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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

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

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

The local elections are a key test for Rishi Sunak

Tories suffer major losses in English local elections

Should opposition parties join forces to defeat SNP candidates?

Readers' Letters: Tactical voting offer is worth taking seriously

Jeremy Hunt channels Mr Bean as he orders a coffee in a new Treasury video about inflation (Picture: HM Treasury)

Chancellor Bean is actually talking sense in much-mocked video

Alistair Carmichael accused the Labour party of being "timid" on issues.

Labour party being ‘timid’ allows Lib Dems to lead on big issues, MP claims

Alex Cole-Hamilton has branded the move "unspeakably arrogant".

Scottish independence: Lib Dems 'won't play SNP's game' with de facto referendum

Michael Gove (left), Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murthy (centre) and mother Usha Sunak (right) cheer former chancellor Rishi Sunak during a hustings event at Wembley Arena in London. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Michael Gove says he will carry on as MP despite resignation speculation

Lib Dems want fuel costs and rail fares to be frozen

Lib Dems urge freeze on energy bill and rail fares

Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Ed Davey after his party won in Tiverton and Honiton

Sir Ed Davey says Boris Johnson must go now

Alex Cole-Hamilton says refugees need help to rebuild their lives. Picture: Getty Images.

Lib Dems call for national scheme to give bus passes to Ukrainian refugees

Willie Rennie criticised Scottish Government spending on cutting up doors.

Lib Dems demand answers over SNP spending £19,000 spend on chopping up doors

Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kigali, Rwanda. Picture: Ian Vogler - Pool/Getty Images

By-election results: Why Scotland party associations are working out how to get ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson (centre) chairs a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, London, after he survived an attempt by Tory MPs to oust him as party leader following a confidence vote in his leadership on Monday evening at the Houses of Parliament. Picture date: Tuesday June 7, 2022. Picture: PA

Labour and Lib Dems need to unite under a 'Boris out' message - Euan McColm

Public charging points can mean a lot of hanging around (Picture: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty)

Scotland on Sunday Letters: More home charge points will encourage EV take-up

Labour's Cammy Day celebrates his re-election to Edinburgh Council

Labour take control of council with more votes from Lib Dem than their own

The City Chambers will see a lot of negotiating between parties over the next five years. Picture: Neil Hanna.

What does minority Labour rule mean for Edinburgh

Aberdeen town house will be home to a new city council.

Aberceen City Council coalition deal: SNP and Lib Dems agree partnership

Boris Johnson said he had an 'oven ready' Brexit deal

Readers' Letters: Lib Dems should campaign for a new Brexit vote

Edinburgh Western Lib Dem MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton leads celebrations outside the EICC after his party made huge gains. Photo: Scott Louden

Edinburgh council elections: Here's what happened

Alex Cole-Hamilton has said a Liberal Democrat resurgence could begin at local level.

Lib Dems open to Labour coalition as party leader aims for power in 2026

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton

Liberal Democrats unveil plans to deliver a 'power surge' for local authorities

David Warburton, the MP for Somerset and Frome, has had the Tory whip withdrawn pending an investigation into allegations about his conduct.

Tory MP facing cocaine and sexual harassment allegations suspended by party

HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow

Ministers urged to take action over prison self-harm incidents

Picture: Getty Images

Put counsellors in every school to combat mental health emergency, urge Lib Dems

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called for the extension of a loan scheme for electric vehicles.

