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John Swinney during the final day of the Scottish National Party (SNP) annual conference in Aberdeen

McGill's defends comparing John Swinney to dictator over bus plan

Andy Burnham has said the UK's existing relationship with Europe is “not good enough” (Picture: House of Commons/PA)

Readers' Letters: Russian interference in Brexit claim is a red herring

The Scottish Beer and Pub Association said 62 pubs closed during the first nine months of 2026

Call for action as a pub closes every five days in Scotland

A view of the Grangemouth petrochemical plant

Exclusive UK Government 'ignoring questions' on Grangemouth £200m from MSPs

Andy Burnham, seen with Keir Starmer on a visit to a primary school in April, seems set to repeat some of his predecessor's mistakes (Picture: Paul Ellis/WPA pool)

How Burnham's broken Brexit pledge risks making him the new Starmer Brian Monteith

Nicola Sturgeon (Jane Barlow/PA)

Burnham 'can't pick and choose when democracy applies', says Sturgeon

Prime Minister Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham says the UK could re-join the EU under his leadership

John Healey after his conference speech

Boost for Rolls Royce Scots plant as firm invests £300m in factories

Michael Marra at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool

Analysis Michael Marra was more genuine than Anas Sarwar - but also more boring

Former MP George Galloway (left) and his solicitor, Kevin Winter (right) of KRW Law, speak to media in 2025.

Galloway threatens legal action as Bank of Scotland accounts 'closed'

Prime Minister Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham pulls out of Edinburgh Festival Fringe show

Joani Reid is a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee and MP for East Kilbride and Strathaven (Official Parliament portrait/PA)

Joani Reid returns to Labour party after investigation into husband

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner said rent controls had not worked in Scotland (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Rayner gets it – but will the Scottish government listen?

Katy Clark is considering running for Scottish Labour leader

Exclusive Left-wing MSP considering Scottish Labour leadership bid

Prime Minister Andy Burnham

Burnham criticised for using private jet from Glasgow to Manchester

Douglas Alexander leaving number 10 Downing Street

Analysis Was Burnham right to keep Douglas Alexander as Scottish Secretary?

Andy Burnham appoints Cabinet after becoming Prime Minister RECAP

Andy Burnham during his acceptance speech

This is Labour's 'last chance', says Burnham in first leader's speech

Despite his busy life, family was everything to Dave Armstrong

Scotsman Obituaries: Dave Armstrong, dedicated Scottish history teacher

Lord Peter Mandelson taking his dog for a walk outside his home in London (PA)

Andy Burnham urged to remove Peter Mandelson's lord title within month

Andy Burnham MP

Andy Burnham step closer to becoming PM as Darren Jones endorses him

Andy Burnham, Labour MP for Makerfield and would-be prime minister, celebrates after his swearing-in at the Houses of Parliament yesterday (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: If Burnham became PM a general election would be needed

Andy Burnham is poised to become the next prime minister

Analysis What will Andy Burnham as prime minister mean for Scotland?

Andy Burnham

Next prime minister 'faces battle for heart and soul of the country'

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer makes a speech in Downing Street as he announces his resignation

Analysis His voice quavering, this was a rare glimpse of Keir Starmer the man

Andy Burnham at Ashton Town FC in Ashton-in-Makerfield, after winning the Makerfield by-election PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

A battle of ideas is needed before Burnham gets to Number 10

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Readers' Letters: New Presiding Officer has made welcome changes

Readers' Letters: Minimum wage for artists idea is a joke Scotsman Letters

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Scots Labour MPs not told to back Sarwar on PM quit call

Sir Keir Starmer, during the debate on the King's Speech in the House of Commons, London, following the State Opening of Parliament on Wednesday.

My Westminster baptism of fire as cost of living continues to burn

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Readers Letters: Scots remain voiceless as the central belt thrives

Readers Letters: Swinney's SNP denies democracy by snubbing Reform Scotsman Letters

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and James Murray, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, left, meet Labour Party members at Kingsdown Methodist Church Hall in Ealing, west London, on Friday

Exclusive Scots Labour MPs warn against quick Keir Starmer leadership challenge

Sir Keir Starmer (R) and Peter Mandelson

Tories 'considering options' for removing Starmer as Prime Minister

Anas Sarwar at a campaign event in Edinburgh on Thursday morning

Suspended Labour candidate 'lied to party', says Anas Sarwar

UK immigration minister Mike Tapp holding a gun

UK immigration minister criticised for 'distasteful' photo with gun

Angela Rayner in Downing Street last year

Analysis Rayner lines up leadership tilt - but needs others to put the knife in

John Curtice: Labour is more vulnerable to Reform in Scotland

Lord Peter Mandelson

First Peter Mandelson files to be published on Wednesday

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and wife Furheen Ashrif

The past few days need to be a wake-up call for Scottish Labour Rachel Amery

First Minister John Swinney speaks to SNP members last September at an event marking the tenth anniversary of the 2014 Scottish Independence referendum, which the party lost (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers Letters: SNP might gain appeal if they had more than one policy

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar speaks to the media after First Minister's Questions at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh

Starmer should never have considered Mandelson for job, says Sarwar

Lord Peter Mandelson and SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn

SNP demand investigation in Mandelson after resignation

The Scotsman's Westminster Correspondent Andrew Quinn interviewing SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn

Flynn says he is not worried about MSPs who have briefed against him

Farage tells any Holyrood defectors to 'get in touch within days'

Two councillors have joined the Scottish Greens.

Former SNP and Labour councillors join the Scottish Greens

A general view of the Houses of Parliament,

Reeves fails to show mettle - but watch out for Scotland's 'guddle' John McLaren

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

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Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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