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3 min read The Scottish Parliament election on May 6 will be the most important in Scotland’s history. We can re-elect Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister, secure an independence referendum and put Scotland’s recovery firmly in Scotland’s hands. �������������� @NicolaSturgeon: “I’ve done my best, every day, to lead us through the pandemic. In asking you to re-elect me and the SNP, I offer you this.” �� Watch Nicola Sturgeon outline just some of the transformative policies a re-elected SNP Government will deliver. pic.twitter.com/ToniNJpINK We can del...

  Blame game: Row over who is responsible as 'shocking' rise in Scots food bank use is laid bare Blame game: Row over who is responsible as 'shocking' rise in Scots food bank use is laid bare The SNP has and the Scottish Conservatives are at loggerheads over who is to blame as a charity said it had been handing out the equivalent of nearly one emergency food parcel ever seven minutes to Scots children during the pandemic. Some 220,000 emergency food parcels have gone out at Scots food banks run by the Trussell Trust charity between April 2020 and March 2021 - a 63% rise on this time fi...

Campaign leaflets distributed by the Alba Party have been posted out without a picture, comment or mention of leader Alex Salmond.

Holyrood elections: A look at Glasgow Cathcart and its candidates ONLY Nicola Sturgeon won a Glasgow seat at Holyrood with a larger majority than James Dornan five years ago. The SNP candidate picked up 9390 more votes than his nearest rival – Labour’s Soryia Siddique – as his party took all eight city constituencies. He announced plans to step down last year but reversed his decision in July, and will now seek to add to his ten years in the role. Aiming to replace him are Craig Carson, Euan Blockley and Joe McCauley. Carson, a primary school teacher, is Labour’s hope in Cat...

East Lothian Scottish Parliament candidates campaign, week three Clockwise from top left: Euan Davidson, Craig Hoy, Martin Whitfield or Paul McLennan will be the next MSP for East Lothian IT IS now the third week of campaigning to see who will become East Lothian's next MSP. Iain Gray (Labour) has stepped down after more than a decade in the role, with East Lothian residents electing their new representative next month. Four candidates - Euan Davidson (Liberal Democrats), Craig Hoy (Conservatives), Paul McLennan (SNP) and Martin Whitfield (Labour) - are in the running for the role. Ea...