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Labour leader says party would ‘learn from SNP’ and run minority government

Scottish Labour would favour a minority administration at Holyrood as opposed to a coalition, the party’s leader has said. Anas Sarwar said Labour would “learn something from the SNP”, who ran a minority government between 2007 and 2011, before ...

18 Feb 2023 at 18:04

Voting against the Budget will be ‘albatross’ around Labour’s neck, says Swinney

Voting against the Scottish Government’s Budget will be an “albatross” around Labour’s neck, the First Minister has said, as he pledged to be the one “putting it there”. Finance Secretary Shona Robison published the Government’s draft Budget ...

09 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Scottish Labour to force vote on winter fuel payments

Scottish Labour will force a vote designed to re-design the Scottish Government’s winter fuel payments, despite them being cut because of a decision by the UK Government. Within weeks of taking office, Chancellor Rachel Reeves set off a ...

25 Nov 2024 at 17:07

Scotland

Scottish Labour begins candidate search ahead of 2026

Scottish Labour has started its search for candidates to stand in the 2026 Holyrood election. The party has opened its process for aspiring MSPs to submit declarations of interest ahead of the formal selection process beginning later ...

24 Oct 2024 at 00:01

Scotland

SNP poll lead shows I’m connecting with Scots – Swinney

The First Minister has said the SNP’s lead in a new poll shows his leadership is connecting with Scots. A Survation survey for Quantum Communications released on Wednesday, which spoke to 1,012 people between March 6 and 13, ...

19 Mar 2025 at 15:06

Scotland

Poll has strongest Scottish support recorded for Reform UK

Nigel Farage’s party Reform UK has recorded its highest level of support in a Scottish poll. Analysis of the Survation poll for Quantum Communications puts Reform on 14 seats if the results were replicated in next year’s ...

19 Mar 2025 at 12:20

Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay aims to get party ‘back on the pitch’

Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay has insisted his party can “get back on the pitch” as he set Conservatives the target of increasing their number of seats at Holyrood in next May’s election. Mr Findlay said some ...

14 Jun 2025 at 13:44

Scotland

Cancer Research UK calls for urgent action to save thousands of lives

New analysis from a leading cancer charity says that thousands of lives could be saved over the next 15 years if the next Scottish Government takes action. Campaigners from Cancer Research UK (CRUK) have urged ...

24 Sept 2025 at 14:01

Scotland

Swinney refuses to say if rebel Ewing should run in 2026 Holyrood election

John Swinney has refused to say if rebel backbencher Fergus Ewing should stand for the SNP in next year’s Holyrood election. The SNP leader and Scottish First Minister would only state that “democratic ...

17 Feb 2025 at 17:13

Scotland

SNP MSP Gordon MacDonald to step down ahead of 2026 Holyrood election

Gordon MacDonald has become the latest MSP to announce their intention to stand down ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election. The SNP MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands cited boundary changes and his age as his ...

28 Feb 2025 at 17:14

Scotland

Swinney: Scotland will have option of independence under my leadership

John Swinney has said that Scotland will have the option of independence as long as he is in charge. The SNP leader said taking Scotland out of the UK was the reason he got involved in politics more ...

12 May 2025 at 13:57

Scotland

2026 Holyrood vote could deliver ‘upset’ with rising support for Reform UK

Next year’s Holyrood elections could “deliver something of an upset” pollsters have said, amid rising support from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. When it comes to the regional list vote for the Scottish ...

08 Mar 2025 at 16:15

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