Humza Yousaf has created more history by appointing the first female dominated cabinet to rule Scotland.
Yousaf narrowly beat Kate Forbes in the SNP election to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as party leader – becoming the first first minister from a minority-ethnic background to lead a UK devolved parliament.
In his acceptance speech to the Scottish parliament on Tuesday (March 28), Yousaf...
King Charles trip postponed as monarch asked, ‘do you know the...
King Charles III’s state visit to France has been postponed at the last minute following violent protests over attempts to raise the retirement age in France.
Security threats, including graffiti reading “Death to the King” and “Charles III do you...
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Windsor Framework – Johnson throws spanner in the works
It was evident from the moment images of a smiling Rishi Sunak shaking Ursula von der Leyen's hand began streaming into sitting rooms across the UK that securing the...
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Kate Forbes is favourite in ‘brutal’ race to be new SNP leader
Controversial Kate Forbes has emerged as the early favourite among Scottish voters to replace Nicola Sturgeon as the new SNP leader and first minister of Scotland. However, the poll putting...
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DUP dash hopes for Sunak’s Brexit deal while Tory rebels stir
Rishi Sunak’s attempts to strike a Brexit deal look set to fail with the DUP warning it “falls short” of what is acceptable and rebel Conservative MPs standing firm...
Sturgeon quits while Starmer bars Corbyn from standing for Labour
The shock decision by Nicola Sturgeon to stand down as Scotland’s first minister has overshadowed Sir Keir Starmer’s move to prevent Jeremy Corbyn from being a Labour MP.
Sturgeon, Scotland’s longest serving first minister told...
Protocol row overshadows latest attempt to break deadlock
The Northern Ireland protocol saga continues. Yesterday, the Foreign Secretary's exclusion of the Sinn Fein leader Mary McDonald sparked a nationalist walkout thus throwing talks into farce before they began. The latest protocol row is...
Britain’s an ‘international laughing stock’ after Tory scandal and turmoil, says Hoyle
A year of Tory turmoil, chaos and scandal turned Britain into an international laughing stock, Sir Lindsay Hoyle has opined.
Speaker of the House of Commons Hoyle said the country is still “struggling to recover”...
Downing St moves to block Scotland’s gender recognition bill becoming law
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has put the UK government on a collision course with Scotland’s parliament by threatening to block the gender recognition bill passed by Holyrood from becoming law.
Sunak said it is “completely...
Blackford quits as SNP leader at Westminster; Johnson to stand again
Ian Blackford has announced he will step down as leader of the Scottish National party at Westminster and will be replaced at next week’s parliamentary party AGM.
Blackford’s surprising statement comes just a week after...