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Prime Minister Andy Burnham and First Minister John Swinney shake hands ahead of a bilateral meeting at the National Economic Council in Glasgowplaceholder image

Burnham: I don't want to see Scotland left out of my devolution plans

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Analysis Boring John Healey succeeds in making UK Budget low key event

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Exclusive Scottish business chiefs urge Chancellor to be 'bold' and cut taxes

John Swinney during the final day of the Scottish National Party (SNP) annual conference in Aberdeenplaceholder image

McGill's defends comparing John Swinney to dictator over bus plan

Andy Burnham has said the UK's existing relationship with Europe is “not good enough” (Picture: House of Commons/PA)placeholder image

Readers' Letters: Russian interference in Brexit claim is a red herring

The Scottish Beer and Pub Association said 62 pubs closed during the first nine months of 2026placeholder image

Call for action as a pub closes every five days in Scotland

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Exclusive UK Government 'ignoring questions' on Grangemouth £200m from MSPs

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How Burnham's broken Brexit pledge risks making him the new Starmer Brian Monteith

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Burnham 'can't pick and choose when democracy applies', says Sturgeon

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Andy Burnham says the UK could re-join the EU under his leadership

John Healey after his conference speechplaceholder image

Boost for Rolls Royce Scots plant as firm invests £300m in factories

Michael Marra at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpoolplaceholder image

Analysis Michael Marra was more genuine than Anas Sarwar - but also more boring

Former MP George Galloway (left) and his solicitor, Kevin Winter (right) of KRW Law, speak to media in 2025.placeholder image

Galloway threatens legal action as Bank of Scotland accounts 'closed'

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Andy Burnham pulls out of Edinburgh Festival Fringe show

Joani Reid is a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee and MP for East Kilbride and Strathaven (Official Parliament portrait/PA)placeholder image

Joani Reid returns to Labour party after investigation into husband

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner said rent controls had not worked in Scotland  (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)placeholder image

Rayner gets it – but will the Scottish government listen?

Katy Clark is considering running for Scottish Labour leaderplaceholder image

Exclusive Left-wing MSP considering Scottish Labour leadership bid

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Burnham criticised for using private jet from Glasgow to Manchester

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Analysis Was Burnham right to keep Douglas Alexander as Scottish Secretary?

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Andy Burnham appoints Cabinet after becoming Prime Minister RECAP

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This is Labour's 'last chance', says Burnham in first leader's speech

Despite his busy life, family was everything to Dave Armstrongplaceholder image

Scotsman Obituaries: Dave Armstrong, dedicated Scottish history teacher

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Andy Burnham urged to remove Peter Mandelson's lord title within month

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Andy Burnham step closer to becoming PM as Darren Jones endorses him

Andy Burnham, Labour MP for Makerfield and would-be prime minister, celebrates after his swearing-in at the Houses of Parliament yesterday (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)placeholder image

Readers' Letters: If Burnham became PM a general election would be needed

Andy Burnham is poised to become the next prime ministerplaceholder image

Analysis What will Andy Burnham as prime minister mean for Scotland?

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Next prime minister 'faces battle for heart and soul of the country'

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer makes a speech in Downing Street as he announces his resignationplaceholder image

Analysis His voice quavering, this was a rare glimpse of Keir Starmer the man

Andy Burnham at Ashton Town FC in Ashton-in-Makerfield, after winning the Makerfield by-election PIC: Peter Byrne/PA Wireplaceholder image

A battle of ideas is needed before Burnham gets to Number 10

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Readers' Letters: New Presiding Officer has made welcome changes

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Readers' Letters: Minimum wage for artists idea is a joke Scotsman Letters

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwarplaceholder image

Scots Labour MPs not told to back Sarwar on PM quit call

Sir Keir Starmer, during the debate on the King's Speech in the House of Commons, London, following the State Opening of Parliament on Wednesday.placeholder image

My Westminster baptism of fire as cost of living continues to burn

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Readers Letters: Scots remain voiceless as the central belt thrives

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Readers Letters: Swinney's SNP denies democracy by snubbing Reform Scotsman Letters

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and James Murray, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, left, meet Labour Party members at Kingsdown Methodist Church Hall in Ealing, west London, on Fridayplaceholder image

Exclusive Scots Labour MPs warn against quick Keir Starmer leadership challenge

Sir Keir Starmer (R) and Peter Mandelsonplaceholder image

Tories 'considering options' for removing Starmer as Prime Minister

Anas Sarwar at a campaign event in Edinburgh on Thursday morningplaceholder image

Suspended Labour candidate 'lied to party', says Anas Sarwar

UK immigration minister Mike Tapp holding a gunplaceholder image

UK immigration minister criticised for 'distasteful' photo with gun

Angela Rayner in Downing Street last yearplaceholder image

Analysis Rayner lines up leadership tilt - but needs others to put the knife in

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John Curtice: Labour is more vulnerable to Reform in Scotland

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First Peter Mandelson files to be published on Wednesday

The documents are expected to detail the process of appointing Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to the US.

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and wife Furheen Ashrifplaceholder image

The past few days need to be a wake-up call for Scottish Labour Rachel Amery

First Minister John Swinney speaks to SNP members last September at an event marking the tenth anniversary of the 2014 Scottish Independence referendum, which the party lost (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)placeholder image

Readers Letters: SNP might gain appeal if they had more than one policy

Foysol Choudhury is appealing to Anas Sawar for the chance to clear his nameplaceholder image

Exclusive Suspended MSP says he could be victim of a conspiracy

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Lord Peter Mandelson released on bail pending further investigation

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Exclusive Nearly three in four Scottish voters want change from the status quo

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Sir Keir Starmer says he backs Anas Sarwar '100 per cent'

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Starmer's communications chief steps down as pressure ramps up on PM

SNP Westminster Leader and MP for Aberdeen South, Stephen Flynn.placeholder image

SNP's Stephen Flynn calls for Starmer to ‘do right thing and resign’

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Shoplifting in Scotland has increased 129% since 2021

Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney has quit. Photo: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire placeholder image

Morgan McSweeney quits as Starmer's chief of staff amid Mandelson row

First Minister John Swinney and Reform UK leader Nigel Farageplaceholder image

Gap between SNP and Reform narrows, but nationalists on track to win

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar speaks to the media after First Minister's Questions at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburghplaceholder image

Starmer should never have considered Mandelson for job, says Sarwar

Lord Peter Mandelson and SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynnplaceholder image

SNP demand investigation in Mandelson after resignation

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Flynn says he is not worried about MSPs who have briefed against him

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