{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_dn3222ahrcptfbcywwca","title":"SNP revealed bid to overhaul Scotland’s councils without proper plan, admits Deputy FM","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/snp-revealed-bid-to-overhaul-scotlands-councils-without-proper-plan-dn3222ahrc","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_dn3222ahrcptfbcywwca","seq":311817,"kind":"article","title":"SNP revealed bid to overhaul Scotland’s councils without proper plan, admits Deputy FM","url":"https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/16871592/snp-overhaul-councils-without-plan-admits-deputy-fm","summary":"JENNY Gilruth admitted Nats ministers unveiled their councils shake-up bid without a real plan. The Deputy First Minister was branded “clueless” after a BBC Scotland interview described as a “car crash”. It comes as Scotland’s 32 existing councils are set to be axed with six regional authorities and up to 160 tiny community bodies created....","published":"2026-09-27T22:28:19Z","seen":"2026-09-27T23:10:19Z","lang":"en","country":"GB","source":{"id":"kite-thescottishsun-co-uk-3ecbc0","name":"thescottishsun.co.uk","domain":"thescottishsun.co.uk","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q110863831","name":"The Scottish Sun","type":"newspaper","designations":["daily newspaper","newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-thescottishsun-co-uk-3ecbc0","authors":["Sarah Peddie"],"entities":[{"id":"Q501128","name":"single-nucleotide polymorphism","type":"org"},{"id":"Q22","name":"Scotland","type":"place"}],"image":"https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F09%2Fcrop-16871641.jpg?quality%3D90%26","story":"st_dn3222ahrcptfbcywwca","category":"politics","category_p":0.9100000262260437,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.6399999856948853,"political":0.9700000286102295}]}