Labour

Oil support vessels in Aberdeen Harbour from onboard a Northlink Ferry

Plans to shut down oil and gas akin to 'akin to economic genocide'

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.

We need a softer landing on North Sea drilling not a hard stop - GMB

Would Labour leader Keir Starmer be able to reform the UK in a way that Gordon Brown could not when he was Chancellor and then Prime Minister? (Picture: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Independent Scotland must be a good neighbour to UK – Stewart McDonald

Many EU supporters are frustrated with Labour leader Keir Starmer over his dismissal of a return to the EU (Picture: Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Brexit regret is growing and the campaign to rejoin the EU will come

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham visits Alexander Dennis. Picture: Michael Gillen

Burnham says he understands SNP's claims UK Government 'destroying devolution'

Swansea West MP Geraint Davies was suspended over inappropriate behavious allegations. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

Female MP says she was warned to “watch out” for Geraint Davies

Geraint Davies MP has been suspended by the Labour party.

Analysis: Labour suspend Geraint Davies, but issues go far beyond one MP

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of doubling down on his Brexit stance.

SNP says Labour going 'along with madness' as Keir Starmer defends Brexit policy

Keir Starmer's foreign policy still lacks a coherent and well-formed structure (Picture: Yui Mok/PA)

Starmer must end his strategic silence on international affairs – Azeem Ibrahim

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz with Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, at an event for the 25th anniversary of the ECB this month (Picture: Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)

Scotsman Letters: UK should have a 'recession' as bad as Germany's

First Minister Humza Yousaf tours the recently completed Clarice Pears building during a to visit to the University of Glasgow. Picture: Robert Perry/PA Wire

Labour blasts Humza Yousaf as more than 2,200 Scots wait two years for surgery

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is expected to announce the party's net zero energy strategy during a visit to Scotland's oil and gas heartland in Aberdeen next month. Picture: Robert Perry/PA

Labour plan to ban new North Sea oil and gas branded ‘pie in the sky’

Labour reportedly want to block all new oil and gas developments in the North Sea

Labour would block any new North Sea oil and gas developments if in government

SNP Independence Minister Jamie Hepburn says more Scexit policy papers will be published.

Readers' Letters: Why should Scots pay for SNP plot to break up UK?

Sir Iain Livingstone said this week that Police Scotland is an institutionally racist and discriminatory organisation

Readers' Letters: Chief Constable passing buck on Police Scotland 'racism'

Labour leader Keir Starmer seems to have changed his mind about immigration (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Tories are set to lose power but Labour are out of touch with reality

Picture: PA

Keir Starmer criticises Scottish and UK ministers over deposit return scheme row

Scottish independence supporters can take comfort from at least one recent poll (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Independence movement is still strong despite SNP's troubles – Joyce McMillan

MSPs are going to debate the use of AI technology in the Scottish Parliament.

MSPs need to trust AI before using it in Holyrood

PMQs: Sunak accused of overseeing 'uncontrolled immigration' as Tory MP ejected

The arrogance of power may have affected both Nicola Sturgeon and Boris Johnson (Picture: Duncan McGlynn/Getty Images)

SNP and Tories may both discover the price of political arrogance is high

First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf ruled out a deal with the Tories.

Humza Yousaf rules out deal with Tories even if offered Indyref2

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer says voting reform isn't on his to-do list (Picture: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Starmer needs to do away with first-past-the-post vote

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has hinted that he might support a Labour government without the promise of a second independence referendum (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Politicians of all parties are as bad as each other

SNP supporters celebrate as the 2015 general election results come in, with the party going on to receive a record 49.97 per cent of the vote (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

SNP must present a credible economic vision, rather than talk down our opponents

There is a growing belief in Westminster that Sir Keir Starmer is the next Prime Minister.

Analysis: Labour set to win election, but SNP bargains may need to be struck

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100% mortgages: the aim is laudable but there are very real risks - David Alexan...

First Minister Humza Yousaf during his visit to NHS 24's Dundee contact centre. Picture: Euan Cherry/PA Wire

SNP MP warns party against using 'easy soundbites' to attack Labour

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?

A long-awaited report into problems with Edinburgh's original tram line looks set to be made public (Picture: PA)

Tram Inquiry raises key question: what's the point of inquiries?

