AN EDINBURGH candidate running to be an MSP has called a £25,000 donation to her party "a case of putting your money where your mouth is" as she hopes to make her way to Holyrood.

Russell Findlay said it was "irresponsible and pointless" to speculate on post election deal-making after Kemi Badenoch refused to rule out a potential deal with Reform UK in Scotland.

A NEW poll has predicted that the SNP would lose Edinburgh Central, with Scottish Labour forecast to make a shock win.

ANAS Sarwar has said there will be "no coalitions" and "no deals" with other political parties as he launched Scottish Labour's postal vote campaign in Edinburgh on Friday. (APR 17).

KEMI Badenoch has refused to rule out a deal with Reform UK in Scotland, saying that "you can see what the options are" in a proportional representation system.

AN SNP candidate has faced criticism after reportedly telling a hustings she did not subscribe to reading, writing, and arithmetic in education due to children having access to calculators.

Scottish political parties have clashed over Malcolm Offord's claim that Anas Sarwar suggested that Scottish Labour and Reform work together.

A disabled student in Edinburgh has alleged to have been left alone for 20 minutes during an emergency evacuation on campus.

ANAS Sarwar has voiced his opposition to Scottish facilities being used by the US military for operations against Iran—but only in the case of "offensive actions". The Scottish Labour leader was asked his position as he launched his party's manifesto ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections on 7 May. Sarwar had mentioned "the illegal actions of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu" in his speech, while also describing the war as "illegal" in the following press conference.

Anas Sarwar has voiced his opposition to Scottish facilities being used by the US military for operations against Iran - but only in the case of "offensive actions".

RUSSELL Findlay once again refused to rule out helping form a coalition government should the SNP fail to get a majority in the upcoming Holyrood election. Recent polling shows the SNP on a knife-edge of returning a majority to Holyrood and far ahead of other parties. John Swinney has pledged to seek a new independence referendum should his party be reelected with a majority on 7 May.

WITH Scots set to go to the polls in 31 days' time, the campaign for Scotland's next government is well and truly under way. This year began with parties immediately fixing their gaze on the election. While most officially launched their campaigns in late March, electoral posturing has been a constant for most politicians since the start of the year.

WITH Scots set to go to the polls in 31 days time, the campaign for Scotland's next government is well and truly under way.

Edinburgh MSP Angus Robertson has said that his Reform opponent's denial of a climate emergency was "not responsible and not sensible".

A Tory MSP has said that Anas Sarwar is not "the right man to be First Minister" after Russell Findlay refused to rule out backing him.

A SCOTTISH Reform UK candidate has claimed that the planet "doesn't have a climate crisis" at a hustings in Edinburgh. Gary Neill, who is standing as the Reform UK candidate in Edinburgh Central, made the comments at The Future Speaks hustings at the Greyfriars Charteris Centre in the city's Southside. The hustings focussed on questions from teenagers in Edinburgh, with pupils from schools including James Gillespie's High School, George Watson's College, and George Heriot's School making up most of the audience.

A Scottish Reform UK candidate has claimed that the planet "doesn't have a climate crisis" at a hustings in Edinburgh.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) has said that it "cannot at this early stage speculate" on the cause of the blaze near Glasgow Central Station, and confirmed that a "multi-agency investiga...

Holyrood parliamentarians are set to debate hundreds of amendments ahead of a final vote on Assisted Dying next Tuesday.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) has said that it "cannot at this early stage speculate" on the cause of the blaze near Glasgow Central Station, and confirmed that a "multi-agency investigation" is underway. SFRS crews remain on site more than 48 hours after the fire spread through the historic building on the corner of Union Street and Gordon Street.

Liam McArthur has urged the backing of assisted dying, saying that letting the law fail would see "dying Scots facing bad deaths needlessly".

Anas Sarwar will appear at the Scottish Labour Conference aiming to reinvigorate a party trailing in the polls and healing from infighting.

ANAS Sarwar will take the stage at the Scottish Labour Conference later today, aiming to reinvigorate a party trailing in the polls and healing from top-brass infighting. He infamously called on the Prime Minister to resign earlier this month in the wake of the Peter Mandelson scandal. If he had hoped to be the first to deal a lethal blow, he instead ended the day in ridicule as cabinet members rallied around Keir Starmer.