Anas Sarwar

Scottish Labour are predicting 20,000 Scots will die in 2023 while waiting for NHS Treatment.

More than 18,000 Scots died while waiting on NHS treatment, amid private surge

UK Labour says it will block new licences for developing oil and gas in the North Sea if it wins the next general election. Image: PA.

Scottish Labour says it will not impose 'cliff-edge' end to North Sea oil

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to Rutherglen. Picture: Robert Perry/PA Wire

Starmer tells SNP and Tories not to 'dither and delay' over Ferrier by-election

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

SNP ministers accused of 'riding roughshod' over Freedom of Information laws

Margaret Ferrier has resisted calls to quit as an MP. Picture: PA

What is Margaret Ferrier's majority and how close could a by-election be?

First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf during a visit to a school holiday club at Ayr Academy in Ayr, to announce additional funding to support families.

Analysis: SNP in the fight of their lives to limit the damage to 2017 levels

Humza Yousaf and Anas Sarwar will face off at the next General Election, key for both of their parties.

SNP support down but on course for more than 40 seats in new Ipsos poll

Defeat for Labour in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West byelection would be a disaster for Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar's hopes of removing the Conservative government with Scottish help (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Sarwar, not Yousaf, has most to lose in looming byelection contest – Euan McColm

Margaret Ferrier who is the Independent MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West. Picture: PA

SNP MP 'confident' SNP can win seat held by Ferrier if by-election called

Margaret Ferrier (left) on the campaign trail with former first minister Nicola Sturgeon in 2019, when she remained a SNP MP. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

By-election looms as ex-SNP MP Margaret Ferrier loses appeal against suspension

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar in the main chamber during First Minster's Questions. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Sarwar joins picket line as staff strike at old private school

The fourth episode of The Steamie for 2022 is now live. Picture: JPI Media/Shutterstock

The Steamie: Is talk of post-election coalitions a sign of SNP panic?

Labour support is growing

What do the latest polls tell us about the Labour revival in Scotland?

AN independence march in 2018

John Curtice: SNP now losing independence support

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Anas Sarwar insists Labour will not need an SNP coalition

First Minister Humza Yousaf speaks during an anti-poverty summit at Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, joining attendees that include those with direct experience of poverty, anti-poverty and equality campaigners, academics, third sector partners and representatives from local government and business to share expertise, experiences and ideas that can be used in a collective effort to reduce inequality across Scotland. Picture date: Wednesday May 3, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story SCOTLAND Poverty. Photo credit should read: Peter Summers/PA Wire

Teachers at Yousaf's former school vote for strike action amid pensions row

First Minister Humza Yousaf during First Minister's Questions (FMQs) in the main chamber of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.

Humza Yousaf claims SNP still enjoying 'incredible support' in the polls

Old-style farming methods, as seen on Skye circa 1910, are not easy to duplicate today, advises reader (Picture: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Regenerative farming is not a simple option

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking on the first day of the Scottish Conservative party conference at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow. Picture date: Friday April 28, 2023.

SNP's woes create a chance for a new kind of national pride – John McLellan

The cost of HMP Glasgow, due to replace Barlinnie prison, above, has rised from £100 million to £400 million (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Spare us the hypocrisy on public-private finance deals, Mr Yousaf – Brian Wilson

Work is due to start this year

Yousaf to investigate estimated £300m overspend on Barlinnie prison replacement

Colin Beattie has resigned as treasurer

Colin Beattie quits as SNP treasurer following arrest

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar makes a speech at Pollok Community Centre in Glasgow.

Anas Sarwar challenges SNP to call early Holyrood election

Anas Sarwar

Anas Sarwar targets Humza Yousaf's constituency for speech

Plans to close at least ten per cent of Scottish inshore waters to all forms of fishing are a scandal (Picture: Steve Parson/PA)

SNP's centralising mentality has put a curse on Scotland – Brian Wilson

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner during a visit to a food store in Derby

Angela Rayner: Gender reforms not at odds with women’s rights overall

Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross out canvassing event in Edinburgh ahead of the local elections last year (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Scots Tories need better plan than tactical voting against SNP – John McLellan

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Anas Sarwar puts Scottish Labour on election footing amid SNP turmoil

First Minister Humza Yousaf (right) arrives with newly-appointed education secretary Jenny Gilruth. Picture: PA

Humza Yousaf urged to intervene in his old private school's 'bully tactics'

The then Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard during First Minster's Questions in the debating chamber of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.

