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The Scottish Conservative leader challenged Labour and the Lib Dems to back the votes into both the First Minister and her deputy, John Swinney.

Douglas Ross has challenged Labour and the Liberal Democrats to back motions of no confidence in both Nicola Sturgeon and her deputy.

Updated: January 30, 2021, 10:06 am Iain Gray. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The 2014 independence referendum has left the parliament in a “more fractious place”, according to former Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray. Ahead of this year’s Holyrood election, a dozen MSPs elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999 have announced they will stand down, marking the end of an era for some high-profile parliament...

BBC News By Philip Sim image copyrightGetty Images image captionNicola Sturgeon referred herself for an independent investigation of whether she breached the code in January 2019 Scotlands First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is facing questions after her predecessor Alex Salmond accused her of "repeatedly" misleading parliament and breaking the ministerial code. Ms Sturgeon has rejected the accusations, but has referred herself for an independent investigation. What exactly are the claims, who will ...

SCOTTISH ministers were alarmed at the prospect of their public and private lives being exposed by the advent of Freedom of Information, official records reveal.  Scottish Government cabinet papers from 2005, the year FoI began north of the border, show ministers raised multiple “concerns” about the impact on them, their families and their staff. The discussion, led by then First Minister Jack McConnell, took place just days after FoI claimed the first MSPs resignation. Ministers a...

Mr Sheridan, it’s fair to say, followed a very different path.  The former MSP went from socialist firebrand to convicted perjurer after suing the News of the World over claims he was an adulterer and swinger.  Tabloid allegations also led to the resignation of Tory MSP David Davidson as his party’s health spokesman in 2005. In a decidedly unhealthy move, he was accused of going on a “five-hour binge-drinking bender” before slipping on the cobbles of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile an...

Menu   SNP’s Alex Neil named Best Donald Dewar Debater of the Year by The Heralds panel of judges Alex Neil was judged to be the best debater. WITH the Covid crisis consuming governments and parliaments north and south of the Border, The Herald has put its annual Politician of the Year Awards on hold for 2020.  Instead of the traditional close-quarter wrangling over who should be praised for their skills and service in the previous 12 months, the judges wrangled over Zoom...