Scottish Labour leadership hopefuls Monica Lennon and Anas Sarwar reveal tax hike plans

coronavirus in the last 24 hours.Figures released by the Scottish Government this afternoon reveal 572 new cases of the virus have been recorded overnight.The total number of cases in Scotland now stands at 202,084 with the total death toll at 7,131, of people who have tested positive within 28 days.There are 837 people in hospital with the virus and 78 are being treated in intensive care.The news comes as care home relatives prepare for the reintroduction of indoor visiting this week.Concerns

Sturgeon is the focus of an investigation over whether she misled the Scottish Parliament on when she knew about allegations of harassment made against her predecessor Alex Salmond.Sturgeon said she first learned of the complaints in a meeting with Salmond at her home in early April 2018, but it later emerged she had been told by his former chief of staff in her Holyrood office a few days prior, a fact she claims to have forgotten.The First Minister has referred herself for investigation by

coronavirus in Scotland in the last 24 hours.The Scottish Government confirmed the latest statistics this afternoon, which reveal 525 new cases of the virus have been identified overnight.This brings with total death toll since the pandemic began to 7,129, of people who tested positive within 28 days.There are 898 people in hospital with the virus and 74 are being treated in intensive care.It comes as health secretary Jeane Freeman confirmed the vaccine rollout will be organised by age rather

Anas Sarwar after he became the new Scottish Labour leader.Despite being longtime political rivals the First Minister has admitted she 'likes and rates' Sarwar after he scooped the top job.It comes after he beat out Monica Lennon the Labour leader position this morning.The Scottish Labour leadership contest finally drew to a close as this morning as politicians rallied round Sarwar's win.Sturgeon tweeted: "Congratulations to @AnasSarwar- he (and his dad before him) and I are longtime political

Anas Sarwar on beating her for Scottish Labour Leader.The Central Scotland MSP and leadership hopeful took to social media praising Sarwar for winning the top job after a tightly run contest.It comes after the Scottish Labour leadership contest finally drew to a close, with Sarwar announced as the victor this morning.Sarwar scooped the win following focused attempts to reunite the party while trying to resist any move towards another independence referendum.It comes after Leonard quit in

Anas Sarwar has won the Scottish Labour leader job race after beating out Monica Lennon.The Scottish Labour leadership contest has finally drawn to a close as the winner was announced this morning.Now Sarwar has secured the top role following his focused on attempts to reunite the party while trying to resist any move towards another independence referendum.It comes after Leonard quit in January, days after saying he was determined to fight for every vote in the election this May.Glasgow MSP

Scottish Labour is set to be announced at 11am this morning.The announcement comes 10 weeks after the shock resignation of former leader Richard Leonard in January.Leonard claimed his decision to step down was in the “best interests” of the party.The race to find his successor is between Glasgow MSP Anas Sarwar and Central Scotland MSP Monica Lennon.Both have sought to pitch themselves as the “change candidate” during the contest.Scotland's constitutional future has again been one of the major

has revealed that Scotland has recorded 31 deaths from coronavirus in the past 24 hours.In the same time period a total of 769 positive tests have been identified, bringing the total number of cases since the pandemic began to 200,406.It brings the death toll since March – of people who first tested positive for the virus within the previous 28 days – to 7,084See more. Serial killer Peter Tobin's ex-wife has told how she was in his Scottish home at the same time he was hiding the body of

Dermot Desmond has paid tribute to outgoing "legend" Neil Lennon.The Treble winning Irish manager's departure from the club was confirmed on Wednesday morning after the weekend loss to Ross County proved the final straw for his reign.The Hoops now sit 18 points behind rivals Rangers in the Scottish Premiership in a season when they were aiming to secure an historic 10 In A Row.But billionaire Desmond admits the 50-year-old will be "very difficult" to replace after a silverware-laden second spell

Neil Lennon will assess his Celtic squad ahead of the visit of Aberdeen in the Scottish Premiership on Wednesday. Defender Stephen Welsh missed the win at St Johnstone on Sunday with a foot injury.

is on course for a majority of seats at May's Holyrood election while support for independence has also climbed over the last 12 months.Carwyn Jones, who led Welsh Labour from 2009 until 2018, said this popularity was partly a response to the "English nationalist" outlook of the UK Government led by Johnson.He said it would be "very difficult to oppose" for the Prime Minister to oppose an IndyRef2 if the Nationalists won a majority as expected.And the former Welsh Assembly leader warned that

link!An SNP spokesperson said: “As the First Minister has said, we expect this May’s elections to go ahead as scheduled.“This is a decision for the Scottish Parliament, and in December MSPs unanimously backed legislation to make sure the election on May 6 can take place fairly and safely during the coronavirus pandemic.“The Scottish General Election (Coronavirus) Bill contains contingency measures for in-person voting supported by appropriate physical distancing, the potential for the election

Neil Lennon has been allowed an extended stay in the Celtic job because no fans are in the stadium, according to former team-mate Chris Sutton.There have been several protests outside of Celtic Park as Rangers cruised 23-points ahead at the top of the Scottish Premiership.Despite collapse of their title bid and fan fury, the Parkhead top brass have stuck by the gaffer so far.  columnist Sutton believes that the reign may not have been allowed to continue by Peter Lawwell and Dermot Desmond if

link.“We now have our own settlement figure and we therefore know that South Lanarkshire Council will receive additional funding this year, with some additional commitments also handed to us.

the Reformer the visit was to help the Prime Minister be “accessible” during a national emergency, and during his stop he spoke to troops setting up the centre and volunteers there.

Anas Sarwar MSP said a Scottish jobs crisis is hidden behind figures that show 282,800 people in Scotland were furloughed by the end of December 31, up from 195,200 at the end of October.The data means around 11 per cent of eligible workers in Scotland are furloughed, 146,500 women and 136,300 men, during the latest lockdown.The furlough scheme has been extended by Chancellor Rishi Sunak several times and is currently planned to finish at the end of April.Sarwar, , who is opposing Monica Lennon

link!She said: “I recently got a bit of a confidence boost when my modern studies teacher in St John Ogilvie High School found me on Twitter and said she was so proud of everything I’d achieved and said ‘you were a superstar in my class and you’re a superstar now’ and I think no matter how old you are, you still want to get that.“I left high school at 16 and was the first in my family to go to university and it was a young age to be there and that meant a lot to me.