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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 Cunningham. It also is possible that the first minister might be thinking about moves for veteran c...

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 Edinburgh's 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 as Scottish voters go to the polls on Thursday, May 6. People will vote for 129 MSPs to sit in th...

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 institutions are not used as Home Office border guards.  It's feared trusted public bodies could...