Scottish election 2021 - Matt Hancock demands answers from SNP on 'missing millions' in NHS spending pledge

Neil Findlay said Sarwar’s campaign was simply a “rehash” of the 2016 election and urged Labour to recognise the right of the Scottish people to self-determination.Sarwar has been credited for the Holyrood election campaign he fought after taking over the leadership of Scottish Labour ten weeks ago.He rejected calls for indyref2 and made national recovery from covid his party’s top priority.However, although Labour held on to key constituencies yesterday, they could come third again for the

SNP headed towards a thumping victory at the Holyrood election.Nicola Sturgeon’s party may fall short of an outright win - 65 seats - but a pro-independence majority with the Greens is all but assured.Dozens of results were announced yesterday and counting has resumed.An SNP Government will push for indyref2 at some point during the next term, but Boris Johnson’s Government appears to be hardening its position.Eustice, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, dismissed

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Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Caithness and Sutherland and Ross is an SNP hold with Maree Todd gaining 15,889 votes.

Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.The SNP has won the East Lothian, the first constituency to change hands in the 2021 Holyrood election.Paul Stewart McLennan, the SNP candidate took 17,968 votes while Martin Whitfield, a former Labour MP scored 16,789.It is the first seat to change hands and if the party holds all its constituency seats the party is now just one short of an overall majority.A majority has always been "a long shot"

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Holyrood’s short history. The election was carried out in a different fashion to what we are used to this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Scottish Election. Described as being an 'historic election', millions have visited their local polling station to secure their vote and shape the Scottish Parliament for the next five years.

Nicola Sturgeon has arrived at a polling station as party leaders cast their votes up and down the country in the Scottish Election. The First Minister was all smiles as she greeted supporters and voters outside the Annette Street school in Govanhill, Glasgow, this morning, May 6.Sturgeon has already voted by post but joined SNP candidate Rosa Salih to lend her support and meet a Syrian family as they cast their ballots.

party leaders have been looking to secure your vote with a number of eye-catching policies. Scotland 's recovery from the devastating coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 10,000 Scots, has been one of the biggest issues during the election, while independence has popped up a fair few times as well.

Dumfries. Instead we've had candidates and leaders appearing on Zoom calls and doing more virtual campaigning than we've ever seen before.

election ' for a number of reasons. Millions of Scots will cast their ballots for the candidate and political party that they would like to represent them at Holyrood.

May 6 in what is expected to be one of the most important elections since devolution in 1999. The regional list in Scotland's biggest city could play a pivotal role in deciding the outcome of the election with several parties in contention to pick up seats.

The same poll predicts that the Scottish Conservatives will return 32 MSPs, one more than in 2016. However there would still be a pro-independence majority at Holyrood, with the Scottish Greens forecast to return eight MSPs, two more than 2016.Ross said: “It is on a knife edge.

Ferguson Marine shipyard.Gloucester-based businessman Tim Hair was handed the ­astronomical £2565-a-day deal by shamed ex-finance secretary Derek Mackay two years ago.It is likely to make him the UK’s highest paid public sector fatcat, on almost six times First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s £151,000 salary.He was brought in after the Government nationalised the shipyard in the face of spiralling costs for two ferries.At the time, Mackay – who was forced to resign after sending inappropriate text

Douglas Ross being in charge of the Scottish Tories. He said: “My politics and his are different.

furloughed and the most recent figures show a drop in the employment rate. Labour also aims to create 19,000 jobs through a new programme of social home building, 7,500 roles through energy efficiency upgrade work, a 10,000-strong Scottish Conservation Corps and 48,000 jobs through a kickstart scheme.