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The SNP’s Westminster leader and 15 ousted MPs who were rejected by voters are bidding for seats at Holyrood – as another current Cabinet minister joined the exodus of current MSPs.

Audrey Nicoll announced earlier this year she will stand down from the seat Mr Flynn has targeted (Andrew Milligan/PA) According to Holyrood Magazine, current MPs Dave Doogan and Stephen Gethins ...

Ms Sturgeon – who represents the Glasgow Southside constituency – made the announcement on Instagram on Wednesday. In a letter to local SNP members, she said: “I am writing to let you know ...

Scotland’s First Minister hopes to “lock out” Reform UK from Holyrood as he called a cross-party summit. Nigel Farage-led Reform is surging in the polls in Scotland with multiple surveys ...

In the poll, voters were asked who of the two Labour leaders would be more influential to their vote at next year’s Holyrood election. Responding to the survey, 29.5% said the Prime Minister ...

Labour has a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to govern at Holyrood and Westminster, the campaign chief behind the party’s general election victory has said. Pat McFadden, who was Labour ...

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Holyrood is back after a week off, and the Scottish Labour conference is well underway. Sir Keir Starmer will be speaking on Sunday - though we’re not sure the PM will be quite as welcome as he ...

A new tartan has been registered memorialising the people in Scotland who were persecuted for witchcraft. The new Witches of Scotland tartan is intended to honour the Scots, primarily women ...

Shamed former health secretary Michael Matheson has become the latest SNP politician to quit Holyrood amid an exodus of nationalist MSPs. The scandal hit politician joins Nicola Sturgeon and Humza ...