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Margaret Ferrier could be removed from her seat by voters if she fails to do quit on her own terms, the SNP Westminster leader claimed. Ian Blackford said the Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP needs to the do the honourable thing in a direct challenged for her to break her silence and resign.

SNP have suspended MP Margaret Ferrier after she admitted a shocking series of Covid rule breaches, including travelling from London to Glasgow following a positive test.The astonishing behaviour sent shockwaves among politicians and across social media with demands for her immediate sacking and resignation.In a statement one hour after Ferrier confessed on Twitter, SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford confirmed: "I have spoken with Margaret Ferrier this evening who fully accepts that what she

Boris Johnson has been accused of "shattering" any remaining trust in a "broken Westminster system" by driving through controversial Internal Market Bill.

job losses to soar with their replacement for the furlough scheme, the SNP has claimed.

one million jobless, a £30 billion hard Brexit deal and queues of thousands of lorries at Channel ports, Ian Blackford has warned. Highlighting the potential disaster facing the country this winter, the SNP Westminster leader made a renewed plea for an extension of the furlough job retention scheme at Prime Minister's Questions.

Ian Blackford has accused Boris Johnson of being prepared to see unemployment at levels last seen under Margaret Thatcher by withdrawing the furlough scheme in October. Scots can see a "tale of two governments" in response to the economic fall-out from the coronavirus crisis, the SNP Westminster leader claimed.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Shotts MP Neil Gray has announced he will be seeking his party’s nomination to succeed Alex Neil as the town’s MSP.Mr Gray, senior member of Ian Blackford’s frontbench team at Westminster as Work and Pensions spokesperson, would need to stand down as an MP by March in order for the UK Parliament by-election to be held on the same day as the Scottish Parliament elections.Neil Gray became the first SNP MP for

Boris Johnson cannot deny an IndyRef2 if the SNP win a majority of seats at Holyrood at next year's election, Ian Blackford has warned.The Nationalist MP hit back at the Prime Minister after he used a flying to visit to the north of Scotland to once again rule out the prospect of another referendum on independence.Blackford claimed Johnson would be a "democracy denier" if he refused to engage with SNP demands.The Prime Minister insists the issue of independence was settled at the 2014 referendum

The SNP has called on Rishi Sunak to grant Holyrood greater borrowing powers to help boost Scotland's economic recovery following four long months of lockdown. Ian Blackford, the party's leader at Westminster, wants the UK Government to offer a a "cast-iron commitment" to the devolution of key financial powers at today's mini-Budget.

SNP Westminster Deputy Leader, following the decision of Kirsty Blackman to stand down. The member for East Renfrewshire will join Ian Blackford in leading the SNP team of 48 MPs at Westminster.

The death of George Floyd which has triggered protests across the US was “inexcusable”, Boris Johnson has said.

The SNP has demanded a Cabinet Office inquiry into the Dominic Cummings scandal which saw the prime minister's top adviser travel 260 miles at the height of lockdown.

MP Ian Blackford has accused the Prime Minister of “trying to take the public for fools” by defending his senior aide Dominic Cummings.

SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford has called on the head of the civil service to investigate the "rule-breaking and the Tory Government's cover-up" of Dominic Cummings' lockdown journey to Durham.

Boris Johnson has been shamed into a screeching U-turn on scrapping £400 fees for foreign health and social care workers to access the NHS “as soon as possible”.

Senior SNP MP Ian Blackford is facing calls to apologise after he shared a expletive-filled tweet encouraging people not to travel to Scotland.

The SNP has demanded Boris Johnson agrees to a two-year Brexit extension now he's back in Downing Street.

Nicola Sturgeon missed six emergency coronavirus Cobra meetings as the deadly virus was tightening its grip on Scotland, it has emerged.

A senior SNP MSP has said the chances of indyref2 this year are “zilch” as a result of Coronavirus.

Boris Johnson has been accused of trampling on devolution and parliaments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland after the House of Lords rejected his Brexit plans.

Boris Johnson has been branded a “democracy denier” for refusing to transfer referendum powers to the Scottish government.