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I’d consider being deputy first minister if asked, says McAllan

With Kate Forbes leaving Holyrood in May, her role will require a new filling if the SNP returns to power.

Evening Standard

Tributes paid after death of former SNP health secretary Jeane Freeman

She was also the Scottish National Party’s MSP for the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency until 2021.

Evening Standard

I think we’ve reached ‘peak Reform’, says senior SNP MSP

Mairi McAllan said Reform UK ‘lacks credibility’.

Evening Standard

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Blanket rule on trans women in men’s prisons would deny their identity, says Scottish government

SNP’s lawyer argues the ‘mental health and rehabilitation’ of prisoners is more important than their biological sex

The Guardian - UK

Scotland will be left behind unless SNP ends nuclear objection, group warns

Scotland for Nuclear Energy said the country could miss out on jobs and economic growth if it does not add nuclear to the power mix.

Evening Standard

Swinney orders investigation into Scottish Government dealings with Mandelson

Peter Mandelson is being probed by police over allegations of misconduct in public office.

Evening Standard

Mandelson should not have been US ambassador, says Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader said the appointment was ‘clearly a mistake’.

Evening Standard

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Mandelson could face police probe over government files leaked to Epstein

Both Reform UK and the SNP have referred Peter Mandelson to the police over the allegations of leaking internal government documents

The Independent UK

Police must investigate Peter Mandelson after Epstein file revelations – SNP

Stephen Flynn has said there must be an investigation into potential misconduct in public office.

Evening Standard

Anas Sarwar challenged to ‘disclose all correspondence’ with Lord Mandelson

The SNP made the demand after the Scottish Labour leader said it was ‘right’ Lord Mandelson had resigned from his party.

Evening Standard

‘Right’ for Lord Mandelson to leave Labour, says Scottish leader Anas Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader spoke out after Lord Peter Mandelson quit the party following the latest revelations over his links with Jeffrey Epstein.

Evening Standard

What’s really behind Labour’s civil war: John Rentoul answers your questions

ASK ME ANYTHING: In a recent Q&A with Independent readers, chief political commentator John Rentoul argues that Labour’s internal turmoil under Keir Starmer reflects a deeper crisis of discipline and direction that could hand the political initiative to Nigel Farage

The Independent UK

Full investigation into Mandelson needed after Epstein revelations – SNP

MP Stephen Flynn has written to the Prime Minister’s ethics adviser Sir Laurie Magnus saying an urgent inquiry is needed.

Evening Standard

Scottish young people save hundreds on bus travel compared with rest of UK

All under-22s are entitled to free bus travel in Scotland.

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Reform opens clear lead over Labour for second place in Holyrood vote – poll

YouGov’s latest survey puts Reform on 20% in the constituency vote, Labour on 15%, and the SNP well ahead on 34%.

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Swinney blasts Labour’s ‘betrayal’ as Waspi women again denied compensation

Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney said it is ‘deeply regrettable’ women who lost out after state pension changes will not be compensated.

Evening Standard

Holyrood election must be ‘referendum on SNP’s record’, says Liz Kendall

The UK Science and Technology Secretary was speaking as she visited the site of Scotland’s first AI Growth Zone in Lanarkshire on Thursday.

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Labour to stage Holyrood vote urging disclosure of hospital communications

The party is lodging a motion calling on SNP ministers to publish and preserve all records connected to the handling of infection at the facility.

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100 days to save NHS says Labour as parties set out Holyrood election stalls

Voters in Scotland will go to the polls on May 7 – 100 days from Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Reform says it would cut green policies to fund £2bn income tax cut in Scotland

Party’s pitch to voters in May Holyrood elections dismissed as ‘profoundly unserious, almost comically so’ by head of IPPR Scotland

Evening Standard

Offord announces £2bn in tax cuts if Reform win Holyrood election

The Reform leader was speaking at an event in Renfrewshire.

Evening Standard

Findlay: Swinney is grasping at straws over documents detailing Sturgeon probe

The Scottish Tory leader accused the Scottish Government of being ‘addicted to secrecy’.

The Guardian - UK

Wake up, Westminster: after May, the Scottish and Welsh parliaments will likely be for independence

With Plaid Cymru and the SNP leading polls in their respective nations, can the United Kingdom continue in this – or any – form, asks Guardian columnist Will Hayward

Evening Standard

Hard-working Scots left squealing from SNP’s high taxes, says Sir Tom Hunter

The leading businessman also suggested independence could work if Scotland had a more competent government.

Evening Standard

John Swinney urges Ofcom to reject STV plans to cut north of Scotland programme

The First Minister said the proposals would ‘set a damaging precedent and accelerate the decline of public interest journalism in Scotland’.

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