#holyrood-election tag

UK politics

The Guardian view on Scottish Labour: Keir Starmer needs Anas Sarwar's act of betrayal to pay off | Editorial

UK politics

Sarwar allies seeking to justify Starmer attack say he could still face leadership challenge

Anas Sarwar publicly called for Keir Starmer to resign, a high-risk move that isolated Scottish Labour and intensified leadership speculation at Westminster.

3 months ago

UK politics

Scottish Labour urges Keir Starmer to stay out of Holyrood campaign

Scottish Labour urges Keir Starmer and senior UK ministers to stay in Whitehall and focus on delivery to avoid the Holyrood election becoming a referendum on UK government failures.

6 days ago

This election is all to play for': Can the Scottish Labour leader defy political gravity in May?

Anas Sarwar believes Scottish Labour can defy polls and win the Holyrood election by appealing to undecided voters and addressing key issues.

UK politics

The Guardian view on Scottish Labour: Keir Starmer needs Anas Sarwar's act of betrayal to pay off | Editorial

UK politics

Sarwar allies seeking to justify Starmer attack say he could still face leadership challenge

3 months ago

UK politics

Scottish Labour urges Keir Starmer to stay out of Holyrood campaign

Greens pledge to transform Scotland at manifesto launch

Scottish Greens propose free bus travel, dental care, and new green jobs, funded by taxing the wealthy and polluting industries.

Healthcare

2 weeks ago

Sarwar puts NHS at heart of Scottish Labour's election pitch

Improving the NHS is the central focus of Scottish Labour's campaign ahead of the Holyrood election.

1 month ago

Parties launch Holyrood campaigns against backdrop of voter indecision

Scottish political parties are campaigning for the Holyrood election, focusing on independence and contrasting their approaches to Nigel Farage's influence.

#reform-uk

1 month ago

UK politics

Reform UK suspends Scotland candidate over financial allegations

Reform UK suspended candidate Stuart Niven pending investigation into financial conduct allegations.

UK politics

Does Reform pose an existential threat to the Scottish Conservatives?

Reform UK is overtaking the Scottish Conservatives in polls and prompting defections, threatening the Conservatives' electoral viability in Scotland.

1 month ago

Reform UK suspends Scotland candidate over financial allegations

Reform UK suspended candidate Stuart Niven pending investigation into financial conduct allegations.

UK politics

Does Reform pose an existential threat to the Scottish Conservatives?

Starmer claims 'huge respect' for Sarwar despite resignation call

Keir Starmer gives unconditional 100% backing to Anas Sarwar as Scottish Labour’s prospective first minister despite Sarwar urging the prime minister to quit.

fromwww.independent.co.uk

Sarwar makes his biggest political gamble - but can it pay off?

This was a big, bold intervention from Anas Sarwar - to be the first leading Labour figure to call for the prime minister to go. He has done so out of frustration and anger. Anger at the prime minister's handling of the Mandelson mess. He said on Thursday that the Labour peer should never have been considered for the job of UK ambassador to Washington.

UK politics

3 months ago

Holyrood election must be referendum on SNP's record', says Liz Kendall

The UK Government frames the Holyrood election as a referendum on the SNP's record while announcing an AI Growth Zone in Lanarkshire to create thousands of jobs.

MSP Jeremy Balfour resigns from Tories over 'reactionary politics'

Jeremy Balfour resigned from the Scottish Conservatives, calling the party reactionary under Russell Findlay and will sit as an independent until the May Holyrood election.

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes to stand down as MSP

Kate Forbes will not seek re-election to focus on family life.