secretary of State for Scotland got to sample an Airdrie distillery’s commitment to training the next generation of skilled workers for the country’s whisky industry.

Alister Jack has backed the development of a massive new oil field off the coast of Shetland despite claims it would fly in the face of UK Government climate change commitments.

Alister Jack has not ruled out a second referendum on independence happening in the future but said the UK Government's focus now was the climate crisis and covid recovery.

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has this week welcomed a review of MPs’ security following the killing of Sir David Amess.

A big Tory party donor and failed election candidate has taken his seat in the House of Lords so he can serve as a Scotland Office Minister in Boris Johnson’s government.

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack ignored a plea to meet one of the country’s top anti-poverty groups to discuss the cuts to Universal Credit.

Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of indulging in “irresponsible nationalism” for failing to get involved with a review of transport links across the UK.

Alister Jack declared military personnel could be seconded in the "long run" if required. A total of 114 soldiers have been drafted in to drive non-emergency vehicles for the Scottish Ambulance Service, with a further 111 members of the armed forces helping to staff coronavirus testing centres.

The UK Government said the Scottish unemployment figure is below the UK-wide rate of 4.7 per cent for those aged over 16.Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said: “There are encouraging elements to today’s figures, but these are challenging times and we still have a lot to do to get people back into work and see our economy prosper again.”

Scottish Affairs committee with Ross accusing Wishart, the chair of the committee, of making biased attacks on the Scottish Secretary while he was giving evidence to MPs in the wake of the Holyrood election. Ross, who is returning to Holyrood as leader of the Scottish Tories, took exception to Wishart bridling Scottish Secretary Alister Jack over the results of the election which saw Nicola Sturgeon returned for a record fourth term.

Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the regionThe number of people employed in Scotland as a whole currently sits at 2.66 million; a rate of 74.3 per cent.Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said: “We know that the pandemic has had a significant impact on the labour market.“These figures show the scale of the challenge we face to rebuild our economy; and throws into sharp relief just how irresponsible it is of the Scottish Government to prioritise planning for an independence referendum over securing our economic recovery.

Levelling Up scheme that bypasses the Scottish government.According to the Treasury list of priority areas local authorities in South Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders have been listed for help in the UK government fund at the expense of areas of higher deprivation.The Dumfries and Galloway area is part of Scottish Secretary Alister Jack’s constituency and the Borders seat at Westminster is held by Tory MP John Lamont.The deprivation levels for the lowest three earning groups in the Borders is ten per cent and in Dumfries and Galloway the deprivation levels are at 19 per cent.In contrast council areas like Clackmannanshire, with 40 per cent deprivation levels, and West Lothian with 25 per cent deprivation amongst

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UK Government steps up the fight against coronavirus. The megalab will create around 1,800 new jobs and will be able to process 300,000 test results a day when it opens early next year, with a location still to be confirmed.

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comments from Alister Jack over the timing of another independence referendum as like something Donald Trump would say. The First Minister insisted the decision to hold any IndyRef2 in the future would ultimately be up to Scots and not politicians.

Boris Johnson accepts his government must win the "hearts and minds" of Scots if they are to increase support for the Union, the Scottish secretary has said. Alister Jack insisted the Prime Minister was a "strong Unionist" and was committed to keeping the UK together.

Nicola Sturgeon ’s nationwide house visiting ban.Alister Jack, who is Boris Johnson ’s Scottish Secretary, said he would have preferred England-style local lockdowns north of the border to a national approach.He said he felt sorry for the parts of Scotland that are witnessing low levels of covid-19 infections.Addressing MSPs yesterday, Sturgeon announced a national ban on visiting other people’s homes in a bid to stem the rise of coronavirus infections.She extended a restriction that has been in place in the west of Scotland to the rest of the country.

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