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Labour’s Anas Sarwar has branded failures at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) as “the biggest scandal in the history of the Scottish Parliament”.

Lisa Summers (pictured), who investigated design flaws at the hospital for a BBC documentary, explains what we’ve learned from the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry as it hears closing arguments.

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Laura Miller and Martin Geissler.

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Last month, the Scottish Government dropped plans to reduce the national speed limit on single carriageway roads after an external consultation demonstrated it was unpopular.

The BBC’s David Henderson, Martin and Natalie discuss whether we take speeding seriously enough and how safe Scotland’s roads are.

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler and Natalie Higgins.

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Campaigners For Women Scotland (pictured) are taking the Scottish Government to the Court of Session over where transgender prisoners are housed.

We ask legal expert Dr Nick McKerrell from Glasgow Caledonian University whether John Swinney’s government is respecting the Supreme Court ruling on women and sex.

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Natalie, David and Phil discuss Robert Jenrick's defection to Reform, the fallout from the Scottish Budget and Holyrood's new cocktail menu.

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode of the Politics Show is hosted by David Wallace Lockhart, Natalie Higgins and Phil Sim.

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Nigel Farage has made Malcolm Offord Reform UK’s new leader in Scotland ahead of the Holyrood election.

We ask the BBC's David Wallace Lockhart whether Farage's political priorities align with Offord's.

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Laura Miller and Martin Geissler.

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The Scottish Budget for 2026/27 includes measures to boost after-school care and provide breakfast clubs in all primary schools – but no new childcare funding.

Carole Erskine from campaigning charity Pregnant Then Screwed explains why she believes the 'hugely expensive' cost of childcare is pushing mothers out of the workforce.

And have we been pronouncing Shona Robison’s name correctly?

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Laura Miller and Natalie Higgins.

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Finance Secretary Shona Robison (pictured) has outlined the Scottish Government's draft Budget for 2026/27.

David Wallace Lockhart and Professor Mairi Spowage from the Fraser of Allander Institute react to the key announcements ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election.

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler and Natalie Higgins.

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Ministers are warning of 'tough choices' on tax and spending ahead of finance secretary Shona Robison’s (pictured) Scottish Budget.

We ask the BBC’s Lynsey Bews about rumours of a tax cut for higher earners and why Scottish Labour’s Anas Sarwar (also pictured) says he won’t be blocking the SNP’s plans.

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler and Natalie Higgins.

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Natalie, Paris and Phil discuss Anas Sarwar and Scottish Labour's Holyrood election strategy, Justice Secretary Angela Constance's breach of the ministerial code and the prospect of a new Reform leader in Scotland.

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode of the Politics Show is hosted by Natalie Higgins, Paris Gourtsoyannis and Phil Sim.

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Dundee University has been bailed out of financial collapse, Edinburgh University is in the middle of £140m in cuts, and now staff at Aberdeen, Heriot-Watt, Stirling and Strathclyde uni are being balloted on strike action over job cuts.

Professor Sir Peter Mathieson, principal of Edinburgh Uni, tells us that the future of Scotland’s universities is in danger without radical change to the way they are funded. Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast.

This episode is hosted by Laura Miller and Martin Geissler.

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