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JOHN Swinney drew applause from a live TV audience when he set out why he believed in the right to fight for a second referendum...

In one of the last in a string of special election broadcasts, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Labour leader Keir Starmer, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey and Scotland’s first minister, the SNP leader John Swinney, have faced questions from a live audience on BBC Question Time.

PM’s campaign woes in the spotlight as a BBC Question Time audience grilled him on the betting scandal engulfing members of his inner circle

PM suggests curbs on finance or driving licences for 18-year-olds who refuse service during challenging Question Time leaders’ special

Keir Starmer, John Swinney, Rishi Sunak and Ed Davey took questions from the public on Thursday. We examine their claims on hospital backlogs, Lib Dem policies and Brexit

His appearance was the moment the Question Time audience had been waiting for: to give the Tories a kicking

Rishi Sunak backed the “full force of the law” being thrown against any Tory figures if they were found to have illegally bet on the election day as the row threatened to inflict another blow on his struggling campaign.

Prime minister says suspects must face ‘full force of law’ if found guilty; Labour, SNP and Lib Dem leaders speak during programme

THE BBC received more than 100 complaints accusing the broadcaster of “bias against Kate Forbes and the SNP” following an episode of Question…

In Scotland there remains a faith in left-of-centre, green policies. The question is who will best deliver them, says journalist and campaigner Lesley Riddoch

SCOTTISH Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie has questioned the process of using a majority of seats at Westminster as a mandate for independence.