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Nicola Sturgeon ‘hoping to have more fun’ as she steps down from high office

Nicola Sturgeon has said she is “hoping to have some more fun in life” as she prepares to step down as both SNP leader and Scottish First Minister. Ms Sturgeon said it was only now “at the age of almost 53, standing down from a lifetime in frontline ...

20 Mar 2023 at 17:33

Scotland

New first minister must lead a ‘climate parliament’, Greens say

The new first minister must lead “a climate parliament”, the leaders of the Scottish Greens have said amid the leadership race to replace Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader. The calls come on the day a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...

20 Mar 2023 at 00:01

I dare SNP candidates to put Tories in power after general election – Sarwar

Anas Sarwar has dared the SNP leadership candidates not to support a Labour minority government after the next general election. During a televised debate on Monday, Kate Forbes, Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf said the price of doing a deal that ...

15 Mar 2023 at 18:05

Forbes: Cabinet will be refreshed if I become first minister

SNP leadership contender Kate Forbes has said the Scottish cabinet will undergo a “refresh” if she is elected first minister. The MSP for Skye, Badenoch and Lochaber is competing against Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf to replace Nicola Sturgeon ...

15 Mar 2023 at 13:48

Scotland

Island communities ‘aggrieved’ that ferries remain undelivered – Forbes

Island communities feel “aggrieved” at the failure to deliver ferries which were promised years ago, Kate Forbes has said. The SNP leadership contender, who is the MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, said the situation around the ...

15 Mar 2023 at 15:03

Scotland

Leadership candidates demand SNP membership numbers are published

The three candidates vying to be the next SNP leader have called on the party to publish its current membership figures. Humza Yousaf, Kate Forbes and Ash Regan have all said the party must release details of how many people are ...

15 Mar 2023 at 17:40

Ash Regan to accept result of SNP poll despite rejection of vote edit suggestion

Ash Regan has said she will accept the outcome of the vote for the next SNP leader, despite the rejection of her suggestion for members to be allowed to edit their votes. The leadership candidate said she feels “vindicated” by ...

21 Mar 2023 at 09:03

Free football club memberships for underprivileged children, pledges Yousaf

SNP leadership candidate Humza Yousaf has pledged to give youngsters from deprived backgrounds free football club memberships if elected party leader and first minister. Speaking ahead of a visit to a football ground in ...

21 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Sturgeon: I was not out of step with Scottish public over gender reforms

Nicola Sturgeon said she would argue she was “not out of step” with the Scottish public around the issues of trans rights and the gender recognition act. Concluding a mammoth day of media rounds on Monday, the outgoing ...

20 Mar 2023 at 22:48

Amending gender reform Bill ‘would be dancing to Westminster’s tune’

Amending controversial gender reforms would be “dancing to Westminster’s tune”, Humza Yousaf has said as he clashed with fellow SNP leadership candidates on the issue. The UK Government for the first time used Section ...

20 Mar 2023 at 21:28

SNP must understand why 30,000 left party, say candidates

The SNP must understand why 30,000 members left the party in just over a year, two of the contenders to succeed Nicola Sturgeon have said. Membership figures released after pressure from all three candidates in the ...

20 Mar 2023 at 21:13

SNP leadership election is being conducted 100% properly, insists Swinney

The SNP leadership race is being conducted “100%” properly, Deputy First Minister John Swinney has said. Two of the three campaigns for the leadership – those of Kate Forbes and Ash Regan – have called for an ...

16 Mar 2023 at 09:54

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