The Latest Breaking News from Holyrood

SNP scraps conference on first minister’s proposal to use next general election as ‘de facto referendum’

Councillor Rooney has warned that, without further funding from Holyrood, the local authority will face savage cuts that impact key services if it’s forced to close the gap by March.

Labour Party mulling over the opportunity Ms Sturgeon’s departure could present at the next UK-wide election

Potential candidates to succeed the outgoing First Minister include Angus Robertson, Kate Forbes and John Swinney

The Labour Party mulled over the opportunity Ms Sturgeon’s departure could present it at the next UK-wide election.

Michael Russell, the party’s president, said he expected the SNP leadership election to be a ‘contested election’.

The First Minister dropped a political bombshell when she announced her sudden resignation.

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon said the outgoing First Minister had a mixed record on the areas she had responsibility for.

When Jacinda Ardern resigned as New Zealand’s prime minister a few weeks ago, Nicola Sturgeon assured voters she still had plenty left in the tank. Yet apparently, Scotland’s first minister had been thinking about her own future for some time. She said so in her resignation speech on Wednesday, which…