Anas Sarwar says Labour clean energy plan will create 70,000 jobs in Scotland as general election campaign heats up

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party has overtaken the Conservatives in a major poll of public opinion for the first time, in the latest blow to the Tories’ hopes in the election campaign.

An incoming Labour Government will hand the Scottish Office a £150m warchest to combat poverty.

A new law beefing up the rights of bereaved families will be included in Scottish Labour's manifesto next week.

Welcome to the third week of the 2024 general election campaign as the parties in Scotland go all out to win over undecided voters.

When we meet Douglas Alexander in popular North Berwick cafe Cake, he’s waiting on a bacon roll.

Seven major political parties will battle it out tonight in the first of the BBC's televised general election debates.

The Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign (WASPI) have written to shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves, following her comments on compensation for 1950s-born women made during a press conference in Edinburgh earlier this week. Speaking to journalists alongside Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar at the head office of NatWest Group on Tuesday, Ms Reeves was asked about compensation promised to WASPI women under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour party. Ms Reeves said that she recognised the injustice, but added that no costing of compensation has been carried out yet.

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross will make an emergency statement on the general election this morning.

During the first televised General Election debate on ITV on Tuesday night between Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister warned that “for the first time in our country’s history, if Labour are elected, pensioners will pay tax.”

George Galloway says it is 'completely wrong' that he has not been invited to take part in televised general election debates. The Workers Party of Britain leader, who became Rochdale's MP earlier this year following a by-election, says he should be included.

Douglas Ross should be “begging for forgiveness” from Scots for the carnage inflicted by the Tories over the last 14 years, Anas Sarwar has said.

Anas Sarwar and John Swinney have clashed in a fiery general election debate.

Labour has committed to renewing the nuclear deterrent based on the Clyde.

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has promised to introduce a Bill to protect the NHS within 100 days of the general election.

Keir Starmer has backed the introduction of a recall mechanism at the Scottish Parliament to remove rule-breaking MSPs.

A future Labour government will cut waiting times in Scotland by delivering 160,000 extra NHS appointments a year, Keir Starmer will say today.

With a general election looming, every First Minister’s Questions now is like a three-way Mexican standoff.

The SNP has pulled a campaign video after it used a song which includes sexually explicit lyrics.

A new poll has revealed Labour is in line for a crushing general election victory over the SNP in Scotland.

John Swinney has said he should be invited to take part in all TV debates involving party leaders during the general election campaign.