The Latest Breaking News from Kate Forbes

Kate Forbes announces bid to become SNP leader

The MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch announced her bid via Twitter on Monday morning.

Daily Record · Feb 20, 2023

SNP: Kate Forbes enters leadership race as Angus Robertson bows out

32-year-old says she does not support self-ID and would have voted against same-sex marriage

The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2023

Forbes kicks off bid to lead Scotland, would have opposed gay marriage

(This Feb. 20 story has been refiled to correct a typo in paragraph 3)

Reuters · Feb 20, 2023

Kate Forbes expected to announce if she will enter SNP leadership race on Monday

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced her resignation last week.

The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2023

SNP members told to 'grow up' by former minister Jeane Freeman as party leadership race heats up

Jeane Freeman hit out at her colleagues in the SNP who she claimed were engaged in "infighting" as the race to replace Nicola Sturgeon heats up.

Daily Record · Feb 19, 2023

Jeane Freeman tells 'self-indulgent' SNP colleagues to 'grow up'

FORMER Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman has called for her party to “grow up” as the SNP heads into its first full leadership election in…

The National (Scotland) · Feb 19, 2023

SNP members urged to ‘grow up’ and keep leadership debate respectful

Jeane Freeman, the former health secretary, has hit out at infighting as the race to succeed Nicola Sturgeon gets under way.

The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2023

Claims of Kate Forbes stitch-up are 'nonsense', says SNP President

SNP President Mike Russell has rubbished claims of a plot against Kate Forbes becoming leader of the party.

The National (Scotland) · Feb 19, 2023

SNP 'lurching to the right would be game over', warns party policy chief

THE SNP lurching to the right “even by an inch” on social issues or the economy under a new leader would mean “game over”, according to the…

The National (Scotland) · Feb 19, 2023

Our new First Minister has not only to reunite the SNP, but reunite Scotland too

The most important job will be to rally the country around a vision for the future which we can all believe in, writes Mail Opinion.

Daily Record · Feb 19, 2023