Tha a h-uile coltas gur e Keir Starmer agus a' phàrtaidh Làbarach a bhios a' riaghladh ann a Westminster. (Dealbh: Dan Charity/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Chan eil an t-slighe gu neo-eisimeileachd idir soilleir a-nis

Labour celebrated the local election results in England but it does not appear to be on course for a majority at the next general election (Picture: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

Tory-lite Labour can't muster a majority despite Conservatives' disarray

The newly elected leader of Plymouth council, Tudor Evans takes a selfie photograph with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and deputy Labour Party leader Angela Rayner

Keir Starmer refuses to rule out coalition with Lib Dems

Republic chief executive Graham Smith said a chief inspector and two other Metropolitan Police officers personally apologised to him over what he called a “disgraceful episode” after they visited him on Monday evening.

Met Police expresses ‘regret’ over protester arrests ahead of King’s coronation

Sir Keir Starmer

Analysis: Why tactical voting battle will ramp up as Labour hopes for change

First Minister Humza Yousaf during a visit to the Whitfield Community Larder as part of the Big Help Out in Dundee. Picture: Jane Barlow - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Yousaf says SNP battling 'most difficult weeks', but can win next election

SNP's Patrick Grady, MP for Glasgow North. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

SNP MP found to have sexually harassed teenager planning to stand at election

The SNP's Stephen Flynn

SNP accused of 'desperate ploy' after appeal to Labour and Lib Dem voters

The local elections are a key test for Rishi Sunak

Tories suffer major losses in English local elections

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

David Alexander is CEO of DJ Alexander Scotland Ltd

housing market is divided by location more than ever before - David Alexander

The Debating Chamber of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh - opened in 2004.

Scottish politics: Labour ahead of SNP on list vote in new poll

SNP MP Joanna Cherry. Picture: Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images

Cherry claims she has been 'cancelled' as The Stand Fringe show axed

Scottish Conservative Leader Douglas Ross speaking on stage on the second day of the Scottish Conservative party conference at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow.

Douglas Ross confident he has backing of MSPs amid tactical voting plea anger

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has caused uproar within Tory ranks over his suggestion people should vote for other parties if they are better placed to oust the SNP (Picture: Lesley Martin/PA)

Tactical voting risks distorting the 'will of the people' – Scotsman comment

There were no shortage of big album releases in 2003.

13 music albums that mark their 20th anniversary in 2023

Culture Secretary Lucy Fraze confirmed that checks to "better protect even those unable to afford small losses" and maximum stakes for online slot machines are among plans contained in the Government's gambling White Paper.

Gambling firms to face new levy as government under fire for delay

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces questions over tax loopholes.

Rishi Sunak dismisses tax loophole criticism as 'this non dom thing'

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak dismissed questions about his tax concerns as "this non-dom thing".

PMQs: How SNP's Flynn pinned down Rishi Sunak on child refugees

Diane Abbott has had the Labour whip suspended following comments about racism.

Minority groups warn cannot be 'hierarchy of racism' after Diane Abbott comments

Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon leaving her home in Uddingston, Glasgow. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Police reportedly hunt burner phone sim cards in SNP finances probe

Diane Abbott. Picture: PA

Diane Abbott has Labour whip suspended over comments on 'white racism'

Labour MP Diane Abbott attends a Stand Up to Racism rally outside Downing Street. Picture: Hollie Adams/Getty

Diane Abbott has Labour whip withdrawn after “deeply offensive” letter

Shadow Scottish secretary Ian Murray insisted his party wasn't worried about the UK-wide polls narrowing.

Ian Murray says Labour right not to worry about polls

Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf answers questions during First Minister's Questions at Scottish Parliament on April 20, 2023 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Poll: SNP support slumps to lowest level since indyref

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street in central London. Picture: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images

Sunak calls Starmer 'Sir Softy' amid row over criminal justice system

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St Andrew's House, headquarters of the Scottish Government in Edinburgh

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A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward. Picture: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

Health board expects to be in deficit for five more years as budget cuts hit

Raeburn's Edinburgh at the Georgian House features probably his most revered work - his portrait of his Mrs James Gregory - or Isobella Macleod . The artist is pictured right.

Raeburn's Edinburgh and a long gaze into the city that made an artist