The Latest Breaking News from Westminster

It’s decision time for Europe — we must back Zelensky to the hilt

For many on Wednesday, standing in Westminster, listening to President Zelensky address the crowd, beams of sunlight filtering through the high windows, it was an historic occasion. Later this month marks one year of Ukrainian blood being split, their women brutalised, civilians tortured, their cities flattened and husbands and brothers…

Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2023

‘Let’s not be the generation that blew it’: SNP MP rejects de facto referendum plan

AN SNP MP has warned a de facto referendum is a “deficient mechanism” for settling the future of Scotland and has called for a focus on…

The National (Scotland) · Feb 7, 2023

Former Record reporter Torcuil Crichton set to become Labour candidate in Na h-Eileanan an Iar

Crichton, who served as the Record's Westminster editor until last year, is expected to be Labour's choice in a seat currently held by the SNP.

Daily Record · Jan 30, 2023

Scots suffer 'devastating' fall in wages since Tories took power at Westminster

Wages in Scotland have fallen by as much as 14 per cent on average since 2010 when inflation is taken into account.

Daily Record · Jan 8, 2023

MPs and staff moved to warmer offices as Parliament struggles to cope with freeze

Heating systems have been struggling to cope with the cold weather in parts of the creaking Westminster estate - with some staff and MPs being offered portable heaters and relocation to other parts of the building

Daily Mirror · Dec 14, 2022

Talk of pro and anti-Sturgeon split in SNP 'complete fiction', MP says

TALK of a divide in the SNP between "Sturgeon loyalists and Sturgeon sceptics" is a “complete fiction” pushed by the party’s…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 7, 2022

Aberdeen MP elected new SNP leader at Westminster

Stephen Flynn, 34, who won seat in 2019, expected to seek more independence from party’s Edinburgh leadership

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2022

Stephen Flynn elected SNP Westminster leader as Aberdeen South MP replaces Ian Blackford

The Aberdeen South MP will face Rishi Sunak at Prime Minster’s Questions on Wednesday

Evening Standard · Dec 6, 2022

Ian Blackford resigns: five times the SNP's leader in Westminster used parliamentary rules to shake things up

Ian Blackford, the Scottish National Party’s leader in Westminster, has announced that he is resigning from the post. Having survived two attempts by his own MPs to remove him already this year, there is speculation that he has jumped before being forced out by his colleagues.

The Conversation · Dec 5, 2022

Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska receives standing ovation as she tells UK parliament: ‘I came to you for justice’

Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska thanked Britain for its support in the war against Russia as she addresed MPs and Peers at Westminster on Tuesday afteroon. Ms Zelenska received a standing ovation as she arrived to give the speech in a parliamentary committee room. Former prime minister Boris Johnson was…

Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2022