Holyrood 539 / 25 November 2024

£47,700,000,000 Budget Bonanza

3 Editor’s note
God bless the SNP, may it rest in peace

5 Roundup
Pictures and numbers from the past two weeks

7 Talking Point
It’s all Bluesky now... but the Winter Fuel Payment shows it’s hard to stay coherent

8 In Context
Dual mandates

10 spotlight: Budget brokers
With the Scottish budget rapidly approaching, how might the political negotiations pan out?

13 Overview: Dear Green Places
Amidst derelict land, Glasgow’s local nature reserve network is growing

18 political Interview: Sarah Boyack
Scottish Labour’s net zero spokesperson on the art of being constructive

26 Feature: Pumped-storage hydro
Scotland is experiencing a hydropower renaissance generations on from its last

29 Feature: Climate technology
Technology could be our way out of the climate crisis

32 Feature: Facing the music
The race to save instrument lessons in schools

36 Getting to Know You
SNP MP Seamus Logan

38 Comment
Scotland has long neglected its ancient forests, says Andy Wightman

39 Local Politics
Councillor Laura Murtagh takes us around her patch

40 Diary
The MP for Clacton returns from his travels

41 Political Spin
SNP MSP Jackie Dunbar on being married to a former DJ

42 Last Word
Sketch: Liam Kerr takes a death-defying trip

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