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The National's Holyrood Weekly Podcast

The National's Holyrood Weekly Podcast

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Our team of political journalists talk us through the week that was in the Scottish Parliament, with appearances from politicians, campaigners and experts explaining key new stories.

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Episodes
  • S4E2: Special edition: Labour's PFI scandal

    S4E2: Special edition: Labour's PFI scandal
    Aug 2 2024

    As part of our week-long investigation into Labour's PFI Scandal, we chat to Richard Murphy and Robin McAlpine about the practice and how much money has been spent on doomed projects in Scotland and across the UK.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • S4E1: General Election special! Ft Mhairi Black on leaving Westminster

    S4E1: General Election special! Ft Mhairi Black on leaving Westminster
    May 30 2024

    We're back for a special edition! While Abbi is on maternity leave, Steph Brawn and Adam Robertson put together this special episode for the election campaign. We're joined by Mhairi Black who reflects on nine years as an MP, Lorna Slater who takes on the urgency for parties to tackle the climate crisis, and Alba's Chris McEleny - who's running as a candidate in Alex Salmond's party.

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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • S3E6: Behind the Scottish Budget with Shona Robison

    S3E6: Behind the Scottish Budget with Shona Robison
    Feb 29 2024

    Scottish Deputy First Minister Shona Robison describes the latest Scottish Budget is one of the "most difficult in the history of devolution". Taking our reporters through some of the controversial cuts the Scottish Government has made as its Budget passed in Holyrood last week, Robison also weighs in on a council tax row with defiant Labour authority leaders who called on Westminster to bypass devolution. Elsewhere, political reporters Abbi Garton-Crosbie and Steph Brawn take you through the headlines from FMQs, the reaction to plans for an Orange walk in Aberdeenshire and how a Glasgow Willy Wonka experience went viral.
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    52 mins
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