Scottish Labour

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and some of the new Scottish Labour MPs. Image: Getty Images.

Lip reading is not Labour’s speciality on austerity politics- Angus Robertson

National Records of Scotland data for 2023 has revealed a 12 per cent rise in drugs deaths

National shame of drugs deaths must end - Ian Murray

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Man found guilty of sending threatening message to political leader

In 1916, Clarice Shaw was the only woman Labour councillor in Scotland

Story of trailblazing Leith campaigner told in new video

Scottish Green Party co-leader Lorna Slater

Labour must break from failed Tory economics - Lorna Slater

John Swinney of the SNP and Anas Sarwar of the Labour Party take part in BBC Scotland’s UK general election debate at The University of Glasgow

Changed days indeed as Labour and SNP swap places in Scotland - Susan Dalgety

Scottish Labour calculate that VAT on private school fees will proved an extra £150 million a year

VAT on private school fees will bring immediate cash injection into state school...

It's like the first day at high school: you can't help getting lost

Edinburgh showcases the best of the Scottish arts and cultural sector for the world to see

We need a crisis summit on festival funding before it’s too late - Foysol Choudh...

Meet your new MP: Douglas Alexander, Labour MP for Lothian East

Scotland played a key part in Labour’s election victory

Now attention turns to next Holyrood election

Labour wins Edinburgh North and Leith from SNP

Douglas Alexander has been elected in East Lothian

Labour's Douglas Alexander takes Lothian East from SNP

Is Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar so sure of a resounding victory he’s stopped taking the contest seriously?

Sarwar must be having a laugh - John McLellan

Ian Murray with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, right, during a visit to the Harland & Wolff construction yard in Methil. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

An opportunity we can’t afford to miss - Ian Murray

There are few people less influential in the House of Commons than surplus MPs in a big majority governing party, says Angus Robertson

Only SNP MPs will stand up for Scotland in the commons - Angus Robertson
Given the most shocking Tory record of government ever seen in the United Kingdom and one of the most abysmal election campaigns in modern times, the result of Thursday’s election is largely a foregone conclusion. Labour is on course to secure a majority with, if the polls are right, a record number of MPs in parliament.
Angus Robertson

Edinburgh City Council leader Cammy Day

Vote for change in Thursday’s general election - Cammy Day

All you need to know about the election contest in Livingston

- Ian Murray

General election 2024: All you need to know about Edinburgh South

Scottish Labour is to ‘consider’ how free breakfasts in schools can help children

How about it John? Make sure children get a proper start to the school day - Sus...

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer’s approval ratings are in stark contrast to his party’s position, says Sue Webber

All very much to play for in Scotland - Sue Webber

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar launches the party's general election manifesto

An opportunity Scotland can’t afford to miss - Ian Murray

Anas Sarwar launches Scottish Labour manifesto

All aboard to end 14 years of Tory chaos - Ian Murray

Former Lothian Green MSP joins Labour

Rachel Reeves, Labour's Shadow Chancellor, visited Blackpool to unveil Labour's poster campaign on the 'Tory Tax Double Whammy' - pictured with Labour supporters at Blackpool Cricket Club.

Putting our NHS on the road to recovery - Ian Murray
Being in government matters – it is the only way to deliver change. And after the forthcoming UK general election, one of only two parties will be able to form a government: Labour or the Tories.
Ian Murray

Chancellor Of The Exchequer Jeremy Hunt poses with members of the Treasury staff as he leaves 11 Downing Street to deliver the Budget

No apology for crashing the economy - Ian Murray

Scottish Labour’s finance spokesperson Michael Marra

Labour outline new deal for working people - Ian Murray

Chris Murray, Labour candidate for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, supports the malaria campaign

Campaign to end malaria comes to Scotland

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar introduces the Labour party’s new report, ‘Building a Business Case for Scotland’

Scottish Labour is going for growth - Ian Murray

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. Image: John Devlin/National World.

Economic growth is key to Scotland's success - Ian Murray

A key Scottish Government target to build affordable homes over the next decade is “at risk”, according to a ministerial briefing obtained by Labour.

Affordable housing target ‘at risk’, briefing note shows

The number of rough sleepers is on the rise (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

Depressing historic first for our city - Ian Murray

Labour’s Shadow Scotland Secretary Ian Murray MP

Scottish Labour MPs look set to increase at next election - Susan Dalgety

Edinburgh and Glasgow are among Scottish councils considering introducing a workplace parking levy. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Scottish Labour putting brakes on the Workplace Parking Levy - Steve Cardownie

The Niddrie area of Edinburgh was locked down after a serious disturbance on Bonfire Night

Police need funding to face Bonfire Night mayhem - Ian Murray

There were 24,427 deaths registered between December 2022 and March 2023 Image: Jeff Moore/Press Association.

Scotland’s winter death toll highest for more than 30 years, figures show

Scottish First Minister and SNP leader Humza Yousaf making his keynote speech during the SNP annual conference at the Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA) in Aberdeen.

Yousaf’s council tax freeze is a double whammy for people who are struggling - S...

Edinburgh South Labour MP Ian Murray says most of Edinburgh's Westminster seats are now within Labour's grasp. Picture: Jane Barlow, PA.

Rutherglen result boosts Labour's hopes in Capital

Yes, Prime Minister, it is time for a change – a change of government - Ian Murr...

Edinburgh City Chambers, where the alleged rule-breaking party took place last Thursday night. Photo by Getty.

'Rule-breaking' Labour event at City Chambers

Labour leader Keir Starmer is continuing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Tory policies

Labour is now a party of conservatives with a big C and a small C - Tommy Sheppa...

Jackie Baillie MSP Scottish Labour

We need a shake-up of toxic, defensive NHS culture - Jackie Baillie

National Park Service Rangers are photographed next to a digital display of an unofficial heat reading at Furnace Creek Visitor Center in Death Valley National Park in Death Valley, California earlier this month (Picture: Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images)

The first step to confidently reasserting our Independence - Christine Grahame

I don’t mind politicians muscling in on the Fringe – some of them are funnier th...

Officers from Police Scotland outside the Glasgow home of Peter Murrell and Nicola Sturgeon, where a blue police tent was erected in the front garden.

The rising cost of the police investigation into the SNP’s finances is becoming ...

Labour has zero ambition for progressive change or counter disastrous and callou...

Polls show Yousaf is facing double jeopardy - John McLellan

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Rishi should be cutting waiting lists not birthday cake - Ian Murray

Labour leader Keir Starmer wants votes in Scotland to further his own ambitions (Picture: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

SNP, not Labour, is best placed to take seats off the Tories – Angus Robertson

Humza Yousaf pulls a face (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Poor Humza Yousaf even has to face one of the big boys from his old school

Residents were joined by MSPs, including Miles Briggs, and councillors in a protest against proposed student housing at Eyre Place Lane (Picture: Greg Macvean)

Local residents' voices must be heard in student flats row – Miles Briggs

Davina McCall's new show The Romance Retreat has been billed as the middle-aged Love Island (Picture: Nick England/Getty Images)

You can keep Love Island’s eye candy, I prefer soul food – Susan Dalgety

Readers' letters: Gender reform is not dead and buried