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Scotland politics

Page last updated at 09:02 GMT, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 10:02 UK

Ian Robertson
By-election nominations to close
Nominations are set to close for the Glasgow East by-election as party campaigning for the seat gathers pace.
Parties vie for by-election votes
Curran takes on by-election fight
SNP launches by-election bid

Jeremy Purvis Purvis out of Lib Dem leader race
Borders MSP Jeremy Purvis decides not to mount a bid to become next Scottish Lib Dem leader.

Doctor Private firms face Scots GP block
Ministers in Scotland plan to close a "legal loophole" in the GP contract that allows private firms to run surgeries.


SCOTTISH VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS
Your views Glasgow East: Your views
GP Private firms face GP block

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Medical money Quality care
Does the Scottish NHS trump the English version?
Number one dockyard in Rosyth Rosyth revival
What the aircraft carrier contracts mean to workers
Nicol Stephen 'Mr Nice'
A profile of resigned Lib Dem leader Nicol Stephen

MORE STORIES
Cameron focuses on 'social decay'
Plans to extend free bus travel
Labour by-election 'lost weekend'
POLITICAL GUIDES
Cabinet and ministers at-a-glance
Labour front bench at-a-glance
Tory front bench at-a-glance
Lib Dem front bench at-a-glance

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Scottish Parliament building Decision time
How MSPs voted in the Scottish Parliament
Andrew Black Shaping Scotland
Covering the new politics of a changed nation
Map of Scotland Party landscape
MSP and council representation in your area
OTHER POLITICAL STORIES
Curran takes on by-election fight
Council 'could shed 1,000 jobs'
Trump rejection 'would be tragic'
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Peter Donnelly University move for deputy medical chief

BRIAN TAYLOR'S BLOG
For pity's sake, did nobody in Scottish Labour think to ask the putative candidate, in considerable detail, whether he was ready to step up to the plate?
Brian Taylor, BBC Scotland political editor


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