Labour

Lothian MSP and Scottish Labour politician Sarah Boyack

Long-servingLabour MSP Sarah Boyack to stand down next year

Plans for the Exascale computer to be based at Edinburgh University were first announced in October 2023

Spending Review a big boost for Scotland - Ian Murray

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (centre), Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar (right) and Ed Miliband, Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary (left), during a visit to St Fergus Gas Terminal, a clean power facility in AberdeenshirePicture: Jeff J Mitchell/PA Wire

The signs from Labour are more welfare cuts in Spending Review - Angus Robertson

Hamilton prompts rethink of assumptions about 2026 Holyrood elections Ian Swanson

(Photo: Peter Byrne - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Labour restores Winter Fuel Payment to millions of pensioners

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks during a visit to BAE Systems in Govan, Glasgow, to launch the Strategic Defence Review (Picture: Andy Buchanan/PA Wire)

Unique role in national security - Ian Murray

Harold Wilson was prime minister from 1964 until 1970 and from 1974 until 1976. Picture: Central Press/Getty Images.

How Harold Wilson helped shape modern Britain By The Newsroom

US ambassador praises a charity set up by Gordon Brown (Victoria Jones/PA)

Labour take a leaf out of the Farage book - Bruce Whitehead

Q Manivannan is the Scottish Greens candidate in the Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart by-election

A kinder, more caring politics - Q Manivannan

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

Farage, Starmer or a guy dressed as a monkey? - Vladimir McTavish

The new UK-EU deal keeps the status quo of EU boats having access to UK waters until 2038 (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty)

Westminster trading away fishing rights - Angus Robertson

Industries like the care sector have floundered with the diminishing stream of talent joining from abroad, says Lorna Slater

Immigration is a gift to be celebrated - Lorna Slater

Chancellor Rachel Reeves trying whisky during a visit to the Glenkinchie Whisky Distillery in Tranent

Trade deal boosts Scottish industry - Ian Murray

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Labour and SNP dealing social care a double blow - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Councillor Max Mitchell

Shenanigans at City Chambers – that’s politics - Steve Cardownie

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer holds a press conference on immigration at Downing Street (Picture: Ian Vogler - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Starmer becomes a Farage tribute act on immigration - Angus Robertson
While it was Sir Keir Starmer who stood at the Downing Street lectern to talk about immigration, the speech could have been delivered by Nigel Farage.
Angus Robertson

Gregor Poynton MP visiting = the North British Distillery Co Ltd site in Addiewell, West Lothian.

Landmark India trade deal 'a major win' for Scottish exports and Livingston cons...

A proposal for a congestion charge was put to a referendum in Edinburgh in February 2005 – and defeated

Steering clear of congestion charge - Steve Cardownie

UK Labour have announced VALOUR - a new service to give veterans easier access to care and support.

Political opinion: VE Day 80: Labour MP Gregor Poynton honours local veterans an...

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage with his party's candidates during a campaign event in Stafford during last week's local elections in England (Picture: Jacob King/PA Wire)

To keep Scotland Farage-free, vote SNP - Angus Robertson

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage during a visit to Newton Aycliffe, County Durham after Reform made gains in local polls in England (Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA)

Independence never more crucial - Lorna Slater

(Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)

Business Briefing: Xbox prices rise and Harrods hit by cyber attack

Councillor Simita Kumar is leader of the SNP group on Edinburgh City Council

The rise of Reform and the fall of Labour’s soul - Simita Kumar

The number of fines issued for breaching Edinburgh's low emission zone is on the rise

City council’s anti-car policy needs a radical rethink - Iain Whyte

First Minister John Swinney. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

SNP ministers’ reward for failure - Sue Webber

Forever Edinburgh markets the city to potential tourists and new residents

Plans to spend visitor levy income on advertising sparks anger

Food prices are escalating before our very eyes, says Christine Grahame (Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire)

A funny way of helping working people - Christine Grahame
For years I have held parliamentary surgeries for my constituents in supermarkets: currently Tesco and Asda.
Christine Grahame

Gregor Poynton MP joins dozens of other Labour MPs and hundreds of fathers in su...

Anas Sarwar (left) had promised no return to austerity.

Looks like austerity to us, Anas - Angus Robertson

Ian Macleod Distillers hosted the event.

Business can boom in West Lothian

Miles Briggs MSP

VAT on school fees is counter-productive - Miles Briggs

(Photos: Getty Images/Alex Nelson)

Spring Statement: relief but unconvinced - I’m still reeling from cuts

Spring Statement: Trump's mounting tariff war threat to UK economy

Rachel Reeves has announced Civil Service cuts.

Business in under two minutes: 50,000 Civil Service jobs under threat

Supporters of Edinburgh Women's Aid protested outside the City Chambers before the council meeting last week

A leader made of stronger stuff than I thought - Susan Dalgety

John Swinney of the SNP, left, and Anas Sarwar of Labour take part in BBC Scotland's UK General Election Debate at The University Of Glasgow in June 2024 (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Read my lips, this is austerity 2.0 - Simita Kumar

UK Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall making a statement on welfare reform in the House of Commons on Tuesday

Vision for fairer welfare system - Ian Murray

Neil Findlay stepped down as an MSP in May

Former Lothians MSP quits Labour over benefit cuts

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PIP reforms - what changes to disability benefits could mean for you

Steven Sharp, Fauldhouse United Director of Football accepts a boot donation from Gregor Poynton MP.

Gregor Poynton MP wants everyone to make clubs like Fauldhouse United their seco...

Gregor Poynton MP argues defence investment will benefit small businesses and jobs across Scotland.

Gregor Poynton MP: ESG rules must not block defence investment for Ukraine and U...

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay delivers his latest keynote speech at the Royal Scots Club in Edinburgh earlier this month (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Left-wing big state not working - Miles Briggs

Senior councillors given 56 per cent pay rise in 45 seconds

Gregor Poynton MP speaking in the UK Parliament.

Gregor Poynton MP for Livingston Constituency says UK is stepping up support for...

Gregor Poynton MP speaking at Scottish Labour Party Conference in Glasgow where the PM made the Grangemouth announcement.

Livingston constituency MP welcomes transformational investment in Grangemouth

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (Picture: Ian Forsyth/PA Wire)

Working for what matters most to you - Kirsty McNeill

Minister for Health and Social Care Neil Gray during First Minister's Questions

SNP silence over Fife NHS gender equality row is deafening - Sue Webber

Councillor Simita Kumar is leader of the SNP group on Edinburgh City Council

Edinburgh city council budget plans are not music to SNP ears - Steve Cardownie

John Korchak, Inform Direct

Scotland celebrates record high for number of companies

Labour 'still upbeat and ambitious' despite grim opinion polls Ian Swanson

Volunteers unpack food donations at a food bank

Change is coming for families with more than two children, but not soon enough

Volunteers unpack food donations at a food bank

Change is coming for families with more than two children, but not soon enough

During the general election campaign Labour figures said their plan for government would not mean tax rises for working people

We are all paying the price - Sue Webber

Sue Webber with a site map for the proposed battery storage plant in Currie near Riccarton Garden Centre

Green belt sacrificed for net zero - Sue Webber

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes

Tech sector is booming - Angus Robertson