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MPs have called for politicians and their staff to be given further protections in the wake of the killing of Sir David Amess.

Boris Johnson has been accused by the SNP of being “asleep at the wheel” as the UK plunges into an energy crisis.

Joanna Cherry made the explosive allegations during a bitter acceptance speech after winning an award on Thursday, September 16. Cherry, the MP for Edinburgh South West since 2015, is an ally of former SNP First Minister Alex Salmond.

Sir Laurie Bristow, who had been processing those fleeing the country at the airport until the last moment, was among those who landed at RAF Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire on Sunday morning. Ian Blackford, the SNP's Westminster leader, urged Boris Johnson's government to do more to support Afghan refugees and those at risk of violence under the Taliban regime.

Sturgeon said the UK resettlement scheme for Afghan refugees which will see 20,000 allowed into the UK was “welcome in principle” and that the Scottish government was “ready to play a full part”.

seven hours of evidence to the science and technology, and health and social care committees yesterday Boris Johnson's former special adviser pointed the finger at the First Minister for "babbling" about discussions at COBRA meetings. Cummings said that the meetings involving the devolved UK leaders in the COBRA national security meetings became a pretence because Sturgeon was beating Downing Street to the cameras with the decisions immediately afterwards.

Prime Minister was called on by the SNP’s Ian Blackford to apologies for the thousands of covid deaths over the last year. The SNP Westminster leader said: “The Prime Minister’s most senior former adviser, Dominic Cummings, apologised on behalf of the UK Government."“He said ‘when the public needed us most, we failed’.“We know the Prime Minister made a series of catastrophic errors throughout the crisis.“He went on holiday when he should have been leading efforts to tackle the pandemic.

Blackford confronted Johnson at Prime Minister’s Questions over trade negotiations which are reported to have split the Tory cabinet over of the implications for UK farmers.

dramatic Prime Minister’s Questions is likely to dominate today’s agenda. Boris Johnson was framed as a liar in the Commons for failing to admit to alleged remarks about allowing to let “bodies pile high” instead of seeing another covid lockdown.

Ian Blackford described the alleged comments by the PM that he would rather "bodies pile high in their thousands" than impose another lockdown across the country as "utterly abhorrent". Downing Street has denied the comments were made by the Tory prime minister, which first surfaced in the Daily Mail today.

Blackford said: “The excuses just don’t add up. "Last March the Prime Minister and the chancellor had all the time in the world to fix contracts for a cosy club of friends and Tory donors, but didn’t have any time to support the three millions self-employed."“Those three million people didn’t have a David Cameron or James Dyson to text the Prime Minister for them.

SNP parliamentarians on social media and sidelined at his Westminster job.The “victim blaming” charge is included in a separate complaint against SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford over his alleged role in handling one of the misconduct allegations.As revealed by the Daily Record, the young staffer made a complaint to the SNP recently about alleged sexual harassment by two MPs.Patrick Grady, who stood aside as SNP chief whip after the allegations emerged, was accused of touching him

Ian Blackford said “we’ll see you in court” as he claimed the Conservative Government’s legal move to override Holyrood legislation trampled on the rights of children. But Boris Johnson said it a was “complete nonsense” to say that a UK government’s decision to refer two bills passed by Holyrood unanimously to the Supreme Court were political attack.

Tory leader after mumbling through a Commons answer in defence of Douglas Ross. Responding to a barracking from SNP Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, calling for Ross to resign his Westminster seat before standing for Holyrood in May, Johnson appeared to mangle the MP’s name with his Moray constituency.

Brexit on a rocket to Mars, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie has said. Speaking at the UK Liberal Democrat spring conference, Rennie said now is not the moment for the "long, divisive, argumentative, exhausting, all-consuming event" of another referendum on the issue.

SNP's Westminster leader asking why his party hasn't suspended the Glasgow North MP while an investigation is underway. The Daily Record exclusively revealed that Grady was accused of inappropriately touching a young staffer in a London pub 2016.Following the revelations a formal complaint was submitted last week.

