It has been a truly remarkable week in politics and the law in Scotland. MSPs have been debating a live criminal court case ...

The Conservatives have “stopped being all things to all people”, the party’s shadow Scottish secretary has said. Andrew Bowie, speaking to Tory activists ahead of the Holyrood election in May, said ...

Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick has announced party’s plans to cut welfare spending ...

The Scottish Labour leader has said Starmer’s problems are casting a shadow over his Scottish election hopes – but is that ...

Former Scottish Health Secretary Jeane Freeman, who was a key figure in the response to the Covid pandemic, has died at the ...

Holyrood has become stale and needs a reboot says Record View.

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THE Scottish Green party has voted “overwhelmingly” to restore severed ties with their counterparts in England, led by Zack Polanski. This overrides a previous decision by the Scottish Greens to sever ...

The leader of Reform UK in Shropshire says there is confusion regarding devolution and the partnership work the council is doing. Councillor Dawn Husemann is the chair of a partnership working task ...