Liberal Democrats

Susan Smith, left, and Marion Calder, directors of For Women Scotland, cheer as they leave the Supreme Court in London following the landmark ruling against the Scottish Government

FWS portrait is a worthy cause for a city crowdfunding project - Susan Dalgety

Ed Thornley, Liberal Democrat councillor for the Drum Brae/Gyle ward

Grand ideas mean little when they get in the way of delivery - Ed Thornley

Former Conservative MSP, Jamie Green

Keep Scotland Farage-free - Angus Robertson

Christine Jardine has called for a visa route for Americans fleeing Trump administration.

'UK should offer escape route for Americans wanting to flee Trump'

The city council has its highest ever budget for road safety

Time to deliver on road safety - Kevin Lang

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

Katrina Faccenda abstained in the vote on who should become council leader

Susan Dalgety: And with one bound Katrina was free . . .

SNP leader Simita Kumar says the city council is ‘at a crossroads’

SNP leader not far off the mark - Steve Cardownie

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

Labour’s leadership crisis is failing Capital - Simita Kumar

This is a testing time for Edinburgh City Council

Local democracy is under the spotlight - Alys Mumford

Elon Musk during a campaign rally for Donald Trump

Donald and Elon’s friendship won’t see 2026 - Alex Cole-Hamilton

A woman stands in a window of a hostel for displaced persons damaged by a Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on Monday, November 11. (Picture: AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)

The international reality of Donald 2.0 - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Kevin Lang, Liberal Democrat councillor for Almond ward looks into traffic issues at the Barnton Road traffic junction

Forget gestures, in the end all politics is local - Kevin Lang

Angus MacDonald is elected to the Inverness, Skye, and West Ross-shire constituency

Carrying forward Charles Kennedy’s legacy with pride - Alex Cole-Hamilton

abour leader and incoming Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and wife Victoria enter 10 Downing Street

Watch: Keir Starmer makes first speech as Prime Minister outside No 10

General Election 2024’s 7 best campaign moments and gaffes.

General Election 2024 7 best campaign moments and gaffes
Watch the party leaders’ strangest TV and social media moments from the General Election 2024 campaign.
Jessica Martin

Cancer took the lives of both Ed Davey's parents while he was still very young

Scotland's postcode lottery for cancer care - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Residents are railing against the potential loss of the Roseburn cycle path to make way for the latest tram extension (Picture: Greg Macvean)

Edinburgh residents up in arms as future of Roseburn Path uncertain

Edinburgh Leisure, which runs the council's swimming pools and sports centres, says it doesn't have funds to pay real living wage this year

Councillors vote against paying real living wage to Edinburgh Leisure staff

Social media giants should help fund mental health care - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Edinburgh Council's SNP group leader Adam Nols-McVey

SNP remains the party of workers - Adam Nols-McVey

39% of children can't see a dentist - and it's worse for adults

Cllr Kevin Lang (Lib Dem)

Never let a good crisis go to waste - Kevin Lang

Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman’s Illegal Migration Bill is back in Parliament. Credit: Getty Images

How the Conservatives are turning politics ugly - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Once members of Edinburgh Council's ruling coalition, Labour's Cammy Day ousted the SNP's Adam McVey as leader after last year's election

Dear Cammy, city may have ‘historical charm' but it's got big problems too

More than 200 roads, pavements and paths are to be repaired in Edinburgh (Picture: Ian Rutherford)

Council set to fix roads, pavements and paths across the city. No thanks to SNP!

NHS hospitals in England are battling sewage issues

NHS hospitals battle sewage leaks and maintenance issues
NHS hospitals in England have seen patients slipping on sewage and staff becoming ill as the repairs and maintenance backlog grows to £10.2billion.
Sam Johnson

Stock image of fly tipping, by John Devlin.

