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‘Reform is an acute threat to Scottish self-government,’ says John Swinney

Polling puts Reform, led in Scotland by former peer Malcolm Offord, neck and neck with Labour for second place

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Politicians step up campaigning with one week to go until Holyrood ballot

Voters will elect 129 MSPs in next weeks Scottish Parliament elections, with polls tipping the SNP to once again be the largest party at Holyrood.

Evening Standard

Labour will show Scots ‘what change looks like’, vows Anas Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader is setting out his party’s plans for the first 100 days, if he can defeat the SNP in next week’s Holyrood election.

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Reform’s Scottish leader called ‘tone deaf’ after boasting about his houses, cars and yachts

SNP leader John Swinney suggests Malcolm Offord and other leaders should publish tax returns before 7 May

The Guardian - UK

Anas Sarwar blasts SNP ‘stunt’ as PM faces Commons sleaze inquiry vote

Mr Sarwar rejected calls from the SNP that he should order Scottish Labour MPs to support an inquiry into Sir Keir Starmer.

Evening Standard

Anas Sarwar challenged to order MPs to back inquiry into PM

MPs will vote on whether the Privileges Committee should carry out an inquiry into Sir Keir Starmer.

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SNP on course to be largest party but short of a majority, poll finds

Reform would replace the Tories as the opposition, the survey found, and force Labour into third place at Holyrood.

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Free bus travel to first-homes fund: what Scottish parties are promising on the campaign trail

Advent of Reform has radically altered the dynamics of the campaign and parties are responding accordingly

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Labour pledges to implement Equality Act ‘straight away’

The party said it would ‘remove all biologically male’ prisoners from women’s prisons within days of the election.

Evening Standard

Campbell likens Starmer to Bush as he warns of ‘dark place’ if Labour fails

Alastair Campbell said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer struggles to get his personality across.

Evening Standard

Former boss of HIV Scotland admits embezzling £5,000 from charity

Nathan Sparling, 35, spent the money on Ubers and Amazon deliveries for items including tech.

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Martin Compston joins John Swinney to warn of ‘significant threat’ from Reform

The actor campaigned for the SNP alongside the party’s leader in Greenock on Friday.

Evening Standard

‘This election is all to play for’: Can the Scottish Labour leader defy political gravity in May?

Anas Sarwar speaks to the Guardian about why he thinks the polls are wrong and how he hopes to end the SNP’s near 20-year dominance at Holyrood

The Guardian - UK

Martin Compston urges voters to back SNP to ‘keep Farage out of Scotland’

The Line Of Duty star accused Scottish Labour of wanting to do a deal with Reform UK after the Holyrood election.

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I want Reform to get ‘absolutely pumped’ in next month’s election – Anas Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader was again asked about claims he had approached Lord Malcolm Offord with an offer of working together to oust the SNP.

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No major boost for Scottish Labour since Sarwar urged PM to quit – pollster

Emily Gray of Ipsos Scotland also said while the SNP looks on course to win, voters ‘have pretty low expectations’ of the party.

Evening Standard

Sarwar continues to ‘stand by’ his call for Starmer to resign as PM

But the Scottish Labour leader insisted the Holyrood poll next month is not about judging the two-year-old Labour UK Government.

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Greens signal free buses and childcare as price for SNP deal at Holyrood

Co-leader Gillian Mackay suggested her party could be the SNP’s route to return to power but ruled out working with Labour.

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We would back Labour to oust SNP, says Lib Dem leader

Alex Cole-Hamilton however firmly ruled out working with Reform UK or the Tories.

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Swinney denies ‘running scared’ of defending record as he skips TV debate

The First Minister said he will be replaced on Question Time this week by Housing Secretary Mairi McAllan.

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Reform making ‘fake promises based on fantasy economics’, union boss warns

STUC leader Roz Foyer also described the feud between Scottish Labour and Reform as a ‘psychodrama’.

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Reform are ‘unedifying people’ and I hope they get ‘hammered’ at polls – Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader was speaking during a Holyrood election campaign visit to Glasgow on Tuesday.

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Elon Musk’s X ‘becoming very dangerous place’, says Nigel Farage

Mr Musk, the world’s richest man, acquired Twitter in 2022 before renaming it and reinstating many accounts that had been banned.

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Reform MSP called party’s Scottish leader ‘useless’, says Anas Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader said Graham Simpson was ‘very apologetic’ about a ‘racist’ attack ad from Reform.

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Vote for Scottish Labour not an endorsement of Starmer, says Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader called for the Prime Minister to resign last month.

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