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Westminster chief and president say conference on outgoing leader’s strategy should be delayed UK politics live – latest news updatesNicola Sturgeon’s resignation could prompt a major rethink around her plans to fight the next UK general election as a …
Like ex-New Zealand PM, Scotland’s first minister speaks of duty to admit how ‘brutality’ of political life got to herShe was, she stressed, “a human being”, not just a politician. And as one who had wrestled with accepting she simply no longer had the…
Labour had been hoping to win 15 seats at the next general election but could now aim for double that number Senior figures in Scottish Labour have said Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation has opened an unexpected opportunity for the party to regain ground n…
From trusted deputy first minister John Swinney to Kate Forbes and Humza Yousaf, here are the possible names in the hatNicola Sturgeon has quit as Scotland’s first minister in a shock announcement at a press conference in Edinburgh.Sturgeon is the long…
Scottish National party leader says she no longer has stamina to carry on in pressured and demanding roleUK politics live – latest news updatesNicola Sturgeon has resigned as Scotland’s first minister in a surprise decision that has thrown the Scottish…
This blog has now closed, you can read more on this story hereRishi Sunak was at Stansted to welcome President Zelenskiy, he reveals. That explains how they are going to fit in a meeting before PMQs. (See 10.47am.) It is very unusual for a visting lead…
SNP MP for Glasgow South says he is victim of ‘sophisticated and targeted spear phishing’ attackAn SNP MP whose emails were hacked has spoken out because he fears they were stolen by a group linked to Russia and will be published.Stewart McDonald’s ema…
SNP politician and his wife claimed their daughter was denied a place because of her Muslim-sounding nameThe wife of Scotland’s health secretary has dropped legal action against a nursery the couple believed had discriminated against their daughter, al…
Stephen Flynn’s comments contrast with view of Westminster colleague Alyn Smith who said rebels should quit the partyScottish National party politicians’ opposition to gender recognition reform should be “respected like any other conscience issue”, acc…
Justice secretary pauses transfer of all transgender prisoners after outrage about rapist Isla Bryson being sent to an all-female prisonNo transgender prisoner with a history of violence against women will be accommodated in a women’s prison, Scotland’…