Scotland has one of the largest deficits in the Western world
It’s that time of year again: GERS day – when Scotland’s annual fiscal health is laid bare – has come…
Is Nicola Sturgeon liberated or lost?
Nicola Sturgeon isn’t someone for whom oversharing comes naturally. Throughout her career, she has regularly been labelled ‘dour’ or ‘frosty’…
Kate Forbes: I am not a quitter
Kate Forbes’s announcement on Monday that she would be standing down as an MSP next year caught most people –…
The ghost of Sturgeon looms large over the SNP
Nicola Sturgeon may be stepping down as an MSP next year, but that doesn’t mean she’s done with Scottish politics.…
Why Kate Forbes is standing down
A year is a long time in politics. Just over 12 months ago, Kate Forbes MSP was made Deputy First…
Could the Scottish Tories do a deal with Reform?
It’s not a good time to be a Scottish Conservative. While the SNP has seen a bounce in the polls…
Green party leadership contest heats up as ballot opens
Today, Green party members can begin voting for their next party leader – or leaders – as ballots in the…
Will the SNP get another independence referendum?
Tumult, turmoil, chaos: select as appropriate how best to describe the last two years for the Scottish National party. Nicola…
Questions remain about Farage’s crime crackdown
As Keir Starmer prepared to meet Donald Trump at his Scottish golf course this afternoon, Nigel Farage kept himself busy…
Doctors’ strike on as Streeting fails to win over the BMA
Despite Health Secretary Wes Streeting’s efforts, the British Medical Association (BMA) has announced this afternoon that the doctors’ strikes are…
Can Wes Streeting avert the junior doctors’ strike?
In just a few days, doctors across England will stage strikes for five days. Hospitals are preparing for staff shortages…
Scottish Greens publish Holyrood candidate list amid party infighting
As the 2026 Holyrood election looms, parties are scrambling to get their candidate lists finalised. Today the Scottish Greens have…
Why shouldn’t 16-year-olds get the vote?
On 18 September 2014, Scotland went to the polls to decide its future in the United Kingdom. While the outcome…
Physician associates must be better regulated
Recent years have seen an explosion of a new kind of medical role across the NHS: physician’s associates (PAs). Yet…
Starmer announces ‘one in, one out’ migrant deal
After days of intense discussions and slightly-less-intense boozy dinners, Keir Starmer has struck a ‘one in, one out’ migration deal…
Victims of the infected blood scandal are waiting too long for compensation
Infected blood victims have been ignored, inquiry chair Sir Brian Langstaff told survivors and their families at London’s Westminster Chapel…
Labour’s 10-year NHS plan is full of promise – and hurdles
Labour’s decision to launch its 10-year health plan at the Sir Ludwig Guttmann centre in Stratford this morning made sense…
MPs vote to decriminalise abortion
MPs have voted to make the biggest change to abortion laws in 50 years this evening, backing the decriminalising of…
Swinney stages reshuffle amid SNP infighting
It’s a busy day in politics and the SNP is keen not to be left out of the action. As…
Nigel Farage’s grand plan to reindustrialise Wales
‘Our ambition is to reindustrialise Wales,’ Reform’s Nigel Farage announced to a small room lit up with turquoise lights at…
Scottish Labour wins Hamilton in spite of Starmer
In the early hours of this morning, Scottish Labour won the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election in a three-way contest…
Winter fuel payments will be reinstated this year, Reeves insists
Labour’s winter fuel payment cut has proven one of the most controversial policies brought in by the party since it…
No one won the Hamilton by-election debate
‘How useful are TV debates anyway?’ a Labour figure scoffed when I asked why their candidate in the Hamilton by-election…
Reform’s Scottish surge continues
Nigel Farage’s first trip to Scotland in six years hasn’t lacked drama. In Aberdeen this morning, the Reform UK leader…
Can Scotland learn to love Farage?
There’s not much that’s green in Larkhall, Scotland. So staunchly Protestant unionist is the ex-mining town in South Lanarkshire that…
