2 w. ago Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay aims to get party ‘back on the pitch’

Mr Findlay used his conference speech to set his party the target of winning more constituencies in next May’s Holyrood election.

Politics

2 w. ago SNP’s wish to ‘throw open our borders’ would risk security – Badenoch

The Scottish Government has long pushed for a shift on immigration.

Events

2 w. ago Badenoch to call for end to oil and gas windfall tax and ban on new licences

She will speak at her first Scottish Conservative conference since taking over as Tory leader.

Politics

2 w. ago SNP 'overlooking Scottish industry' as historic bus manufacturer threatens move to England

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said the English city had invested more in Scottish-built buses than the SNP Government.

Events

2 w. ago Scottish pensioners could be worse off than those in England and Wales after winter fuel payment U

The U-turn was confirmed on Monday

Economics

2 w. ago SNP came ‘frustratingly close’ to victory in Hamilton, says Swinney

The by-election was won by Scottish Labour’s Davy Russell.

Politics

3 w. ago Farage's Reform storms into Scottish politics as SNP flops, Tories fail and Labour pulls off shock win

Commentary: Reform shows it can compete north of the border too

Events

3 w. ago Labour byelection win shows ‘SNP’s balloon has burst’, says Anas Sarwar

Scottish Labour leader accuses SNP of misinformation in its campaign and attacks Reform’s ‘dirty’ tacticsUK politics live – latest updatesScottish Labour’s surprise byelection win proves “the SNP’s balloon has burst”, a jubilant Anas Sarwar has said, after the popular local candidate Davy Russell defied predictions to beat the incumbent Scottish National party and fight off Reform UK’s “racist” campaigning in the central Scotland seat of Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse.Sarwar told a victory rally in Hamilton town centre on Friday morning that Labour had proved everyone wrong following speculation that Reform UK might push it into third place, as the rightwing populist party gained ground in Scotland for the first time. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Nigel Farage's Reform storms into Scottish politics as SNP flops, Tories fail and Labour pulls off shock win

Commentary: Reform shows it can compete north of the border too

Events

3 w. ago Will the Reform surge storm Scotland? Nigel Farage's party 'vying with SNP' to win crunch Holyrood by

Scottish First Minister John Swinney said that the vote in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse seat was a 'two horse race' between his SNP and Nigel Farage's party.

Events

3 w. ago ‘Excessive workload’ means 44% of teachers work extra day every week, says union

A survey by the EIS found 44.3% of teachers work an additional seven hours – while 11.5% do an additional 15 hours each week.

Politics

3 w. ago SNP accused of 'student union politics' after refusing to fund Scottish shipbuilding training centre

SNP ministers refuse to allow public money to be spent on anything they class as "munitions" - despite the defence industry being a major employer north of the Border.

Politics