British prime minister’s Conservative Party widely expected to lose to opposition Keir Starmer’s Labour after 14 years in power
Scottish National Party
Ireland’s Eurovision entrant gets top marks for using ancient alphabet correctly
Forbes had challenged Humza Yousaf for the SNP leadership last year but opted not to stand against Swinney
John Swinney’s erstwhile SNP leadership rival Kate Forbes is expected to be brought back into the cabinet
Mr Swinney will now face a vote at Holyrood, where it is likely he will become the Scottish parliament’s nominated candidate to be the country’s seventh first minister
John Swinney looks set to be crowned leader of the SNP and of Scotland, as Kate Forbes bides her time
SNP veteran Swinney promises to bring his erstwhile young rival back into the heart of Scotland’s government
Scotland’s outgoing first minister, who announced on Monday he would quit, lacked political guile, his rivals say
SNP leader’s decision comes ahead of two no-confidence votes after he ended power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens
Angry Scottish Greens threatening to back no-confidence motion in the SNP leader after he ended governing partnership with Green Party
First minister says SNP would govern ‘on our policy terms’ after ending power-sharing arrangement with Greens
Peter Murrell was re-arrested on Thursday morning in political finance investigation
Humza Yousaf suggests an independent Scotland could be as much a competitor as potential partner for the Republic
Lindsay Hoyle changed parliamentary procedure to allow Labour amendment on Gaza debate, sidelining SNP’s original motion
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