23 m. ago Assisted dying terrifies me and MSPs must think again about supporting it

Writing for the Record, Scottish Labour MSP Pam Duncan-Glancy explains why assisted dying proposals leave her terrified

Events

6 h. ago Major crackdown on illegal vapes in Budget with criminals to face JAIL

Criminals flogging illegal vapes on Britain’s high street will face fresh fines and jail time in a major crackdown to be announce by Rachel Reeves in the Budget

Events

6 h. ago Criminals under 25 to face jail under crackdown plan backed by Scottish Labour

EXCLUSIVE: Scottish Labour will review anti-jail sentencing guidelines if they win in May.

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34 h. ago Why Scottish Labour should learn from Tories' mistakes and stop disowning Keir Starmer and co

Ruth Davidson’s Scottish Conservatives tried to distance themselves from Westminster, but voters didn’t like the disloyalty or the insincerity of ‘the Tories but not really’

Politics

39 h. ago I regret the suffering Covid inflicted, says Swinney ahead of inquiry report

The Scottish First Minister’s record during and since the pandemic was criticised by Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar.

Politics

52 h. ago Paternity leave in Scotland 'amongst the worst in Europe' as dramatic overhaul urged

Scottish Labour MP Graeme Downie says the system is limiting women and creating a huge societal imbalance

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3 d. ago As Mossmorran closes, have politicians learned any lessons at all from Grangemouth?

The closure does Labour and the SNP no favours ahead of next year’s Scottish Parliament election.

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3 d. ago UK asylum reforms will harm community cohesion, says Scottish minister

The plans have also been criticised by some Labour backbenchers.

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4 d. ago Shamed prison nurse speaks out for the first time about being 'caught' in Britain's biggest jail smuggling racket... and being 'infatuated' with a career criminal

Amy Hatfield, 40, used her trusted role as a mental health support worker to flood HMP Lindholme with £1million worth of contraband after becoming 'infatuated' with criminal Joseph Whittingham.

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4 d. ago Mahmood reveals asylum plan as Labour backlash grows over ‘dystopian’ immigration crackdown

Labour backbenchers accuse government of ‘chasing Reform’ with new measures

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4 d. ago Top Scottish Labour donor says UK Government 'getting it wrong' on the economy as tax rising Budget looms

EXCLUSIVE: The tycoon criticised Rachel Reeves' record on everything from inflation to unemployment.

Economics

4 d. ago YouGov poll: Fewer than one in five Labour voters in Scotland happy with UK government record

New polling lays bare the challenge facing Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar at Holyrood next year

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4 d. ago Labour mutiny at plan to take migrants' jewellery plunges crackdown into chaos: Home Secretary backpedals on tough Denmark

An overhaul Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has described as the biggest for a generation is at risk of unravelling even before she has formally unveiled it.

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4 d. ago Davy Russell: 'I knew I was going to win', says Scotland's newest MSP

The Scottish Labour MSP has also blasted the moniker of ‘invisible man’ as untrue.

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4 d. ago Unpaid women’s groups offer more effective opposition to the SNP than Scottish Labour

Anas Sarwar is failing to capitalise on John Swinney’s stance on trans-identifying males in prisons

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6 d. ago Scottish Labour source calls for Keir Starmer and "puppet master" Morgan McSweeney to leave No. 10

Senior party figures fear defeat in the Holyrood election unless there is a change of leadership.

Politics

7 d. ago The UK Budget must make life easier for working people by lowering energy bills

Writing for the Record, the Scottish Labour leader sets out what he hopes to see from Rachel Reeves' Budget statement later this month.

Economics

7 d. ago Anas Sarwar brands SNP 'economically illiterate' in clash over income tax rises

EXCLUSIVE: The Scottish Labour leader accused the SNP of "effectively arguing for a cut to its own budget".

Economics

7 d. ago Anas Sarwar demands Rachel Reeves uses Budget to finally scrap two

The Scottish Labour leader said Rachel Reeves had to deliver a Budget that "confronts child poverty".

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7 d. ago Wounded Keir Starmer needs a miracle as Labour infighting inflicts further blow to his credibility

Keir Starmer’s woes are setting Scottish Labour up for a particularly bad result at the Scottish Parliament elections in May

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