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Scottish Conservatives offer ‘real alternative’ to SNP, Douglas Ross to say

The Scottish Conservatives offer a real alternative to the “failing SNP Government”, the party’s leader will say in a keynote conference speech. Speaking at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham on Monday, Douglas Ross will say large parts ...

03 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Douglas Ross: U-turn on top rate of income tax ‘the right decision’

Abandoning a plan to abolish the 45p top rate of income tax for the highest earners is “the right decision” by the Chancellor, Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has said. He told a fringe event at the Conservative Party conference in ...

03 Oct 2022 at 18:48

Scotland

Cost of living crisis becoming an emergency, warns Blackford

The cost of living crisis is quickly becoming an emergency, SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford has said. He has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak calling for more action to tackle rising bills. The letter, ...

06 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Scottish Tories: SNP is ‘levelling down’ Scotland by not tackling inequality

The SNP has been accused of “levelling down” the country by “failing to tackle inequality and deliver equal opportunity”. The Scottish Conservatives said there is a “growing chasm” between those in the most and least deprived parts of ...

25 Apr 2022 at 01:25

Sunak urged to help those facing ‘poverty and hardship’ with emergency budget

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is being urged to set out an emergency budget to help millions across the UK who face being “plunged into poverty and hardship” as a result of the cost of living crisis. SNP MP Alison Thewliss demanded action ...

03 Apr 2022 at 01:25

Alison Thewliss and Stephen Flynn in running to be new SNP leader at Westminster

SNP MPs will choose a new Westminster leader on Tuesday after Ian Blackford said he would step down. The current incumbent announced last week he would not stand again to lead the party in the Commons, with deputy leader Kirsten ...

06 Dec 2022 at 09:13

Stephen Flynn announces bid to be SNP’s next Westminster leader

SNP MP Stephen Flynn has launched a bid to become the party’s next Westminster leader. Mr Flynn, who has represented Aberdeen South since 2019, announced his candidacy on his Twitter account on Sunday evening. The news comes ...

04 Dec 2022 at 21:07

Sarwar: Scottish Labour opposed to two-child cap despite Starmer stance

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has said his party is against the two-child benefit cap despite UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer saying a government he leads would not scrap the policy. Sir Keir told the BBC on Sunday ...

17 Jul 2023 at 17:09

Pilot drug consumption room must follow report recommending it, says SNP MP

The UK Government must not ignore a Westminster report calling for safe drug consumption rooms to be piloted in Scotland, an SNP MP has warned. Glasgow Central MP Alison Thewliss has been campaigning for safe spaces for ...

31 Aug 2023 at 09:16

Scotland

SNP demands end of ‘unnecessary suffering’ caused by two-child benefit cap

The SNP has called for “unnecessary suffering” caused by the two-child benefit cap to end seven years on from its introduction. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been urged to reflect on the damage critics say the policy ...

06 Apr 2024 at 00:01

I’m exhausted by nationalism, says MP who defected from SNP to Tories

Dr Lisa Cameron, who quit the SNP for the Tories, has said she and Scotland are “exhausted by nationalism”. Dr Cameron caused a stir when she defected last week, after claiming she had been ostracised by SNP ...

19 Oct 2023 at 13:05

Scotland

Hundreds march in Glasgow in pro-independence rally

Hundreds of Scots marched through Glasgow’s city centre in support of the independence movement. Pro-independence backers gathered at Kelvingrove Park on Saturday to take part in the March for Independence ...

04 May 2024 at 14:14

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