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Former first minister says she ‘will get on with her job’ in statement outside Glasgow home raided by police last weekNicola Sturgeon has pledged to “fully cooperate” with police after the arrest of her husband, the SNP’s former chief executive, during…
Party president Mike Russell also says he does not think independence can be achieved ‘right now’A senior figure in the Scottish National party has said the party faces its biggest crisis in 50 years, amid a police investigation into its finances.Mike …
Labour is pouring resources into Rutherglen and Hamilton for expected contest that could be ‘tipping point in Scottish politics’It was a small but deliberate act by Humza Yousaf, Scotland’s new first minister, a politician increasingly keen to distance…
Judge says Sean Hogg, 17 when he committed the crime and now 21, would have been jailed if he had been over 25 Campaigners and politicians have expressed outrage after a man who raped a 13-year-old girl in a Scottish park when he was 17 was not given a…
Only 18 of 382 councils have minimum gender representation parity, say equality charitiesThe vast majority (95%) of local authorities across the UK are dominated by men, while only just over a third of local councillors are women, according to figures …
Former Scottish first minister says she needed more privacy and accounts of her life on social media were ‘much more glamorous and exciting’ than realityThe former first minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, has said the need to seek more privacy in t…
Possibility of byelection in Rutherglen and Hamilton West after sanctions recommended for MP who took train in 2020 despite positive test Politics live – latest updatesAn MP who broke Covid rules in the early stages of the pandemic is facing a 30-day s…
Latest updates: former business secretary says postponing decision about rise in state pension is ‘a decision in itself’Starmer says Labour would freeze council tax for next year if it were in power, he says. (See 9.13am.)This is similar to an approac…
New first minister announces appointments as he seeks to move past divisive leadership contestScotland’s new first minister, Humza Yousaf, has revealed a majority-female cabinet, with half its members under the age of 40, as his attempts to unite the p…
Yvette Cooper criticises announcement as immigration minister says asylum seekers may also be housed on shipsEagle how the pay settlement for health workers will be funded.Hunt says, as with all pay settlements, departments fund them from the money the…