Nigel Farage is to spearhead Reform UK’s Holyrood election campaign himself, rather than choosing a Scottish leader for the party. Reform’s organiser for Scotland confirmed that the Clacton MP ...

“I am very pleased to be the first minister from this administration to give evidence at Holyrood. We have changed the way we do business and work with the Scottish Government and the Scottish ...

RUSSELL Findlay has said Holyrood is the “epicentre” of “self-righteous” Scotland. Speaking to The Scotsman, the Scottish Conservatives leader described Holyrood as a “desperate place” which is often ...

The services have come under increasing pressure over the last decade as councils scramble to balance their budgets, prompting Green MSP Mark Ruskell to take a motion to Holyrood calling on the ...

Sir John, the UK’s most eminent psephologist, said the results of a new poll indicated that the SNP would return 53 MSPs in the May 2026 Holyrood election, compared with 24 for Scottish Labour.

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Scottish Secretary Ian Murray will become the first UK Government minister in the Labour administration to give evidence to Holyrood on £3 billion investment deals. Mr Murray will give evidence ...