Every SNP candidate aiming to stand at 2021 Holyrood election confirmed

Scottish Greens must aim to return a record number of MSPs at next year's Holyrood elections, the party's co-leaders will say today.Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater will tell members that environmental issues must be at the forefront of voters' mind and will defend their party's record at the Scottish Parliament over the last four years.The Scottish Greens' virtual conference began yesterday with a speech from Harvie calling for all Scottish Government contracts to be subject to trade union

Scottish Government is spending £1,089 less per student on teaching in universities than when the SNP came into office in 2007, Scottish Labour has claimed.Richard Leonard said the figures show quality of tuition has “clearly been deprioritised by the SNP”.The Scottish Labour leader aid universities and students must be a priority for investment.Analysis by the party of data obtained from a freedom of information request to the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) found that real terms per student

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A new pro-independence party has been launched ahead of next year's Scottish Parliament elections by a Renfrewshire councillor and a former SNP MSP.Councillor Andy Doig and Chic Brodie - who represented South Scotland in Holyrood from 2011 to 2016 - have joined forces to create Scotia Future, with the party aiming to fight for both constituency and list seats next May.Pipped as the party of "real

Perthshire North constituency at next year’s Scottish election. Mr Swinney was the sole nominee and was unanimously endorsed by the members of the constituency association.

Scottish independence could take place as soon as 2021, a senior SNP MSP has said. Mike Russell, the government's constitution secretary, said he was "quite sure" a potential IndyRef2 could take place by the end of next year.

work hard to earn and re-earn the respect of people across the constituency.” The selection contest follows the announcement from incumbent MSP Mr Neil that he will be standing down after 22 years serving at the Scottish Parliament, including a decade as Shotts representative.

Nicola Sturgeon will update hospitality businesses across the central belt of Scotland today on whether they can expect to reopen next week.Temporary restrictions introduced earlier this month called on all pubs, bars and restaurants across five health board areas to close for a 16 day period in an attempt to halt the rising number of Covid cases north of the Border.Unlicensed cafes were allowed to remain open but must shut by 6pm, while pubs elsewhere in Scotland were told they could only serve

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Trump would be snubbed by nearly 90% of Scots if they could vote in the US, a "scathing" poll from his ancestral home shows. The embarrassing results of a new survey reveal just 6% of Scots think his time at the White House has had any positive impact on Scotland.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A sheriff said a drunk driver who crashed into anti-terrorism bollards outside the Scottish Parliament was lucky not to be shot by armed cops.Anthony Oldham was speeding in a souped-up Vauxhall Vectra when he lost control and careered into the steel bollards, wrecking the vehicle.The 26-year-old, who was disqualified from driving at the time, then punched a taxi driver who tried to come to his aid.Police

Holyrood to decide the country's future relationship with the EU after Brexit, a new poll has found.A survey out today by Survation found three-quarters of voters think MSPs should make the call on how Scotland interacts with Brussels.It comes as Boris Johnson's government struggles to get a comprehensive Brexit deal signed-off with the European bloc ahead of the December 31 deadline.The Tory Prime Minister warned French President Emmanuel Macron in a phone call on Saturday the UK is prepared to

harassment complaints against Alex Salmond.The First Minister is already being investigated over accusations she broke the rules relating to meetings with her predecessor and an adviser.But in another round of accusations, Sturgeon is said to have misled the Scottish Parliament about what she knew and when.Lib Dem MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton made the allegation and called for the remit of independent adviser James Hamilton’s inquiry into her conduct to widen.He said: "This would allow an independent

BBC is run in Scotland.The four politicians made five demands in an angry backlash at "editorial balance" going back to what they claim was bias in the independence referendum.A letter to the broadcaster and the UK Government was signed by Scotland's former justice secretary Kenny MacAskill and his Westminster colleagues Angus MacNeil, Douglas Chapman and Neale Hanvey.However, the letter, published in The National newspaper, quickly provoked a split in the party.

Margaret Ferrier has refused to resign following bombshell revelations over her 800-mile round trip while suffering from coronavirus.

covid lockdown protests.Owners and employees from bars, pubs and restaurants across Scotland's two main cities joined forces tonight in a peaceful protest.The hospitality workers dumped leftover ice outside the City Chambers in Glasgow and the parliament building in Edinburgh in a symbolic gesture about the new ‘draconian’ coronavirus measures.Organisers said the action “symbolises that we've been put on ice for the next 16 days” and is a drastic warning that “the hospitality industry in

Scottish Parliament tomorrow. Protesters plan to gather at Holyrood to rally against new tough restrictions.

First Minister. But as we all concentrated on Nicola Sturgeon as she laid out the tough new restrictions being introduced across the country for the next two weeks, one eagle-eyed Scots megastar noticed something else entirely.  For as he watched the live Scottish Government briefing along with the rest of us to find out our fate for the near future, singer Lewis Capaldi spotted the uncanny resemblance one SNP MP has to Hollywood actor Timothee Chalamet.

tuition fees. MP Douglas Ross, the new leader of the party, said the previous position put to voters at two elections is now being reassessed.

“So unless the First Minister provides whatever material the Salmond inquiry requests, as she promised, then she has plainly lied to Parliament.”The Scottish Government has said it “strongly rejects any suggestion of obstruction” in the Alex Salmond inquiry and is seeking to initiate legal proceedings to allow release of papers to the committee.

Scottish independence is "wafer thin" and is largely based on the "political charisma" of Nicola Sturgeon.Veteran Nationalist George Kerevan said the party had been allowed to drift rightwards and was spending too much time trying to appease middle class voters.He accused senior SNP figures of wanting to placate a "conservative oligarchy" in Scotland made up of "lawyers, accountants, bankers, medial consultants, kirk ministers and university professors"."This group retains a unique, weighty, and