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Radio Scotland,23 Jan 2026,29 mins

Politics Show: Sarwar’s QEUH claims, assisted dying and ‘Salmond files’

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David, Natalie and Lynsey discuss Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar’s (pictured) calls for a criminal investigation into failures at an NHS hospital, how MSPs are shifting on Liam McArthur’s (also pictured) assisted dying proposals and the so-called ‘Alex Salmond files’. Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode of the Politics Show, recorded on Thursday 22 January, is hosted by David Wallace Lockhart, Lynsey Bews and Natalie Higgins. Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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