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Five new faces in Nicola Sturgeons SNP government after reshuffle The First Minister announced the ministers who will be representing the Scottish Government. 11:15, 20 MAY 2021 Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your informat...

Nicola Sturgeon has been lucky with her enemies – but trouble lies ahead The First Minister’s biggest problem is that there is little appetite for a second Scottish referendum among voters or Westminster. Nicola Sturgeon stands on the steps of Bute House with her new cabinet on 19 May 2021. Arrayed on the steps of Bute House on Wednesday, Nicola Sturgeon’s newly appointed Scottish cabinet kept the requisite two metres from one another. They looked like an unusual and slightly rash foo...

Nicola Sturgeon completes reshuffle with junior ministerial team May 19, 2021, 7:16 pm Mairi McAllan has been given a ministerial role less than two weeks after being elected to Holyrood. (Jane Barlow/PA) Three MSPs have joined the Government for the first time as result of Nicola Sturgeon’s reshuffle – with Mairi McAllan becoming a minister less than two weeks after being elected to Holyrood. The First Minister announced Ms McAllan, who had previously been part of her team of special advi...

Welsh and Scottish unions seek clarity on future farm policy >More in © Tim Scrivener Farm leaders in Wales and Scotland are seeking early meetings with ministers responsible for agriculture after the 6 May elections. Labour remains in power in Wales after winning a working Senedd majority, but is one seat short of an overall majority. In Scotland, the Scottish National Party (SNP) won 64 seats – one more than at the last election, bu...

Updated: May 9, 2021, 1:43 pm © PA Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Nicola Sturgeon has some big decisions to make as she seeks to reshuffle her top team for the SNP’s fourth term in office. A third of the Cabinet secretary posts are vacant following the retirement of Health Secretary Jeane Freeman, Constitution Secretary Michael Russell, Communities Secretary Aileen Campbell, and Environment Secretary Roseanna...

The three SNP candidates re-elected in Edinburgh on Saturday have insisted there should be another independence referendum.

Scottish Election 2021 results: Huge voter turnout fails to shake up Edinburghs political make-up A deluge of rain could not stop Edinburgh residents from producing one of the biggest turnouts in Holyrood history - but when the storm cleared not much had changed in the city’s political landscape.

Scottish parliament election 2021: when the results will be called, key candidates and who is leading the polls The SNP currently lead in the polls, which could see Nicola Sturgeon elected as First Minister for another 5 years 5 May 2021 • 6:36am Nicola Sturgeon is targeting a majority so she can ramp up her demands that Boris Johnson drops his opposition to a second independence referendum Credit: REUTERS  A second term for Nicola Sturgeon could see a cast-iron mandate for a new referendum ...

Labour and LibDem politicians are amongst more than 20 initial signatories to a new non-cooperation pledge. The Right to Stay campaign is warning settled status rules established by Westminster could see thousands of EU migrants in Scotland being criminalised or deported. Serving and former cabinet ministers have joined the drive, including Ben Macpherson and Shona Robison. More Holyrood election candidates are now expected to add their names to a declaration which aims to ensure Scottish...