SNP, Labour and Tory manifestos 'disconnected' from fiscal reality, says think tank

Perthshire results a “disaster” for the Conservatives and attacked candidates Murdo Fraser and Liz Smith. Both Conservative politicians were later elected to the Scottish Parliament in the Mid Scotland and Fife regional list ballot.

Starmer caused outrage by apparently sacking Rayner from her role as chair of the Labour party.

Murray said: “The First Minister promised that this election would be about covid recovery, and we will be holding her to that.

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.The Scottish Greens, Conservatives and Labour have all won list seats in the West Scotland region as the final result was declared at Braehead Arena this evening.Russell Findlay, Jamie Greene and Pam Gosal were elected MSPs for the Conservatives, while Neil Bibby, Katy Clark and Paul O’Kane will represent Labour at Holyrood for the next five years.It will be a second term in office for Mr Bibby and Mr

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

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Labour’s Jackie Baillie has retained the Dumbarton seat, INCREASING her share of the vote.The deputy leader of Scottish Labour, who has held the seat since the Scottish Parliament’s inception in 1999, defeated the SNP’s Toni Giugliano this evening.Baillie recorded 17,825 votes to the SNP’s 16,342.In her speech, Jackie said: "Can I thank the people of Dumbarton constituency."We had great conversations

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Nicola Sturgeon has promised she will work with Anas Sarwar’s Labour to help rebuild Scotland in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Scottish Labour leader is determined to build a credible alternative to Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP but acknowledged he had work to do.It's been less than three months since Sarwar replaced Richard Leonard and despite an energetic campaign his party has trailed the Scottish Conservatives in recent surveys of voting intentions.But he made a direct pitch to Daily Record readers before polling stations open across Scotland.

Dumbarton on the west coast on the last day of campaigning. While the SNP are certain to emerge again as the largest party in the Scottish Parliament when voting closes, Sturgeon is fighting hard in a bid to win an overall majority of MSPs - allowing her to make a further push to hold a second independence referendum.

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross hit the campaign trail in Renfrewshire North and West in a bid to boost candidate Julie Pirone's election chances.As polling day draws ever closer, the pair were out and about in Renfrew over the weekend as Mrs Pirone continued her fight to become the constituency's first Tory MSP.Since the seat was first created in 2011, it has belonged to former SNP MSP Derek

Line of Duty, is caught up in a Twitter spat with the Scottish Tory party. In spite or performing with a convincing southern English accent in Line of Duty, Mr Compston is in fact Scottish.

BBC drama, also took to social media to slam "Tory Twitter and their bots" after he came out in support for Nicola Sturgeon's party yesterday. Compston, who was born in Greenock, urged Scots to vote for the SNP at the Scottish Parliament election on May 6.

knife and stabbed another man outside a Perth shop in broad daylight has been jailed for 16 months.The black-handled weapon, used in the attack, had a 9.5-centimetre long blade, Perth Sheriff Court heard on Wednesday.Twenty-seven-year-old Nicol Gatt, from Kinross, had followed the victim because he “thought something was going on between him and his former partner”.Sheriff William Wood told the accused: “In all the circumstances, there is no alternative to a custodial sentence.”The blood-covered

for the party in Angus South at next month's election, shared an image of him out sharing leaflets in a town that is no longer part of the seat. The wannabe MSP tweeted yesterday: "Great leaflet run in Forfar.

water bill rebate.He will also try to raise extra money by imposing higher taxes on online retailers.