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SNP leader John Swinney and the Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar are both expected to campaign in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse on Wednesday.

A Reform spokesperson heralded the first Doge meeting at Kent Count Council as ‘very productive’ but admits there is no timeframe for recommendations.

If the SNP had to face a Holyrood by-election test right now, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse is not a constituency they would have chosen as the…

ASK ME ANYTHING: The Independent’s chief political commentator, John Rentoul, is here to answer your questions on Nigel Farage’s political shift, Reform’s rising poll numbers, and what it all means for Britain’s future

Party tells council officers they risk ‘gross misconduct’ if they block Elon Musk-inspired initiative

If anyone felt a touch of déjà vu after hearing about the new Norstat poll suggesting 58 of adults in Scotland would vote for independence in the…

Reform UK had said the leader would attend an event in the South Lanarkshire town on Monday afternoon.

Today, the electoral path to the next Tory government (if there is one) is narrower than ever. Thanks to the rise of Reform UK and the prospect of a structural split in the right-wing vote. Yet whilst most commentary has focused on Nigel Farage’s success in the so-called Red Wall,…

Nigel Farage, making a rare visit to Scotland, accused the Scottish Labour leader of ‘sectarian politics’.