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An SNP MP has said that bishops should have their “privileged” reserved position in the House of Lords removed. Edinburgh East MP Tommy Sheppard will lead a debate calling for Anglican bishops to no longer be granted guaranteed seats in the upper house of Parliament.

SNP members have described the defection of MSP Ash Regan as a “kick in the teeth” and called for her to resign.

A Labour peer has called on the SNP to join the House of Lords instead of "shouting from the sidelines".

The chief executive of a firm owned by Edinburgh City Council has been handed a £72,280 bonus while the local authority faces spending cuts.

Stephen Flynn has announced a reshuffle of his frontbench team at Westminster as the SNP gears up for the general election campaign.

drugs crisis should be declared a public health emergency and addicts treated with “compassion”, a Scottish MP has told the Commons.SNP MP Tommy Sheppard issued a plea for UK ministers to “see the wisdom” in decriminalising the possession of small quantities of drugs for personal use and taking a treatment-based approach to the abuse problem.The Edinburgh East MP was speaking as he introduced a 10-minute rule Bill which aims to reform legislation to allow safe consumption rooms that the Daily

Douglas Ross has made a gaffe within hours of becoming Scottish Tory leader after effectively conceding defeat at the next Holyrood election.He said after the election he hoped to lead a “strong” Tory party that would provide “opposition” to the SNP.SNP MP Tommy Sheppard said: “This is a gaffe royale, even by Douglas Ross’ standards. He has conceded defeat before the election has even been called yet.

The UK Government has been fuelling Scottish independence by failing to engage with public opinion, it has been suggested.