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Colin Lancaster, chief executive of the Scottish Legal Aid Board.

Scotland's Legal Aid Crisis

Colin Lancaster: ‘Legal aid helping more people – but system needs to change’
Colin Lancaster, chief executive of the Scottish Legal Aid Board writes for The Herald's legal aid series. Legal is is helping more people, but the system needs to change, he argues.

A group of survivors are using public art to highlight cases of childhood sexual abuse

A group of survivors are using public art to highlight cases of childhood sexual abuse

University of Glasgow reported to ombudsman over moving of child abuse exhibition

The National Care Service plans must not be scrapped, charities representing disabled Scots have warned. (Image: PA)

The National Care Service plans must not be scrapped, charities representing disabled Scots have warned. (Image: PA)

National Care Service

National Care Service 'tug of war' must end amid concerns Bill could be scrapped

Concerns as figures show women less likely to continue taking on legal aid

Concerns as figures show women less likely to continue taking on legal aid

Legal Aid Crisis

Scotland's Legal Aid Crisis

Concerns as figures show women less likely to continue taking on legal aid

Seasoned political commentator Bernard Ponsonby talks about The Herald Politician of the Year Awards

Seasoned political commentator Bernard Ponsonby talks about The Herald Politician of the Year Awards

Scottish Politician of the Year

Bernard Ponsonby: Politician of the Year is about communities and real people

First Minister John Swinney and Finance Minister Shona Robison

First Minister John Swinney and Finance Minister Shona Robison

Secretive Scottish Government's 'short-term' budgeting slammed by watchdog

Justice minister Siobhian Brown in her Scottish Parliament office

Justice minister Siobhian Brown in her Scottish Parliament office

'I can't do it on my own:' Minister urges lawyers to return to legal aid talks

Scottish kitchen and bathroom company opens new branch and targets growth

The link-up is looking to the future in the North Sea

The link-up is looking to the future in the North Sea

Funding boost for future of Scottish offshore wind industry

The guesthouse is on the market

The guesthouse is on the market

Guesthouse in ‘unspoilt’ setting on Scotland’s most famous tourist route on market

Mackie's head of sales Will Dixon (left) and managing director Stuart Common

Mackie's head of sales Will Dixon (left) and managing director Stuart Common

Food and drink business

Mackie's 'cognisant' of higher costs amid rising sales

Car loan scandal hits profits at Santander UK

Car loan scandal hits profits at Santander UK

Profits at Santander UK hit by growing car finance scandal

Shoppers in Glasgow's Argyle Street saturday.Pic Gordon Terris/The Herald/Sunday12/12/20

Shoppers in Glasgow's Argyle Street saturday.Pic Gordon Terris/The Herald/Sunday12/12/20

Scott Wright: Is it fair to hike business tax by billions of pounds?

Hospitality operators want action on business rates

Hospitality operators want action on business rates

Scottish hospitality industry slams 'unfair' system

Tomintoul master distiller Robert Fleming

Tomintoul master distiller Robert Fleming

Scotch whisky firm toasts master distiller with £10,000 malt

20/06/15.HAMPDEN - GLASGOW.Kenny MacAskill MSP speaks at this year's Supporters Direct Scotland conference at Hampden.. (52277291)

20/06/15.HAMPDEN - GLASGOW.Kenny MacAskill MSP speaks at this year's Supporters Direct Scotland conference at Hampden.. (52277291)

Legal Aid Crisis

As Justice Secretary, I cut legal aid, but we need to fund it before it’s too late

Our cartoonist Steven Camley's take on rise in inflation

Our cartoonist Steven Camley's take on rise in inflation

Our cartoonist Steven Camley’s take on rise in inflation

Scottish Government investment on legal aid trainees will be crucial to the profession's survival, Liam Kerr claimed.

Scottish Government investment on legal aid trainees will be crucial to the profession's survival, Liam Kerr claimed.

Legal Aid Crisis

Scotland's Legal Aid Crisis

Legal aid sector could 'fall over' without investment in trainees, ministers warned

The Scottish Government said in 2021 that the SQA would be

The Scottish Government said in 2021 that the SQA would be

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Will the new SQA "roadmap" for change take us down the same old road?

Jackie Baillie was the 2022 Scottish Politician of the Year.

Jackie Baillie was the 2022 Scottish Politician of the Year.

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The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year: the previous winners of the top prize

Ross Greer insisted this week that independence preparations must continue

Ross Greer insisted this week that independence preparations must continue

National government

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Rebecca McQuillan: Independence splits over Holyrood budget are an embarrassment

RoMaya Jey and Kyle Gardiner in rehearsals for Oor Wullie

RoMaya Jey and Kyle Gardiner in rehearsals for Oor Wullie

New stage show aims to give Oor Wullie the Barbie treatment

Mackie's landed products in an additional 1,000 UK stores this year, including Tesco

Mackie's landed products in an additional 1,000 UK stores this year, including Tesco

Business Insight

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Coolest summer in nine years fails to chill growth at Mackie's

Threave Garden and Nature Reserve

Threave Garden and Nature Reserve

This is one of the most species-rich nature reserves in Scotland

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah

The incredible life of Mohamed Salah - the world’s best-known Muslim player

Jenny Gilruth will not deliver an official statement to MSPs about the Higher History marking

Jenny Gilruth will not deliver an official statement to MSPs about the Higher History marking

'The public deserve clarity' - SNP slammed for refusing statement on SQA 'fiasco'

Green light for 850 homes in new coastal town

Green light for 850 homes in new coastal town

Business Briefing 📈

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Green light for 850 homes in new £1.3bn 'environmentally-friendly' Scottish town

Lee Anderson said: 'Once again the failed establishment are trying to go over the same arguments that they have already lost.'

