Shocking crimes, royal illness and Labour’s landslide: The eight big moments that defined 2024 for Britain
Winds of change howled across Britain in a year when a Labour election victory ended 14 years of Tory rule
Scottish National Party
SNP lays traps for Labour in Scotland’s draft budget
Scottish government pledges to abolish in Scotland the two-child benefit cap that the UK Labour government has so far resisted scrapping
Alex Salmond obituary: Commanding figure who came close to breaking up the United Kingdom
He was a man of ideas, an effective communicator and had built a good relationship with Scottish business
Alex Salmond: Scotland’s talented and flawed ‘colossus’ who idolised Charles Stewart Parnell
Scottish nationalist politician died suddenly on Saturday, as his friends insist his independence dream will live on
Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond dies aged 69
Ex-SNP leader (69) collapsed after delivering speech in North Macedonia on Saturday - reports
There are good reasons for Irish people to pay close attention to what’s happening in Scotland
Worldview: If the SNP recovers its strength, the union will weaken - with consequences for the island of Ireland
‘We need to inject some passion’: Young Scottish independence activists think the movement has lost verve
Union supporters and those in favour of independence are almost ‘eeksie peeksie’ in polls but the Scottish National Party appears to have put its breakaway dream on ice for now
Scottish National Party leader warns of daunting financial challenge for Scotland
John Swinney gives first conference address to the party since taking over as leader in summer
Bruised SNP gathers in Edinburgh as senior figure offers potential olive branch to Alex Salmond
Scottish Nationalist Party members meet for the first time after it was trounced by Labour in July’s UK election
Labour eyes control of Scotland’s parliament after routing SNP in election
Scottish Labour under Anas Sarwar has completed a Lazarus-like recovery
Keir Starmer enters Downing Street as UK prime minister after historic victory
New leader names Rachel Reeves as Britain’s first female chancellor of the exchequer
Tories warn of Labour landslide in final day of UK election campaigning
Comments by ally of Rishi Sunak come as Sun newspaper tells readers to back Keir Starmer on Thursday
Rishi Sunak stuns Westminster by calling snap election for July 4th
British prime minister’s Conservative Party widely expected to lose to opposition Keir Starmer’s Labour after 14 years in power
Bambie Thug impresses the scholars with Ogham messaging
Ireland’s Eurovision entrant gets top marks for using ancient alphabet correctly
Kate Forbes appointed deputy first minister as SNP leader John Swinney appoints Scottish cabinet
Forbes had challenged Humza Yousaf for the SNP leadership last year but opted not to stand against Swinney
Scotland’s new first minister promises to reach out to opposition
John Swinney’s erstwhile SNP leadership rival Kate Forbes is expected to be brought back into the cabinet
John Swinney confirmed as new leader of the SNP and likely first minister
Mr Swinney will now face a vote at Holyrood, where it is likely he will become the Scottish parliament’s nominated candidate to be the country’s seventh first minister
A week of high drama in Scottish politics ends with the SNP’s disparate camps joining forces
John Swinney looks set to be crowned leader of the SNP and of Scotland, as Kate Forbes bides her time
SNP’s ‘dream team’ unites as Kate Forbes pulls out of leadership race and backs John Swinney
SNP veteran Swinney promises to bring his erstwhile young rival back into the heart of Scotland’s government
Humza Yousaf tried to appear strong, but ended up looking weak
Scotland’s outgoing first minister, who announced on Monday he would quit, lacked political guile, his rivals say
Humza Yousaf to resign as Scotland’s first minister
SNP leader’s decision comes ahead of two no-confidence votes after he ended power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens
Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf will try to repair rift with Greens to save his job
Angry Scottish Greens threatening to back no-confidence motion in the SNP leader after he ended governing partnership with Green Party
Yousaf faces no-confidence vote as SNP’s powersharing deal with Greens collapses
First minister says SNP would govern ‘on our policy terms’ after ending power-sharing arrangement with Greens
Nicola Sturgeon’s husband charged with embezzlement of SNP funds
Peter Murrell was re-arrested on Thursday morning in political finance investigation
SNP leader looks to Republic in bid to free Scotland from Britain’s flagging economy
Humza Yousaf suggests an independent Scotland could be as much a competitor as potential partner for the Republic
UK Commons speaker fighting against attempts to remove him from role after no confidence motion
Lindsay Hoyle changed parliamentary procedure to allow Labour amendment on Gaza debate, sidelining SNP’s original motion
Humza Yousaf faces questions over his political judgment in ministerial iPad affair
Scotland’s health minister Michael Matheson suddenly quit this week, three months after it emerged an £11,000 holiday roaming charge had been racked up on his taxpayer-funded iPad
Humza Yousaf on Gaza, Scottish independence and talking to Labour about the next government
The SNP leader and Scotland’s first minister says he has chosen sides in the Gaza war and that side is ‘humanity’
Starmer allies play down Labour rebellion over Gaza vote
Labour leader loses ten front benchers who voted for Scottish National Party ceasefire motion
The Battle for Britain: Does Scotland hold the key as general election approaches?
The lowdown on British politics as it prepares for its most important general election campaign in decades
Back to the future: SNP’s older members dominate party conference as the young stay at home
Aberdeen Letter: The youthful passion and fervour of times past was absent from party’s get-together this week
Humza Yousaf calls for international refugee scheme for Gaza
Scotland’s first minister condemns Hamas as ‘terrorists’ in his maiden SNP party conference speech
Sturgeon makes surprise appearance at Yousaf’s first SNP conference as leader
Scotland’s former first minister brushes off suggestion that she was upstaging Humza Yousaf
SNP to seek fresh independence vote if it wins at least 29 Westminster seats
Party members agree new independence strategy in Aberdeen as it tries to revive bid to break away from the UK
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