Fly-tipping going almost unpunished

Kevin Lang and colleagues protesting over plans to build on greenbelt land at Cammo

City can build thousands of new homes without trashing greenbelt – Kevin Lang

Martin Lewis has revealed that he applied recently to become a member of the House of Lords but was turned down.

Martin Lewis says he was rejected by House of Lords

Councillor Cammy Day (Labour) has pledged to work in collaboration with other parties after becoming Leader of Edinburgh City Council following last month's local elections. PIC: Scott Louden.

All councillors need to knuckle down and find a way of working together

Ashley Graczyk

Labour's council alliance with Tories is a slap in the face of Edinburgh voters ...

Party leader Neil Kinnock pictured in front of an anti-poll tax banner at a Scottish Labour Party conference on local government in Edinburgh in January 1988.

26 pictures to transport you back to life in Edinburgh in 1988

Despite Labour having just 13 out of 63 councillors, group leader Cammy Day managed to take control of the council, with help from the Liberal Democrats and Tories (Picture: Scott Louden)

Angry SNP need to knuckle down after Cammy’s ‘coup’ – Steve Cardownie

Sally Pattle -Lib Dems.

Linlithgow local committee chair chosen by drawing lots

The Lib Dems have called for more electric charging points across Scotland

Massive expansion in car chargers needed in Scotland, say Lib Dems

John Cleese, Neil Innes, Michael Palin and Eric Idle dressed as Arthurian knights on the set of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Picture: John Downing/Express/Getty Images)

Brave Sir Robert and his Lib Dem knights seem scared of power – John McLellan

Council coalition negotiations - your views online

Edinburgh's voters may have spoken, but councillors will need to keep listening to their views (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Here's what the city's councillors need to do now

Nicola Sturgeon, seen joining a hen-party on Portobello beach, may regret the SNP's election strategy in Edinburgh (Picture: Lesley Martin/PA Wire)

SNP has blown chance to dictate the agenda by being too timid – Steve Cardownie

Voting Liberal Democrat is a way to bring about change, says Alex Cole-Hamilton (Picture: Danny Lawson/PA)

What are the Liberal Democrats for? – Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

Only 33% of candidates running in Scotland's upcoming local elections are women (Photo: Rui Vieira/PA Wire).

Only 33% of candidates running in May local elections in Scotland are female

All the parties in the council elections have pledged to end scenes like this in Edinburgh.

All parties vow to clean up Edinburgh's streets in election pledges

Two of the three Lib Dem candidates for Midlothian wards, Ken Brown and Jenny Marr.

Liberal Democrats unveil Midlothian candidates for upcoming council election

Lib Dem candidates helped launch the manifesto outside the City Chambers

Lib Dems set out stall for council elections

Pic Lisa Ferguson. Liberal Democrats' Christine Jardine.

Edinburgh West MP claims pensioners have been left out in the cold due to broken...

Disgraced: Prince Andrew may not remain The Duke of York if local councillors vote to strip him of it.

Royal scandal: York councillors seek to remove Duke's freedom of the city

Community councillors in Corstorphine have been at the forefront of a campaign about parking problems

Edinburgh's community councils need you! – Robert Aldridge

Kevin Lang says the number of bins in the city has been reduced in recent years

City's streets getting dirtier

Willie Rennie meets some penguins at Edinburgh Zoo (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Why Rennie has been a great Liberal Democrat leader – Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

Willie Rennie meets some penguins at Edinburgh Zoo (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Why Rennie has been a great Liberal Democrat leader – Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

Thousands of drivers with more than 12 points have been allowed to continue driving

68 points and still driving: the repeat offenders allowed to keep their licences

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie staged this photocall in South Queensferry.

Local Lib Dem convener quits over Rennie photo stunts

An emergency department nurse. Picture: PA

'100 years' of NHS staff time lost each month to mental illness during pandemic

Paddy Ashdown (right) and Lord Holme congratulating Shirley Williams on her speech at the Liberal Democrats Conference in Brighton.

Shirley Williams dies aged 90