One in 10 GP practices in Scotland has closed since SNP came to power

indyref2” next to the party’s name on voting slips.First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has backed another referendum in the early part of the next term.The call was ramped up last week after SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford said it could take place this year.With the Tories making opposition to indyref2 a key part of their electoral strategy, a referendum looks likely to be a dominant issue in next month’s election campaign.An application to the electoral watchdog shows the SNP has

Scottish Conservatives virtual conference to attack the SNP and a second independence referendum.During his 10-minute speech the Prime Minister said Nicola Sturgeon's party is "not invincible".The Prime Minister set a task for Scottish Tories to stop an SNP majority at May's Holyrood elections and blunt nationalist demands for a second independence poll.Speaking online to the virtual spring conference, the PM did not definitely rule out a second referendum, although he has in the past said he

Johnson said that for Scots to go through another divisive referendum campaign in the midst of rebuilding after covid was “the last thing they need right now.”The PM said he found it “incredible then that the SNP would choose this moment to again push their campaign for separation”.He called on Tory activists to make the SNP listen to voters’ priorities.He told the conference: “They are intent on pushing for a referendum, regardless of the cost to Scotland and the whole of the UK."So that means

Ruth Davidson is urging Scots to vote Tory to deny SNP a majority for Indyref2.The Scottish Tories are planning to deny the SNP a majority at Holyrood to make sure Scotland doesn't leave the UK.Ms Davidson also hit out at the "increasing stench of sleaze and scandal" she claimed was coming from Nicola Sturgeon's party.She insisted that the SNP winning an overall majority's in May's Scottish Parliament election was no longer the "'nailed-on' near-certainty" that polls had once predicted.But to

conference is due to start on Saturday afternoon, running through to Monday. Davidson, who leads the party at Holyrood, is due to give a speech on Saturday afternoon.

Lawrence Chaney has supported Nathan Evans in his race to number one as his two versions of Wellerman go top five on iTunes.Lawrence, who disappeared off Twitter after being trolled last week, still has her Instagram and Twitter accounts and couldn't resist backing the Sea Shanty musician.Wearing her buoyant bright orange costume she enthused: "Alright lads.

Starmer said the polarised choice between the status quo and independence is the “wrong debate”He told the Daily Record: “I absolutely want to make a passionate case of the United Kingdom and a socially just Scotland in a modern United Kingdom.

Starmer described Sarwar as Scottish Labour’s “brilliant new leader” for the May 6 poll.Starmer said: “After everything we’ve been through in the last year, the last thing we need now is more division.“Yet, in Scotland, the SNP have shown they’re too busy fighting among themselves to fight for the Scottish people.

SNP Government could be doing more to reduce poverty across the country, a poll has found.A survey of more than 2,000 people across Scotland found 63% felt ministers could do more to help tackle poverty, while over half thought they could do more to specifically help low-income families with children.The poll, commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, suggests political parties must respond to public concerns about social injustice ahead of May’s election.

Kate Forbes revealed today she had struck an agreement with Green MSPs - meaning her Budget bill will pass when it goes to a vote on Tuesday.The Budget offers an £800 pay rise for public sector workers earning up to £25,000, and a two per cent increase for those earning over £25,000 up to £40,000.It will also provide pandemic support payments of £130 to households receiving Council Tax Reduction and two payments of £100 to families of children qualifying for free school meals.Free bus travel

Scottish Parliament election due to take place in May, Sir Ed will make his pitch to voters north of the border in a speech to the Scottish Liberal Democrat online conference.He will accuse the UK and Scottish governments of having used the coronavirus pandemic as "fuel in their never-ending constitutional war", while claiming the SNP is putting "another independence referendum before the recovery from the pandemic".He will insist it is the job of "true" leaders to "bring people together, not

Salmond and Sturgeon fall-out as another reason to not hold an independence poll.Rees-Mogg made his now regular attacks on independence while answering questions in the Commons.SNP MP Angus MacNeil asked: “If the Scottish people or indeed the Welsh people, given the polling in Wales this morning, were to vote for independence at the ballot box, would he respect that choice of the Scottish and indeed the Welsh people?”Rees-Mogg replied: “There was a referendum, he may have forgotten, in 2014 in

link!He added that people in Central Scotland constituency will be “outraged that the SNP and other political parties have supported the move”, with only the Scottish Conservatives “consistently opposing any prisoners getting the right to vote since the plans were first brought forward”.Mr Simpson said: “It is utterly shameful that the SNP and other political parties think it is the right thing to do by giving hundreds of prisoners the vote in May’s Scottish Parliament election.“While many

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David Linden has called on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to make the Universal Credit uplift permanent as part of a wider post-covid recovery programme.The Glasgow East MP said axing the uplift - worth £1040 a year to claimants - at a time of rising unemployment would be "unconscionable".Linden, the Nationalists' spokesman on work and pensions, spoke out as the Tory Chancellor prepares to deliver a Budget like no other in recent history.The UK Government says it will set out "the next phase of the plan

social security payments.Glasgow South West MP said: “We are in the middle of a health and economic crisis, and the uplift in Universal Credit has provided a lifeline for many struggling families and households during these unprecedented and challenging times.

The SNP would fail to win a Yes vote in the wake of the Alex Salmond inquiry, a new poll has revealed.A bombshell survey found that the majority of people in Scotland no longer want to break away from the rest of the United Kingdom.It is clear evidence that the feud between First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and her former mentor now threatens to destroy their political dream.The Survation survey for the Sunday Mail revealed support for independence has dropped from 58 per cent in October to a 50/50

the cross-party inquiry this afternoon, with the session expected to last around four hours. Salmond had been due to appear on Wednesday but later cancelled as a result of the Scottish Parliament executive body's decision to censor some of previously submitted evidence.