Jackie Baillie

He hailed successor Mr Burnham for his “bold Labour vision” as he entered No 10 this week

The interview was part of Operation Branchform, which ultimately led to Sturgeon's former husband Peter Murrell being convicted of embezzling more than £400,000 from the SNP during his time as chief executive

The party’s National Executive Committee has reportedly agreed to a proposal by First Minister John Swinney last night to launch a compensation order to try and recoup the cash, according to Scottish newspaper The National

Express columnist Nick Ferrari got into a heated conversation with an LBC caller on his news programme over the growing scrutiny Nicola Sturgeon is facing following her estranged husband's £400,000 SNP embezzlement

Peter Murrell, last week, pleaded guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh to embezzling more than £400,000 from the SNP — the party Ms Sturgeon once led — between 2010 and 2022

Meanwhile, the Labour party’s longstanding political dominance in both nations would see it take comfortable control of the two new parliaments

From an American perspective, much of the interest will lie in the fate of two politicians with very different relationships to President Trump

A total of 136 local authorities across England have held elections today, with six areas choosing a new local mayor

The last independence referendum in 2014 saw 55% vote to remain in the United Kingdom, while 45% backed separation

Explosive WhatsApp messages reveal private conversations between senior SNP figures regarding complaints about Mr Salmond’s conduct, following his judicial review victory against the Scottish Government over the way allegations were handled

The Conservatives are fighting to hold on to their heartlands in the north-east and along the southern border

Tax cuts and curbs on the soaring benefits bill will be included in a new Tory blueprint to ‘get Scotland working’ to be unveiled today

The SNP is about to make Scotland’s energy disaster even worse

Ms Badenoch’s comments came as Mr Trump threatened to “end our lovely stay in Iran” by “obliterating” Kharg Island and other energy facilities if a deal to end the war is not reached

The Scottish Mail on Sunday can reveal a series of blunders at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) morgue have resulted in five complaints being submitted to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, with one family cremating the wrong person after believing they were their relative

However, four years after complaints about twisted Linden were ignored by the SNP, the First Minister failed to own up to his party's failings over the scandal

The mould was discovered behind a wall covering in bathrooms in the Lochranza ward, which looks after oncology and haematology patients

Liam McArthur’s Bill would have let people with a ‘terminal’ illness end their lives by taking a lethal substance, provided by the NHS

John Swinney is embroiled in a new row with families of victims of the infection scandal at a flagship superhospital after they challenged his claim he offered them a personal apology

Scotland's top prosecutor was last night urged to resign after dodging questions about tipping off John Swinney over the prosecution of Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband

There were nearly 500,000 crimes in 2025 — an increase of 5 per cent on the previous year — in a blow for SNP claims that Scotland ‘continues to be a safe place to live’

SNP ministers face potential legal action after blocking one of the most unpopular planning applications in Scottish history

Frustration has been growing for months among Labour figures north of the border

Scotland's Information Commissioner is taking legal action against the Scottish government after it missed a series of deadlines to produce documents about an ethics investigation into Nicola Sturgeon

Among the patients who died was 10-year-old Milly Main, who acquired an infection while in remission for leukaemia, and 84 children were infected

One in every nine beds in Scottish healthcare settings was occupied by someone who did not need to be there

In the period from January to August 2025, 275 patients endured waits of more than two days