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![Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered the Spring Budget on Wednesday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17833186.jpg)
![Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered the Spring Budget on Wednesday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17833186.jpg)
FACT CHECK
![The McCrone Report marks its 50th anniversary today](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16476418.jpg)
![The McCrone Report marks its 50th anniversary today](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16476418.jpg)
FULL REPORT
![Last year's front page for our McCrone Report special](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17780613.jpg)
![Last year's front page for our McCrone Report special](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17780613.jpg)
![The National's fact checker looks at claims that Michael Gove's State of the Union paper has leaked online](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17726865.jpg)
![The National's fact checker looks at claims that Michael Gove's State of the Union paper has leaked online](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17726865.jpg)
FACT CHECK
![First Minister Humza Yousaf with his family outside Bute House](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17688127.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf with his family outside Bute House](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17688127.jpg)
FACT CHECK
![Nicola Sturgeon speaks at a Covid briefing in 2020](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17675816.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon speaks at a Covid briefing in 2020](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17675816.jpg)
FACT CHECK
![A number of claims made by senior Tories at the party's conference have been found to be false](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17296218.jpg)
![A number of claims made by senior Tories at the party's conference have been found to be false](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17296218.jpg)
FACT CHECK
![We fact-checked Penny Mordaunt's claims](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17204263.jpg)
![We fact-checked Penny Mordaunt's claims](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17204263.jpg)
FACT CHECK
![The National fact checks Douglas Ross's decriminalisation claims](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17144855.jpg)
![The National fact checks Douglas Ross's decriminalisation claims](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17144855.jpg)
FACT CHECK
![Douglas Ross has faced fierce criticism from the British Medical Association (BMA) after his comments](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17131086.jpg)
![Douglas Ross has faced fierce criticism from the British Medical Association (BMA) after his comments](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17131086.jpg)
FACT CHECK
![We fact-checked Rishi Sunak's claim](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17060482.jpg)
![We fact-checked Rishi Sunak's claim](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17060482.jpg)
FACT CHECK
![Orkney is looking to explore alternative forms of governance for the islands](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16962496.jpg)
![Orkney is looking to explore alternative forms of governance for the islands](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16962496.jpg)
FACT CHECK
![Nicola Sturgeon's SNP government brought in the Scottish Child Payment to tackle poverty](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16790711.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon's SNP government brought in the Scottish Child Payment to tackle poverty](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16790711.jpg)
FACT CHECK
![The claim in The Guardian was that 'on any standard ... Scotland under Sturgeon has not been well run'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16666080.jpg)
![The claim in The Guardian was that 'on any standard ... Scotland under Sturgeon has not been well run'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16666080.jpg)
![The famous Bealach na Ba road on the Applecross peninsula](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16503021.jpg)
![The famous Bealach na Ba road on the Applecross peninsula](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16503021.jpg)
COMMUNITY FOCUS
![A nuclear power station in Belgium, one of the countries which did not sign a letter urging the European Commission to classify nuclear as green energy](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16500905.jpg)
![A nuclear power station in Belgium, one of the countries which did not sign a letter urging the European Commission to classify nuclear as green energy](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16500905.jpg)
NUCLEAR CONVERSATION
![Independence is a necessity if all of Scotland's people are to benefit from our renewable energy wealth](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16516471.jpg)
![Independence is a necessity if all of Scotland's people are to benefit from our renewable energy wealth](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16516471.jpg)
COMMENT
![Scotland has](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16516358.jpg)
![Scotland has](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16516358.jpg)
COMMENT
![Scotland's energy secretary Michael Matheson has argued communities should have the right to benefit from local windfarms](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16515967.jpg)
![Scotland's energy secretary Michael Matheson has argued communities should have the right to benefit from local windfarms](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16515967.jpg)
INTERVIEW
![Orbital's 2MW O2 tidal turbine is anchored at the Fall of Warness, off Eday in Orkney](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16502074.jpg)
![Orbital's 2MW O2 tidal turbine is anchored at the Fall of Warness, off Eday in Orkney](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16502074.jpg)
SPECIAL REPORT
![Issue targeted campaign on renewables is missing from the independence debate](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16511361.jpg)
![Issue targeted campaign on renewables is missing from the independence debate](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16511361.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon checks out an onshore wind farm](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16294438.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon checks out an onshore wind farm](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16294438.jpg)
COMMENT
![Scotland needs independence to make money from its renewable energy sources](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12812994.jpg)
![Scotland needs independence to make money from its renewable energy sources](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12812994.jpg)
COMMENT
![Scotland has the potential to be energy-rich in renewables after ditching oil and gas](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15008681.jpg)
![Scotland has the potential to be energy-rich in renewables after ditching oil and gas](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15008681.jpg)
![Aberdeen is set to be transformed by its net zero plans](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16508005.jpg)
![Aberdeen is set to be transformed by its net zero plans](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16508005.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![Scotland is replete with renewable energy but Westminster is holding us back](/resources/images/128x89/1x/5662341.jpg)
![Scotland is replete with renewable energy but Westminster is holding us back](/resources/images/180x180/1x/5662341.jpg)
COMMENT
![The UK Government's decision to give the go-ahead for the UK's first new deep coal mine for 30 years in Cumbria has sparked opposition](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16507941.jpg)
![The UK Government's decision to give the go-ahead for the UK's first new deep coal mine for 30 years in Cumbria has sparked opposition](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16507941.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![Scotland has the potential to mine critical minerals essential for a clean energy future, according to experts](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16509121.jpg)
