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Reform admits ‘errors’ as police assess if election spending rules were broken

Kemi Badenoch speaking to the media

Scottish devolution ‘a process and not a religion’ says Badenoch

John Swinney

Swinney: I will use every opportunity to challenge Badenoch devolution push

John Swinney and Nicola Sturgeon walking side by side and smiling as they chat

Swinney says he and Sturgeon ‘still friends’ despite election campaign criticism

Side view of Q Manivannan standing in the main Holyrood chamber

Green MSP Manivannan allowed to continue working in UK after visa extended

Scottish Labour leader Michael Marra

Labour is a ‘long way’ from being able to win at Holyrood, Michael Marra says

John Swinney

Alexander urges Swinney to focus on drugs death ‘crisis’ instead of independence

Michael Marra gesturing as he makes a speech

Marra to call for more decentralisation of Holyrood powers at Labour conference

John Swinney speaks during First Minister’s Questions for party leaders at the Scottish Parliament

Swinney calls on MSPs to unanimously back Scotland’s ‘right to decide’

Michael Marra celebrates after being named as the new Scottish Labour leader

Michael Marra elected Scottish Labour leader

John Swinney

John Swinney vows to bring ‘radical change’ to Scotland’s public services

Elizabeth Quigley and John Swinney smiling

John Swinney’s BBC journalist wife Elizabeth Quigley resigns on health grounds

Independence supporters waving Scottish flags, standing outside under blue skies

Scottish Government publishes draft Bill for second independence referendum

Sir John Curtice

Farage is ‘midwife’ of Holyrood pro-indy majority, Sir John Curtice says

Head and shoulders photo of Malcolm Offord

Reform leader in Scotland had cancer diagnosed on day of Holyrood election

Joe Fagan walking through a corridor at Holyrood

Scottish Labour must be bold in wake of election defeat, says leadership hopeful

Michal Shanks and Anas Sarwar

Scottish Labour facing leadership fight ‘it could have done without’, MP says
Labour MP Michael Shanks said the timing of Anas Sarwar’s move from Holyrood to the House of Lords had been a ‘surprise’.
Katrine Bussey, Press Association Scotland political editor

Anas Sarwar

Scottish Labour leadership is hardest job in UK politics – Sarwar

Monica Lennon

Starmer refusing to quit selfish and stubborn, says Lennon

Douglas Alexander

Scottish Labour to reflect on ‘deeper questions’ following election defeat

Monica Lennon

Monica Lennon ‘not going to rule out’ Scottish Labour leadership bid

Dave Doogan speaking in the House of Commons

SNP urges Andy Burnham ‘not to repeat mistakes’ on independence

Professor Iain Gillespie seated in a Holyrood committee

Dundee University principals paid nearly £300,000 after stepping down

The King delivers a speech next to Presiding Officer Kenneth Gibson MSP and the Queen in the Scottish Parliament

King calls for debate with ‘respect’ at opening of Scottish Parliament session

Charles and Camilla walking outside, with a wall behind them

King to formally open seventh session of Scottish Parliament

Women outside the Scottish parliament building in Edinburgh

Women say contraceptive jab complications ‘life-changing’ at MSP meeting

Peter Murrell leaving court in a prison van

Five-year jail sentence marks final disgrace for former SNP supremo Murrell

First Minister’s Questions

Swinney: Dangerous for me to intervene on Holyrood restricting media
The First Minister said it would not be right for him to ‘regulate’ the decision of Scottish Parliament bosses.
Craig Meighan, Press Association Scotland political reporter

Labour Party candidate Andy Burnham leaving the Community Sports Club in Makerfield, Greater Manchester

Polls open in Makerfield by-election which could determine Starmer’s future

Makerfield by-election

Voters go to polls in crunch by-election for Starmer’s leadership

Scotland fans happy in the sunshine

John Swinney hails ‘tremendous inspiration’ of Scotland’s World Cup win

The King speaking, while in military uniform, with the Queen alongside him

King and Queen to attend ceremony to open new Scottish Parliament term

Dame Jackie Baillie

Scottish Green amendment to Murrell inquiry call was ‘smokescreen’ – Baillie

Seabirds at Bempton Cliffs

New calls for Scottish Government to end guga hunt amid animal welfare concerns

Peter Murrell in a prison van

Arrival in prison van marks total fall from grace for SNP supremo Peter Murrell

First Minister John Swinney

Swinney vows he will not ‘kowtow to Downing Street’ over Scottish independence

Alex Neil waving his hand as he makes a speech

SNP leadership ‘doesn’t have clue’ how to win independence – former minister

John Swinney, centre left, standing next to Keir Starmer, centre right

MSPs back John Swinney’s independence motion but Westminster rejects referendum

Jenny Gilruth speaking from a lectern

Deputy First Minister urges MSPs to ‘unite’ ahead of vote on holding indyref2

John Swinney gesturing with his hands during a speech

UK at ‘tipping point’ on the constitution, says John Swinney

First Minister of Scotland John Swinney stands with SNP MSPs on the steps of the Scottish Parliament

Being First Minister ‘greatest privilege’ of Swinney’s life

John Swinney in Holyrood, with Shirley-Anne Somerville clapping while seated nearby

John Swinney ready to ‘get on with the job’ as he is re-elected First Minister

John Swinney swearing an oath in Holyrod

MSPs to elect new first minister after Scottish elections

John Swinney with other MSPs

Swinney: Calm and elegance of Holyrood in contrast to chaos of Westminster

Stephen Flynn in a raincoat

Flynn and Gethins hit out at ‘crisis-ridden Westminster’ as they quit Commons

Ross Greer and Gillian Mackay at Holyrood

Scotland deserves better than status quo say Greens, amid five-year plan launch

First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney after winning his seat in Perthshire North in last week's election

Swinney says he rescued SNP from ‘enormous peril’ after 2024 election result

Q Manivannan in Holyrood

Home Office urged to investigate Green MSP in UK on student visa

Dave Doogan smiling

Dave Doogan to lead SNP at Westminster as Stephen Flynn steps down

Q Manivannan in Holyrood

Transgender MSP applies for visa renewal to ensure they can work in UK

Nicola Sturgeon

Reform ‘did not do as well as I feared’ in Holyrood election, Sturgeon says

John Swinney speaks to new SNP MSPs

John Swinney wants Scottish Parliament to be ‘fully Farage-proofed’ by 2029

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton (left) with former leader Willie Rennie (centre) and Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey (right) alongside newly-elected MSPs at Newhaven Lighthouse

Scottish politics must not be distracted by independence vote calls, Davey says

Votes are removed from a ballot box as the count gets underway for the 2026 Scottish parliament elections at Dewars Centre in Perth

2026 elections: The results in maps and charts

Ross Greer at the election declaration

Greens and SNP have ‘mandate to deliver’ second independence vote, Greer insists

An aerial view of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh

SNP MSP Stephen Gethins urges parties to ‘listen to the voters’ on independence

John Swinney

John Swinney leads SNP to record fifth Holyrood victory

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