Scottish National Party

THE ALEX SALMOND inquiry has concluded that Nicola Sturgeon misled Holyrood, the PA news agency understands. MSPs on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints Committee voted 5-4 that the First Minister gave an “inaccurate” account of a meeting with her predecessor during the live investigation, according to a source.…

Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish National Party have passed their peak and Scotland has had enough of them, according to Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson. "We've passed 'peak Nat' and, more and more, Scotland is saying 'enough'," she is claiming in a battle cry ahead of the elections for the…

We talk to Scottish National Party MP, Alyn Smith. Read More

Since the release of both the Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5, stories of scalpers and scalping groups have dominated the headlines - with seemingly no consequences for those doing the scalping other than a tasty pile of profit. But now a group of politicians hopes to take action, as…

Alex de Ruyter, director of the Centre for Brexit Studies at Birmingham City University and David Hearne, researcher at the Centre for Brexit Studies at Birmingham City University, on the prime minister’s divisive devolution criticism. When the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, recently told a group of MPs that devolution in Scotland has…

Calls are growing for an inquiry into whether lobbyists quietly hired by Downing Street during the early days of coronavirus pandemic used their insider access to help benefit the outside companies that also employ them.The Sunday Times reports that one of these influential lobbyists, Portland Communications chair George Pascoe-Watson, sent “advance information about policy…

Nearly two-thirds of Brits believe leaving the Brexit transition period without a trade deal with the EU would be a "bad" outcome for the UK, a new poll has found. The survey shared exclusively with Business Insider, found strong opposition to a no-deal outcome in every part of the UK.…

An MP from Nicola Sturgeon's Scottish National Party (SNP) has been suspended after travelling home by train from London to Scotland despite having received a positive test result for Covid-19. Margaret Ferrier was told her test was positive on Monday after she had spoken in Britain's parliament at Westminster. "On…

Migrants seeking asylum in the UK could soon be met with an altogether different greeting, according to a series of government leaks revealing the brainstorming behind planned reforms.Following the revelation that Priti Patel looked into setting up migrant centres on two distant British territories, a sequence of briefings to journalists…

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the two-metre (6.6-foot) distancing rule will be revised to "one-metre plus" from July 4 when pubs and restaurants are allowed to reopen in England. Johnson told Parliament's lower chamber on Tuesday the country's "long national hibernation is beginning to come to an end". …