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

revelations in the Daily Record that led to Patrick Grady MP standing aside from his role as chief whip and a female MP facing complaints of sexual harassment.A party staff member submitted a formal complaint this week about an incident allegedly involving Grady and another claiming to involve a female MP.The young man accused the Glasgow North MP of inappropriately touching him in a London pub 2016 and the female MP of inappropriately propositioning him in a Commons bar last year.The complainer

sexual harassment claims the party have “happily swept this under the carpet”.And he has accused their Commons leader Ian Blackford of an “ambush” after calling him into a meeting to accept an apology from one of the alleged abusers.The staffer claims one SNP MP inappropriately touched him when he was 19 and accused another of drunkenly asking him for sex in two separate incidents in London.His complaint is now being investigated by the SNP after it was submitted last month.First Minister Nicola

First Minister sidestepped a question about an early referendum by saying she would use the event to talk about coronavirus.Sturgeon has said she supports indyref2 in the early part of the next Holyrood term, but MP Ian Blackford believes it could take place even earlier.Speaking to the PA news agency, Blackford said: “Of course what I would say is that the first priority of the Government is dealing with the Covid crisis, it’s about keeping people safe, it’s about the acceleration that we’ve

Scottish independence referendum could take place "as early as late 2021", according to SNP MP Ian Blackford.The Westminster leader for the Scottish National Party said, however, that the first priority of the Scottish Government is tackling the Covid crisis.Blackford explained the "key" would be putting in place circumstances which would allow for an independence vote to be held.He said: "I want to see that referendum happen as quickly as is practically possible, I think it's in everybody's

Joe Biden rather than repeat the "failures of the past" ahead of setting out the Budget.Ian Blackford said he fears "more of the same" from the Chancellor after a decade of austerity under Conservative governments.And the SNP Westminster leader insisted the UK should look towards the response of President Biden after the House of Representatives passed a 1.9 trillion dollars Covid relief bill.Blackford said: "I think what the Covid pandemic has shown is the basic inequalities that exist in the

supporting people at risk of being left behind. He said the stimulus package would be equal to 5% of the UK’s GDP Blackford, writing in the Scotland on Sunday, said: “We know Covid restrictions will still be with us for some time, so it is crucial that the Chancellor extends the furlough scheme and plugs the gaps in support to ensure that no-one is left behind.

SNP’s Westminster group have called for Scotland to be given “compensation” for the economic effects of Brexit.Ian Blackford MP, the party’s Westminster leader, has described leaving the European Union, which was finalised on December 31, as an "act of economic vandalism".The Scottish Government has said changes to customs and exports could cost the UK £7 billion annually, while Constitution Secretary Mike Russell has said Scotland's GDP could drop by 6% in the next decade.It is not clear how

Nicola Sturgeon "acted in an honourable way" after former colleague Alex Salmond reportedly claimed she breached the ministerial code by misleading the Scottish Parliament. Former first minister Mr Salmond's submissions to an inquiry into sexual assault claims against him have been obtained by national newspapers, in which he claims Ms Sturgeon's evidence over when she knew about the allegations was "simply untrue".

another major vote on the constitution as soon as next year "would be the wrong thing to do". With the SNP widely tipped to win a majority of MSPs at May's Holyrood elections, speculation is growing over when the Nationalists will launch a fresh bid to secure an IndyRef2.

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Ian Blackford, the SNP Westminster leader, made a plea for party unity and patience against internal calls to rush into a referendum without the legal backing of the UK government.

John Swinney has said SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford made a “mistake” when he publicly accused a photographer of breaking lockdown rules on Twitter. Blackford appeared to suggest English snapper Ollie Taylor had breached lockdown rules by posting a striking photograph of the north of Scotland.

Ian Blackford caused fury this week after he demanded photographer Ollie Taylor explain himself for a picture taken in Caithness. Blackford appeared to believe Taylor, who is from England, was breaking lockdown rules.

lockdown rules. The Westminster group leader demanded Ollie Taylor explain himself after posting a picture taken in Caithness, as Blackford believed the man was from the South of England.

Prime Minister responded to concerns raised by the SNP’s Ian Blackford that the famous Scottish regiment would be a victim of defence reorganisation.

Scottish independence could take place in spring 2022, a former Yes campaign chief has predicted. Blair Jenkins said the on-going fight against coronavirus meant it was unlikely that a major vote on the constitution could take place next year - despite a pledge from SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford, who said his party must plan for a plebiscite in 2021.

referendum on Scottish independence should not be held while the country “heals” from coronavirus, Gordon Brown said.

coronavirus symptoms has said she won't quit as she faces backlash.

Cambuslang after testing positive for covid-19 was due to the illness making her "act out of character". Ms Ferrier had been asked to quit by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford and numerous other colleagues to stand down from her post.