The Latest Breaking News from Ash Regan

Regan said her plan to achieve independence is a “voter empowerment mechanism” and that it is “slightly” different from the de facto plan

The SNP contender will go forward to the membership ballot alongside Kate Forbes and Humza Yousaf.

MSP quit her role as community safety minister in 2022

Rishi Sunak would be expected to hold final discussions with Ursula von der Leyen before making any formal announcement

The SNP will launch her campaign for the party leadership later on Friday.

NOMINATIONS for the SNP leadership race will close on Friday, with three candidates expected to be put to the membership.

Three candidates will fight it out to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as Scotland's next leader, with the winner facing the daunting task of uniting a country divided over its future and a party fracturing over how to pursue another independence vote.

Nearly one-third Scots favoured Forbes, putting her ahead of rivals Humza Yousaf and Ash Regan

EXCLUSIVE: A senior SNP source told the Record that up to six MSPs would struggle to vote for Forbes even if she became SNP leader.

THE first poll of the views of SNP​ voters on their party’s leadership contest has found most don’t know who they will back – but there is…

Nicola Sturgeon’s successor will be announced on March 27.