Scottish Labour by-election win hailed as ‘message to Farage and his mob’
Scottish Labour’s victory in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election has been described as a “message to Farage and his mob” by the triumphant candidate. In a result that confounded predictions, Scottish Labour’s Davy Russell won the seat from the SNP, formally held by minister Christina McKelvie before she died in March, by a majority […]
10 Labour MPs rebel to back calls for Waspi compensation scheme
Ten Labour MPs have backed a bill that would compel the government to establish a compensation scheme for women who lost out financially from the rise in the state pension age. The bill, put forward by Scottish National Party (SNP) Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, passed a vote in the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon […]
Waspi pressure points to recurring SNP-Labour dynamic
The Scottish National Party (SNP) is looking to place Labour divisions in the spotlight this afternoon by forcing a vote on compensation for women who lost out financially from the rise in the state pension age. On 17 December, work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall told the House of Commons that paying up to £10.5 […]
Swinney set to open SNP conference by railing against Westminster despair
The Scottish National Party begins its 90th annual conference in Edinburgh today, the first time that party members have come together after the party’s disastrous showing in this year’s general election. With the SNP having dropped from the 48 MPs that it won in 2019, to just 9 this July, the first item on the […]
King’s Speech: how every MP voted on the SNP’s two-child benefit cap amendment
The House of Commons voted this evening by 363-103 to reject the SNP’s amendment to the King’s Speech, which called on the government to scrap the two-child benefit cap. The amendment, tabled in the name of SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, regretted that the King’s Speech “fails to include immediate measures to abolish the two-child […]
Badenoch blames SNP and early election for not changing Equality Act sooner
The Conservative Party has pledged to amend the Equality Act to stop people “misinterpreting” current rules around gender and biological sex. The party said that reforming the law, which states that an individual must not be discriminated against on the basis of their sex, would clear up “confusion” among public bodies and institutions. Under the […]
Why Keir Starmer’s battle for Scotland is so crucial this election
The below content first appeared in Politics.co.uk’s Politics@Lunch newsletter, sign-up for free here and never miss this daily briefing. Keir Starmer is in Glasgow today, where he and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar are launching their party’s election campaign north of the border. The timing is immensely auspicious for the wannabe PM and FM respectively. A […]
John Swinney says Scottish independence ‘can be delivered’ in five years
John Swinney, the new first minister of Scotland, has said that Scottish independence “can be delivered” in five years. Swinney was legally sworn in as Scotland’s seventh first minister at the Court of Session in Edinburgh on Wednesday morning, having become leader of the Scottish National Party following an uncontested race. On Thursday, Swinney unveiled […]
SNP leadership race: John Swinney announces bid to replace Humza Yousaf
John Swinney has formally announced his bid to be the next leader of the SNP.
Will Kate Forbes foil the SNP’s succession plan?
The below content first appeared in Politics.co.uk’s Politics@Lunch newsletter, subscribe here and never miss this daily briefing. Humza Yousaf resigned at noon yesterday in the face of two confidence votes, after he dramatically brought the SNP’s power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens to an end last week. It was a disorderly demise. But so quickly did […]