Call for loan scheme to be extended to boost electric vehicle take up

Sir Ed Davey speaks at a Liberal Democrat Conference. Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

Households set to pay £100m more for energy over festive period: Lib Dems

The Lib Dems have demanded broadband discounts

Lib Dems demand broadband discounts for the vulnerable

Alex Cole-Hamilton has called for an inquiry over deaths resulting from Scotland's ambulance crisis. Picture: Tom Eden/PA Wire

Scottish Lib Dems call for inquiry into ambulance crisis deaths

Alex Cole-Hamilton, the Scottish Liberal Democrat leader, said part of Nicola Sturgeon would rather have a "nice academic job. "Picture: Tom Eden/PA Wire

'Hard to see' Nicola Sturgeon in office after 2026, Scottish Lib Dem leader says

Scottish Liberal Democrats leader Alex Cole-Hamilton in the main chamber at the Scottish Parliament. Picture: Jane Barlow - Pool / Getty Images

Scottish party leader backs assisted dying law change

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey claimed Boris Johnson could be out after the next election

Lib Dems can ‘get Boris Johnson out of government’ in next election

How Scotland's covid vaccine passport could look

Government urged to ditch vaccine passports to fix 'broken' tracing system

Nicola Sturgeon announces the new government deal, flanked by Green co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater

SNP-Green deal has risks for both parties – Ian Swanson

The SNP is under investigation by the police around how it spent £650,000 of crowdfunded donations

'SNP fraud probe makes case for Lord Advocate reform', say Lib Dems

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey and the party's new MP for Chesham and Amersham, Sarah Green, celebrate after a shock by-election victory over the Conservatives (Picture: Steve Parsons/PA Wire)

Housing crisis means planning is now a major political issue – Murdo Fraser

Lib Dems: Conservative suffer huge defeat in Chesham and Amersham by-election as Lib Dems steal victory

Conservative suffer huge defeat in Chesham and Amersham by-election

The take up rate of expanded child care hours has been criticised.

Expanded nursery hours take-up rate branded 'terrible' by Lib Dems

Scottish Liberal Demcrat leader Willie Rennie meets the penguins at Edinburgh Zoo on the Holyrood campaign trail

Why I'm cheerful about the future for Lib Dems - Alex Cole-Hamilton

The results for each constituency seat in the Scottish Parliament 2021 election plus those who have been elected in each region under the list vote.

In full: Scottish Parliament election results

Alex Cole-Hamilton. Picture: Lisa Ferguson/JPIMedia

Lib Dems increase Edinburgh Western majority to nearly 10,000 votes

Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader Willie Rennie said his party believe they can take advantage of a soft SNP vote.

Lib Dems to 'progress' and take advantage of 'soft' SNP vote - Rennie

Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader Willie Rennie announces plans for mental health first aiders by playing a giant game of Connect 4. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

'Put Covid recovery first', pledge Lib Dems in manifesto

Finance secretary Kate Forbes reacts next to Nicola Sturgeon at Holyrood. Picture: Fraser Bremner - Pool/Getty Images

Travel concessions extended as Scottish budget voted through by MSPs

Scottish Liberal Democrats leader Willie Rennie believes his party will make gains at the election.

Willie Rennie says only Lib Dems can stop an SNP majority

The late Charles Kennedy.

Charles Kennedy faced 'abuse and denigration of worst kind' before he died

Ed Davey has said the Liberal Democrats are not the "rejoin the EU" party.

'We're not the rejoin EU party' says Ed Davey

Choices: Four years of Brexit debate have only served to highlight the differences between Scotland and England

Four long years of Brexit border warfare show the vast gulf between Scotland and...

Liberal Democrat MP Christine Jardine has written to the Chancellor calling for him to provide extra support to shops over the festive period.

Small firms 'should get taxpayer-funded free postage' to help them survive

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is resisting the vote of the Scottish Parliament to provide the evidence to the Salmond Inquiry she originally promised

The Conservatives, Labour and the Lib Dems must work together to defeat SNP - Br...

Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader Willie Rennie urged Labour to help amend the Internal Market Bill

Lib Dems urge Labour to help them change the internal market bill

Christine Jardine has accused the SNP of selling a "fantasy"

SNP accused of selling ‘fantasy’ of Scotland remaining in EU

Tougher lockdown restrictions were reimposed in Aberdeen earlier this month

Calls for SNP to offer more local lockdown support

Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran who is vying for the leadership

Ayesha Hazarika: What is the point of the Lib Dems now?

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