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Opposition parties ensure outgoing SNP leader’s last FMQs session is rowdy and heated Nicola Sturgeon endured a series of attacks on her record when she faced opposition leaders during a rowdy and heated final parliamentary session as first minister.Wi…
In final speech as leader, Scottish first minister says contest ‘is an unusual process for the SNP but it’s essential and it’s healthy’Nicola Sturgeon has claimed the crisis surrounding the Scottish National party’s “fractious” leadership battle is a n…
Key resignations, ideological conflicts and drop in membership numbers have left the SNP close to collapseThey are phrases the Scottish National party once happily used as attack lines against the Conservatives and Labour: “tremendous mess”, “unedifyin…
Former prime minister has submitted dossier defending his behaviour before televised grilling on WednesdayDowning Street has rejected a claim that government announcements are being held back this week because of all the media attention that the Boris …
In wake of chief executive’s resignation, Scottish finance secretary says decisions being taken by ‘too few people’Scottish National party members feel disempowered and in doubt about whether their party is genuinely democratic, Kate Forbes, one of the…
Departure of Murrell, husband of Nicola Sturgeon, comes day after media chief quitThe chief executive of the Scottish National party has resigned with immediate effect as an escalating row over party membership figures engulfs the party’s senior echelo…
Murray Foote had described the reports, later revealed to be fact, as ‘drivel’ but opposition parties say he is ‘fall guy’ for hierarchyThe head of communications for the Scottish National party has resigned amid an escalating row over membership figur…
Downing Street reveals cost of improved pay offer for nurses and paramedics but will not say where the money will come fromDowning Street says the improve pay offer for health workers in England announced yesterday will cost around £4bn.At the morning …
Membership of 72,186 announced after sustained pressure to release figuresThe Scottish National party has revealed that the total number of members eligible to vote in its leadership contest has fallen to 72,186 – a significantly reduced total than pre…
The battle to replace Nicola Sturgeon is dividing the SNP and growing increasingly bitter, reports Libby BrooksWhen Nicola Sturgeon announced her imminent departure from the leadership of the Scottish National party, she assured her supporters that the…