![Scotland has the potential to mine critical minerals essential for a clean energy future, according to experts](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16509121.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![In 1978 few people got to know about what went on at Westminster; only the highlights as selected by the Unionist media](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9843048.jpg)
![In 1978 few people got to know about what went on at Westminster; only the highlights as selected by the Unionist media](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9843048.jpg)
Letters
![Robert McKinlay pictured in Glasgow. Photo by Colin Mearns](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16504966.jpg)
![Robert McKinlay pictured in Glasgow. Photo by Colin Mearns](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16504966.jpg)
THE HUMAN COST
![How many oil and gas fields have successfully reached production in the North Sea?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14359567.jpg)
![How many oil and gas fields have successfully reached production in the North Sea?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14359567.jpg)
INTERACTIVE
![Scotland's remote and rural communities often rely on electricity for energy](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16504086.jpg)
![Scotland's remote and rural communities often rely on electricity for energy](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16504086.jpg)
![Transmission fees are payments paid to the National Grid by electricity generators in order to use the large and expensive transmission network](/resources/images/128x89/1x/15689145.jpg)
![Transmission fees are payments paid to the National Grid by electricity generators in order to use the large and expensive transmission network](/resources/images/180x180/1x/15689145.jpg)
Explainer
![We have fact checked a recent report which suggested independence could cost Scotland more than 250,000 jobs](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16502307.jpg)
![We have fact checked a recent report which suggested independence could cost Scotland more than 250,000 jobs](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16502307.jpg)
![Scotland's oil wealth greased the wheels of Margaret Thatcher's devastating transformation of Britain](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16499960.jpg)
![Scotland's oil wealth greased the wheels of Margaret Thatcher's devastating transformation of Britain](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16499960.jpg)
EXPLAINED
![Two offshore platforms in the Cromarty Firth, Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16500217.jpg)
![Two offshore platforms in the Cromarty Firth, Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16500217.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![Activists have been on the streets since the 1970s knowing Scotland was robbed](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16500233.jpg)
![Activists have been on the streets since the 1970s knowing Scotland was robbed](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16500233.jpg)
EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will hope the Brexiteers in his Tory Party will back his new deal](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16500018.jpg)
![Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will hope the Brexiteers in his Tory Party will back his new deal](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16500018.jpg)
REAL SCOTTISH POLITICS
![The McCrone report argued that the economic case for independence was transformed due to the level of oil in the North Sea](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9414220.jpg)
![The McCrone report argued that the economic case for independence was transformed due to the level of oil in the North Sea](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9414220.jpg)
MCCRONE REPORT
![The National’s new series will take an in-depth look at how the country has been held back by damaging Westminster policies - and future solutions](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16496014.jpg)
![The National’s new series will take an in-depth look at how the country has been held back by damaging Westminster policies - and future solutions](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16496014.jpg)
![Common Weal's book intelligently provides a bridge between head and heart for both undecided voters and activists.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16362316.jpg)
![Common Weal's book intelligently provides a bridge between head and heart for both undecided voters and activists.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16362316.jpg)
Review
![We fact-checked Oliver Dowden's claims](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16365124.jpg)
![We fact-checked Oliver Dowden's claims](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16365124.jpg)
FACT CHECK
![We Fact Check Robert Jenrick's claim about Scotland's share of asylum seekers](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16283819.jpg)
![We Fact Check Robert Jenrick's claim about Scotland's share of asylum seekers](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16283819.jpg)
FACT CHECK
![Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has been accused of sharing misleading figures over trade](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16118895.jpg)
![Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has been accused of sharing misleading figures over trade](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16118895.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak has been caught in a dodgy stat attack on Scotland over crime rates](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16089846.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak has been caught in a dodgy stat attack on Scotland over crime rates](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16089846.jpg)
FACT CHECK
![We've fact-cheacked economist Sir John Kay's claims about Scottish independence](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13884219.jpg)
![We've fact-cheacked economist Sir John Kay's claims about Scottish independence](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13884219.jpg)
fact check
![Tourists outside Buckingham Palace. File photo.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13850303.jpg)
![Tourists outside Buckingham Palace. File photo.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13850303.jpg)
![Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have both been hit with fines for breaking the law](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13675215.jpg)
![Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have both been hit with fines for breaking the law](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13675215.jpg)
![Would Babcock International retreat from Rosyth?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13483292.jpg)
![Would Babcock International retreat from Rosyth?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13483292.jpg)
FACT CHECK
![Former Labour minister Jack Straw claimed that the SNP government in Scotland takes 'more money from English taxpayers than English taxpayers get for themselves'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13435918.jpg)
![Former Labour minister Jack Straw claimed that the SNP government in Scotland takes 'more money from English taxpayers than English taxpayers get for themselves'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13435918.jpg)
FACT CHECK
![Guido Fawkes tried to fact check an SNP claim about the prevalence of Covid-19 in England and Scotland - and just embarrassed itself](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13360227.jpg)
![Guido Fawkes tried to fact check an SNP claim about the prevalence of Covid-19 in England and Scotland - and just embarrassed itself](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13360227.jpg)
the jouker
![The Tories claim they have delivered the fastest vaccine rollout in Europe](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13302760.jpg)
![The Tories claim they have delivered the fastest vaccine rollout in Europe](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13302760.jpg)
FACT CHECK
![SNP president Michael Russell wants to see Scotland take the first steps to being a wellbeing nation](/resources/images/128x89/1x/8483949.jpg)
![SNP president Michael Russell wants to see Scotland take the first steps to being a wellbeing nation](/resources/images/180x180/1x/8483949.jpg)
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