Scottish Politics

Census staff to visit stragglers as deadline looms

CENSUS staff are to ramp up doorstep visits as the revised deadline for completing the survey approaches after already helping 1million households.

Sturgeon defends US trip after 'indy tour' jibes

PREMIUM Revealed: How SNP votes slumped on Scottish islands amidst lifeline ferry crisis

Pupil behaviour 'the worst it's been in years and driving teachers away'

PREMIUM Unspun: the political diary

Updated Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf condemn Israeli police attack at journalist's funeral

PM fails to apologise face-to-face to Nazanin for blunder in her case

Mass resignation over Labour byelection 'stitch-up'

DUP accused of 'shameful' blocking of Stormont

PREMIUM Auditor General hints at need for police probe into college fraud claims

Jeremy Hunt signals he's ready for Tory leadership run

MSPs warned debates must remain respectful even when heated

Swinney confirms he gave vital 'budget approval' to disastrous CalMac ferries deal

PREMIUM Tom Gordon: Starmer’s Beergate gamble won’t shift how voters see him

Ministers offer compromise on Holyrood 'power grab' Bill

SNP External Affairs Secretary: 'Work ongoing to re-secure access to Erasmus'

PREMIUM Education Secretary urged to intervene as colleges brace for fresh strikes

PREMIUM Brexit: SNP ministers accused of 'shelving' plans for Erasmus replacement

SNP let sex-row MP remain chief whip despite need for conduct training

SNP MP says money not wasted on CalMac ferries fiasco and boats only 'a little late'

A&E waits improve overall, but extreme delays on the rise

Starmer: I'll resign as Labour leader if fined for a lockdown breach

Updated Sturgeon to promote Scotland's global aims in US ahead of Indyref2

Starmer 'considering resignation promise' as Beergate row intensifies

Nicola Sturgeon to launch indyref2 push as poll shows 55 per cent support vote

PREMIUM 'SNP are managing decline and not tackling root problems before indyref2'

Unspun: the political diary

PREMIUM Tom Gordon: Scottish Tories lose their grip on the Union card as Ross loses the plot

Johnson accused of putting off voters as Tories down hundreds of council seats

Local elections LIVE: Updates as results come in across Scotland

Women return to Scotland's only all-male council

Salmond says 'undaunted' Alba will carry on despite back-to-back flops

Alba boss defeated as Salmond's party set for fresh humiliation

Former Orange Order leader elected for Scottish Labour

Counts to begin for Scotland’s 32 local authorities

Local elections LIVE: Updates as Scots go to the polls

'It's deeply worrying': SNP warned over cash cuts for schools in deprived areas

Scots go to the polls as local elections get underway

PREMIUM Labour urges voters to cut the strings off ‘SNP puppets’ today

PREMIUM The smart way to a new Scots currency after independence

Sturgeon denies being out of touch despite £200k household income

Labour in bid to force Scottish Government to compensate striking miners

Most Scots don't believe Sturgeon's Indyref2 plan

New poll points to election setback for Douglas Ross and Scottish Tories

Police Scotland officer numbers fall below 17,000 for first time in 14 years

Updated Chair of £2bn state bank refuses to tell MSPs why ex-CEO left with £117K

Worst monthly A&E waiting time figures since SNP came to power

Updated Jim McColl: Nicola Sturgeon’s claim about ferries yard ‘is a lie’

Ross says Johnson should stay in No 10 even if election goes badly

First Minister 'carefully considering' ruling on independence legal advice

SNP finding it 'difficult' to persuade women to become candidates

Anas Sarwar plays down chances of Labour revival at council election

Updated Sturgeon refuses to define what a 'woman' is

Sturgeon: Ukraine war will not stop us ditching Trident