Full investigation into Mandelson needed after Epstein revelations – SNP MP Stephen Flynn has written to the Prime Minister’s ethics adviser Sir Laurie Magnus saying an urgent inquiry is needed. Evening Standard · Feb 2
Scottish young people save hundreds on bus travel compared with rest of UK All under-22s are entitled to free bus travel in Scotland. Evening Standard · Feb 2
Reform opens clear lead over Labour for second place in Holyrood vote – poll YouGov’s latest survey puts Reform on 20% in the constituency vote, Labour on 15%, and the SNP well ahead on 34%. Evening Standard · Jan 29
Swinney blasts Labour’s ‘betrayal’ as Waspi women again denied compensation Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney said it is ‘deeply regrettable’ women who lost out after state pension changes will not be compensated. Evening Standard · Jan 29
Holyrood election must be ‘referendum on SNP’s record’, says Liz Kendall The UK Science and Technology Secretary was speaking as she visited the site of Scotland’s first AI Growth Zone in Lanarkshire on Thursday. Evening Standard · Jan 29
Labour to stage Holyrood vote urging disclosure of hospital communications The party is lodging a motion calling on SNP ministers to publish and preserve all records connected to the handling of infection at the facility. Evening Standard · Jan 28
100 days to save NHS says Labour as parties set out Holyrood election stalls Voters in Scotland will go to the polls on May 7 – 100 days from Tuesday. Evening Standard · Jan 27
Reform says it would cut green policies to fund £2bn income tax cut in Scotland Party’s pitch to voters in May Holyrood elections dismissed as ‘profoundly unserious, almost comically so’ by head of IPPR Scotland The Guardian - UK · Jan 26
Offord announces £2bn in tax cuts if Reform win Holyrood election The Reform leader was speaking at an event in Renfrewshire. Evening Standard · Jan 26
Findlay: Swinney is grasping at straws over documents detailing Sturgeon probe The Scottish Tory leader accused the Scottish Government of being ‘addicted to secrecy’. Evening Standard · Jan 23
Wake up, Westminster: after May, the Scottish and Welsh parliaments will likely be for independence With Plaid Cymru and the SNP leading polls in their respective nations, can the United Kingdom continue in this – or any – form, asks Guardian columnist Will Hayward The Guardian - UK · Jan 22
Hard-working Scots left squealing from SNP’s high taxes, says Sir Tom Hunter The leading businessman also suggested independence could work if Scotland had a more competent government. Evening Standard · Jan 22
John Swinney urges Ofcom to reject STV plans to cut north of Scotland programme The First Minister said the proposals would ‘set a damaging precedent and accelerate the decline of public interest journalism in Scotland’. Evening Standard · Jan 21
World Cup boycott not the answer to Trump’s threats, says SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn said there needs to be serious and committed international dialogue with allies. Evening Standard · Jan 21
Evening Standard · Jan 19 Swinney: Holyrood’s days are numbered if Farage becomes prime minister The First Minister accused the Reform UK leader of holding Holyrood in contempt.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 19 Scottish health board admits hospital water system linked to fatal infections NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde makes last-minute U-turn in submission to hospitals inquiry
Evening Standard · Jan 18 Reform leader in Scotland says independence vote should be postponed for 10 years Speaking to the BBC Scotland Sunday Show, Lord Offord said that Nigel Farage ‘would not be dictating the policies’.
Evening Standard · Jan 18 John Swinney does not expect Sir Keir Starmer to still be in office at Christmas Mr Swinney suggested forthcoming elections in Scotland and Wales and local elections in England could put pressure on Labour.
Evening Standard · Jan 17 John Swinney: SNP Holyrood majority would warrant second independence referendum The First Minister also questioned the future of Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister.
Evening Standard · Jan 17 Number of SMEs in Scotland down since 2020, figures from Lib Dems show The data showed that since 2020, the number of SMEs in Scotland has fallen from 177,020 to 171,660 – a decline of 5,360.
Evening Standard · Jan 17 Labour government in Scotland would pose ‘threat to jobs’, SNP claims SNP economy spokesman Dave Doogan said unemployment has risen since Labour took office at Westminster.
Evening Standard · Jan 15 Tribunal nurse Sandie Peggie ‘has been through hell’, Kemi Badenoch says The Tory leader met nurse Sandie Peggie in Edinburgh on Thursday – and afterwards called on the UK Government to issue updated gender guidance.
Evening Standard · Jan 15 Holyrood poll is about who governs Scotland, not my performance – Keir Starmer The Prime Minister refused to say if his job could be on the line if Labour performs poorly in May.
Evening Standard · Jan 15 John Swinney under fire over ‘smallest tax cut in history’ after Scottish Budget The First Minister was challenged at Holyrood over income tax proposals in this week’s Scottish Government Budget.
The Independent UK · Jan 15 I am the ultimate leader says Farage, as Offord takes top job in Scotland The former Tory peer was announced as the head of Reform UK north of the border.