Keir Starmer: 'I sacked Richard Leonard to take advantage of potential recovery'

Humza Yousaf speaks to the media after being voted the new First Minister at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. Picture date: Tuesday March 28, 2023.

Almost half of Scotland thinks Humza Yousaf 'too focused' on independence

Brace yourselves, the next two years could make or break the political careers of both Humza Yousaf and Anas Sarwar.

Squeaky bum time already for Humza Yousaf as poll demonstrates challenge ahead

Humza Yousaf speaking at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, after it was announced that he is the new Scottish National Party leader, and would become the next First Minister of Scotland. Picture date: Monday March 27, 2023.

SNP set to lose 18 seats to Labour at next election in worrying poll for Yousaf

New First Minister Humza Yousaf. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Analysis: Pity the poor schoolkids forced to stay and watch this FMQs

Newly elected First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf outside Bute House, Edinburgh, after holding his first cabinet meeting. Picture date: Wednesday March 29, 2023.

How to watch Humza Yousaf's first FMQs

Humza Yousaf speaks to the media after being voted the new First Minister at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.

What Humza Yousaf said and what he meant in speech after FM vote

Humza Yousaf has been officially elected as the sixth First Minister of Scotland.

Humza Yousaf elected First Minister of Scotland in Scottish Parliament vote

Humza Yousaf speaks following the SNP Leadership election result announcement at Murrayfield Stadium. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Sturgeon says Humza Yousaf will be 'outstanding leader and First Minister'

The leadership candidates - (from left to right) Kate Forbes, Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf. Picture: Getty Images

New leader must ‘pick up the pieces’ of Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘woeful record’

Co-leader of the Scottish Green Party Patrick Harvie at the 2023 Scottish Green Party Spring conference. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Patrick Harvie: Scottish Greens will re-evaluate the Bute House Agreement

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Anas Sarwar says Scotland deserves better than whoever wins SNP leadership race

Nicola Sturgeon could have achieved much more during her time as First Minister (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Nicola Sturgeon is highly talented but she was a failure as First Minister

Outgoing First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Divisions in Scottish politics on full display as Sturgeon era draws to a close

Nicola Sturgeon is to face her final First Minister’s Questions on Thursday after more than eight years as head of the Scottish Government.

Nicola Sturgeon to face final First Minister’s Questions today

Dame Judi Dench. Picture: Dan Kitwood

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Dame Judi Dench to appear in stage show

Labour leader Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar in Glasgow last week.

Internal polling suggests Scottish Labour would take several key constituencies

SNP leadership candidates Kate Forbes, Humza Yousaf and Ash Regan

SNP leadership candidates demand party reveals its membership numbers

Labour leader Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar during their visit to Siemens in Cambuslang. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says SNP has 'run out of road' in Scotland

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during First Minster's Questions. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Analysis: SNP leadership contest hangs over Holyrood as opposition lap it up

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon

FMQs: Yousaf accused of ‘failing upwards’ as Sturgeon defends his record

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf and First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon in the chamber for First Minster's Questions at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.

FMQs sketch: General Sturgeon shows she is still in charge of her troops

Labour’s plan for long-term vacant houses is short on detail

We need a coherent plan for housing, not election gimmicks - David Alexander

Keir Starmer. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA

Keir Starmer makes appeal to Scots who had given up on Labour and the Union

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Anas Sarwar: I don't 'instinctively support' moves to legalise assisted dying

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, with wife Furheen, after speaking on the first day of the Scottish Labour Party conference. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Analysis: Anas Sarwar hopes change is in the air as SNP 'turns inwards'

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Anas Sarwar appeals to SNP voters after resignation of Nicola Sturgeon

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