Scotland

The Scottish Conservatives launched their manifesto for the upcoming Holyrood elections today with a pledge to “rebuild Scotland” and block a second vote on independence.

It is the most marginal seat in Scotland, where at the last election Labour hung on with a wafer-thin majority. This time around, Dumbarton is being fiercely contested, and it’s a key target for the Scottish National Party, who are hoping to build a commanding pro-independence majority in Holyrood this May. We have been to…

Scotland’s major political parties have suspended election campaigning following the announcement from Buckingham Palace, while all the party leaders have paid tribute. The Duke had deep and long-standing ties to Scotland.

Hairdressers and barbers have been able to reopen in Scotland along with some non essential shops, as lockdown measures are eased. University and college students will also return for in-person teaching, and teengers can take part in outdoor contact sports. By this time next week much more will be re-opening across England too. We went…

Our Scotland correspondent Ciaran Jenkins has been talking to voters who previously rejected independence to see if the tide is turning, and what might be behind their change of heart.

He has pledged to deliver a “supermajority” for Scottish independence and put himself back in frontline politics.

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she would have resigned if she had been found to have broken the ministerial code, but that she would not be “bullied” out of office.

Jackie Baillie is Labour’s deputy leader in Scotland.

We spoke to Ian Blackford, the Scottish National Party leader in the Commons, and asked if recent events had exposed a terrible schism in the Scottish National Party.

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been cleared of breaching the ministerial code in relation to sexual harassment allegations against her predecessor, Alex Salmond.

Labour has said that Nicola Sturgeon should resign if she’s found to have breached the ministerial code.

Iain Macwhirter is a writer and columnist who’s supported independence but is critical of the Scottish government and its treatment of Alex Salmond.

For eight hours today, politicians on the committee investigating whether the Scottish government mishandled harassment complaints against Alex Salmond grilled his successor Nicola Sturgeon over whether she had breached the ministerial code.

We speak to the SNP’s Mike Russell, who is the Scottish government’s Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, and Ruth Davidson, leader of the Conservative Party in the Scottish Parliament.

It was billed as the fight of her life: Nicola Sturgeon, accused by her predecessor Alex Salmond of being part of a conspiracy against him.