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Leader looks to capitalise on Sturgeon’s departure, telling Scottish Labour conference he understands why faith in UK has been lostKeir Starmer has promised Scottish National party voters that Labour will shift power from London and “fix” Brexit, as he…
Isla Bryson case has led to climate of growing hostility towards trans people, say equality campaignersThe furore surrounding the placement of transgender offenders in Scottish prisons has sharpened personal safety fears across Scotland’s LGBTQ+ commun…
Deputy first minister calls for party to unite and ‘anchor SNP in mainstream of Scottish politics’UK politics live – latest news updatesJohn Swinney, Scotland’s deputy first minister and one of the SNP’s longest-serving senior figures, has called for t…
There is a sense of pride about the departing first minister in Govanhill, Glasgow, although some are less effusiveUnder sunless skies on Thursday, the residents of Nicola Sturgeon’s constituency and the community activists who have worked with her sin…
SNP politicians fear quarrel weighing on leadership contest, while any compromise could break coalition with GreensThe future of transgender rights in Scotland remains in limbo, as SNP politicians warn that a leadership contest must not become dominate…
SNP scraps conference on first minister’s proposal to use next general election as ‘de facto referendum’Senior figures in the Scottish National party believe Nicola Sturgeon’s shock resignation could delay their effort to stage another independence ref…
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…
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…