Lee Anderson said: 'Once again the failed establishment are trying to go over the same arguments that they have already lost.'

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Ian McConnell: Home truths infuriate in-denial Brexiters

Orkney solicitor Serena Sutherland speaks on more Scots having to represent themselves in court

Orkney solicitor Serena Sutherland speaks on more Scots having to represent themselves in court

Legal Aid Crisis

Scotland's Legal Aid Crisis

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'I don't think there is anyone based in Shetland who does civil legal aid cases'

I spent a day shadowing a criminal legal aid lawyer. Here's what I learned.

I spent a day shadowing a criminal legal aid lawyer. Here's what I learned.

Legal Aid Crisis

Scotland's Legal Aid Crisis

I spent a day in Europe’s busiest court — Here’s what I learned

The civil legal aid sector faces an

The civil legal aid sector faces an

Legal Aid Crisis

Scotland's Legal Aid Crisis

Legal aid crisis leaving domestic abuse survivors without lawyers

30 solicitors have been unable to take on a young mother's legal case

30 solicitors have been unable to take on a young mother's legal case

Legal Aid Crisis

Scotland's Legal Aid Crisis

'It's a tragedy' The human cost of Scotland’s legal aid crisis: one mother’s story

People in many parts of Scotland are struggling to get lawyers who provide legal aid

People in many parts of Scotland are struggling to get lawyers who provide legal aid

Legal Aid Crisis

Scotland's Legal Aid Crisis

Explainer: Why are so many of Scotland's towns 'legal aid deserts'?

Poll: Most Scots want National Insurance to be devolved to Scottish Government

Poll: Most Scots want National Insurance to be devolved to Scottish Government

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Poll: Most Scots want National Insurance to be devolved to Scottish Government

A woman who faces 'debilitating' pain is calling on the Scottish Government to prioritise women's health as gynaecological waiting times increase.

A woman who faces 'debilitating' pain is calling on the Scottish Government to prioritise women's health as gynaecological waiting times increase.

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Woman in ‘debilitating’ pain demands Scottish Government tackle gynaecology waits

Scottish entrepreneur sells start-up after three years

Scottish entrepreneur sells start-up after three years

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Scottish entrepreneur, 30, sells firm he founded three years ago to major player

Farm overlooking famous Scottish lake for sale

Farm overlooking famous Scottish lake for sale

Hill farm overlooking Scotland’s only lake goes on market

Phillip White became chief executive of Benromach distillery owner Gordon & MacPhail group in April after working in sales and marketing for prominent drinks companies such as Bacardi

Phillip White became chief executive of Benromach distillery owner Gordon & MacPhail group in April after working in sales and marketing for prominent drinks companies such as Bacardi

Scotch whisky distiller laments Budget tax hikes amid pressure on sales

Lindsay Fraser and David Rigterink

Lindsay Fraser and David Rigterink

Scottish firm secures £5m in 'difficult market' for biotech funding

Work has begun at the site

Work has begun at the site

Work begins on new Scottish housing development

Kate Forbes has been shortlisted for The Herald's Politician of the Year Award.

Kate Forbes has been shortlisted for The Herald's Politician of the Year Award.

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Kate Forbes: Do not underestimate the threat of a successful woman

Glenn Campbell, BBC Scotland's political editor and the subject of the documentary, My Brain Tumour and Me. Picture: BBC

Glenn Campbell, BBC Scotland's political editor and the subject of the documentary, My Brain Tumour and Me. Picture: BBC

Unforgettable reporting from the front line of BBC man's cancer battle

You don't have to be miserable when you're saying goodbye to your holiday

You don't have to be miserable when you're saying goodbye to your holiday

Kerry Hudson: How to get rid of those end of holiday blues

Stuart Callison

Stuart Callison

Defibrillators and AEDs

Labour missed a chance to save lives – but it's not too late

Scottish Politician Of The Year shortlist revealed

Scottish Politician Of The Year shortlist revealed

Scottish Politician of the Year

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Swinney, Forbes and Sarwar to battle it out at Scottish Politician Of The Year

The new occupier has been revealed

The new occupier has been revealed

New occupier for long-vacant landmark Glasgow restaurant site

Mulberry has launched a drive to grow sales and cut costs under new chief executive Andrea Baldo

Mulberry has launched a drive to grow sales and cut costs under new chief executive Andrea Baldo

Mulberry cuts jobs after spurning takeover bid by Mike Ashley's Frasers Group

Author Douglas Skelton

Author Douglas Skelton

Danger lurks around every corner in Scottish author's immersive historical thriller

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EIF ascends under Benedetti – meanwhile, BBC Scotland are stuck relying on London

Cinch League 1 Football match between Alloa Athletic Football Club and Dumbarton Football Club, with Dumbarton winning 3 goals to 2.

Cinch League 1 Football match between Alloa Athletic Football Club and Dumbarton Football Club, with Dumbarton winning 3 goals to 2.

Historic Scottish football club collapses into administration

abrdn employs around 1,800 people in Scotland

abrdn employs around 1,800 people in Scotland

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Scottish investment giant shakes up leadership

Rare whisky series 'revives the spirit' of historic distilleries

Rare whisky series 'revives the spirit' of historic distilleries

Rare whisky series 'revives spirit' of historic distilleries

The plans have been brought forward

The plans have been brought forward

Business Briefing 📈

Plans for over 450 new homes at former Scottish steelworks site

Domestic abuse incidents recorded by the police in Scotland rises for the first time in three years.

Domestic abuse incidents recorded by the police in Scotland rises for the first time in three years.

New figures show 'utterly appalling' rise in domestic abuse in Scotland