Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf has said he will not suspend his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon from the Scottish National Party (SNP). Sturgeon was arrested on Sunday as part of a police investigation into the SNP finances, but was released without charge, pending further investigation. The former first minister is the third high-profile SNP figure arrested…

Independent MP Margaret Ferrier has lost her appeal against a proposed 30-day suspension from the House of Commons. Ferrier, who was elected as a Scottish National Party (SNP) MP in December 2019, was suspended from her party after admitting she had travelled on a train between London and Scotland in September 2020—despite having tested positive…

A British minister has attacked the “humanitarian nimbyism” practised by politicians who rhetorically welcome refugees but then fail to share the burden caused by illegal immigration. In a speech at the centre-right Policy Exchange think tank on Tuesday, immigration minister Robert Jenrick defended the government’s Illegal Migration Bill and criticised opposition politicians and local authorities…

Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf is overseeing his party’s finances after Colin Beattie resigned as treasurer of the Scottish National Party (SNP) following his arrest. Beattie was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a police investigation into the SNP’s finances, and was later released without charge “pending further investigation.” He said on Wednesday that he…

Scottish National Party (SNP) treasurer Colin Beattie has been arrested in connection with a police investigation into the party’s finances. Police Scotland said the 71-year-old was taken into custody on Tuesday and is being questioned by detectives “as a suspect in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National…

The Scottish government has announced it will challenge UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to block its gender reform bill in court. In December, the Scottish Parliament passed the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, which would enable anyone over the age of 16 to self-identify their gender. But the UK government blocked the bill in…

Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell has been released as a police probe continues into the finances of the ruling Scottish National Party (SNP). Murrell, who married Sturgeon in 2010, stepped down as the SNP’s chief executive last month following controversy about misleading information being given to journalists over the party’s membership…

Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell has been arrested in a police investigation into the finances of the ruling Scottish National Party (SNP). Murrell, who was the SNP’s chief executive until last month, was taken into police custody on Wednesday and is being questioned by detectives. Police Scotland has been investigating the…

The chief executive of Scotland’s largest political party has resigned after the party misled the media and the public about its falling membership numbers. Peter Murrell said on Saturday that he was resigning as the chief executive of the Scottish National Party (SNP) with immediate effect. Murrell, who is the husband of former SNP leader…

The UK government has extended the scope of its rules banning some transgender criminals from female prisons in England and Wales, Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has announced. Raab announced in October that trans women who have male genitalia or have committed sexual offences will not be held in women’s prisons. On Sunday he confirmed that…