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Receive free Scottish independence updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Scottish independencenews every morning. A special convention on Scottish independence over the weekend marked a chance for the…

Scotland’s first minister has said he will not suspend his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon from the Scottish National party a day after she was arrested as part of a long-running police investigation into the party’s finances. Humza…

Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was arrested as part of an investigation into the Scottish National Party’s finances, capping 48 hours of political drama in the UK. Sturgeon, who spearheaded the drive for Scottish…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Union flag and The Scottish Saltire fly at the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) -Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was…

Anas Sarwar, the leader of Scotland’s Labour party, has accused members of the Scottish National party of trying to “cover up their failings in office” as he seeks to boost support ahead of a possible by-election in coming weeks. In…

LONDON (Reuters) -Police Scotland said on Wednesday that a 58-year-old man had been arrested as part of an investigation into Scottish National Party funding and the BBC reported the man was the husband of the former Scotland leader…

Sir Keir Starmer, the UK Labour leader, is eyeing “a great opportunity” to rebuild his party’s battered position in Scotland’s former industrial belt following Humza Yousaf’s victory at the end of a bitter Scottish National Party…

Humza Yousaf won the contest to replace Nicola Sturgeon as head of the pro-independence Scottish National Party after a fractious battle that laid bare the scale of the challenge to unite the party and country. He is expected to be…

This article is an on-site version of our Inside Politics newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every weekdayGood morning. Today’s main event is the result of the SNP leadership election, due…

The leading candidates to replace Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the Scottish National party have made their final pitches ahead of the contest ending on Monday, offering a choice between continuity with the outgoing first minister or…