Keir Starmer in general election pledge to cut NHS waiting times for Scots by increasing appointments

John Swinney has warned right wing Nigel Farage is likely to become the next Tory leader and Prime Minister one day.

SNP leader John Swinney has said he supports Labour on imposing VAT on private school fees.

John Swinney has challenged Scottish Labour to stand up to Keir Starmer in demanding an end to the two-child benefit cap.

The number of children affected by the two-child benefit cap will rise by a third over the next five years, a think tank has warned.

Labour is on course for a 262-seat majority, analysis by pollster Survation has suggested.

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.

The Liberal Democrats have launched their Party manifesto which pledges to maintain the State Pension Triple Lock, in a move similar to that of Labour and the Conservatives. They have also pledged to ensure women born in the 1950s, who have been affected by changes to the State Pension age, are “finally treated fairly and properly compensated”.

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.

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.

Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak will go head-to-head tonight in the first UK leadership debate of the 2024 general election campaign.

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.

On Thursday July 4, Britain will get to vote for the first time since 2019 on which party should lead the country.

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

Naman Ramachandran Aspiring Prime Ministerial candidate Keir Starmer of the opposition Labour Party will face incumbent Rishi Sunak of the Conservative Party in the first televized debate of the upcoming U.K. general election. The polls are scheduled to take place on July 4.