Kate Forbes

The latest news and opinion on Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

Humza Yousaf ran against Ash Regan and Kate Forbes to be First Minister and SNP leader in 2023.

Humza Yousaf brands Kate Forbes leadership campaign 'disastrous'

Kate Forbes, pictured in March, said this week her views on social issues lost her the SNP leadership contest (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers’ Letters: Forbes should not have been held back by beliefs

Kate Forbes (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Kate Forbes: I was 'slam dunk' for SNP leader until gay marriage row

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, First Minister John Swinney and Reform UK's Scottish leader Malcolm Offord.

Scottish election 2026: The seats to look out for in the race for Holyrood glory

Inside the Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch constituency

Exclusive Inside knife-edge rural constituency which could seal Swinney's fate

Jack Hope is a Public Affairs Consultant for Perceptive Communicators

Get ready to engage with Holyrood’s ‘Class of 2026’

Analysis Reality check for Scotland's offshore wind ambitions

Exclusive Labour government blocks Chinese wind factory plans for Highlands

Granton Lighthouse

Exclusive Granton Lighthouse to be transformed after securing £2m funding

Ryanair announces 450 jobs in Prestwick maintenance base expansion

Kate Forbes makes final Holyrood speech on 'joy of dispute and debate'

UK defence readiness minister Luke Pollard

UK defence minister tells SNP to 'step up' and back Iran war effort

Ferguson Marine offered lifeline with possible order for four vessels

Kate Forbes with her daughter Naomi, pictured in 2023

Exclusive Kate Forbes: Returning to work as a new mother was 'beyond brutal'

Taxpayer-backed Scottish National Investment Bank hails £1 billion milestone

Finance Secretary Shona Robison, Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop, and Christine Grahame MSP

New MSPs can learn a lot from the 1999 club Rachel Amery

Kate Forbes pictured with her daughter Naomi in 2023

Kate Forbes: Hearing my daughter speak Gaelic is one of my life's joys

Alison Thewliss, Stephen Flynn MP and Kirsten Oswald

The nationalists hoping to make the move from Westminster to Holyrood

Kate Forbes and Gordon Brown, pictured during the public memorial service for Alex Salmond in 2024

Gordon Brown 'appalled by treatment of Kate Forbes' after religion row

How is the likes of Barnsley managing to outstrip Scotland’s major cities? Scotsman leader comment

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes

Kate Forbes: Husband and father hardest to persuade about standing down

Scottish government unveils £2.5 million boost for young entrepreneurs

US President Donald Trump

Trump tariffs would be 'deeply damaging' for Scots jobs, warns Forbes

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes

Kate Forbes: I plan to take three months off after quitting politics

Taxpayer-backed Scottish National Investment Bank reveals change at the top

Allan Faulds from Ballot Box Scotland, Professor Sir John Curtice from Strathclyde University, and Mark Diffley from the Diffley Partnership.

What will happen in Scottish politics in 2026? We ask the experts

Torness in East Lothian, Scotland’s last remaining nuclear power station, is due to be decommissioned in 2030.

Exclusive SNP opposition to new nuclear 'actively costing Scotland millions'

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

Let's promise to have decency and honesty in politics in 2026 Rachel Amery

Scottish Conservative Edward Mountain, Kate Forbes, of the SNP, and Scottish Labour's Michael Marra united to deliver a joint statement outlining their concerns about assisted dying legislation (Picture: Jane Barlow)

How Assisted Dying Bill brought out the best in Scotland's MSPs Adam Morris

Young people will gain skills in areas such as coding, games design and robotics.

27 grants will inspire more young people into tech across Scotland

Psychiatric illnesses named as the main cause for 25.6% of NHS staff absences.

Exclusive SNP warned over NHS and wellbeing after health inactivity surge

Scottish Conservative Edward Mountain, SNP's Kate Forbes and Scottish Labour's Michael Marra appearing together at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh to deliver a joint statement outlining their concerns about assisted dying legislation

Safeguards ‘seriously lacking’ in assisted dying Bill, warns Forbes

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon

No female leaders comments 'classic Nicola Sturgeon ego and delusion'

Investors in sectors like marine renewables can help boost economic growth in Scotland (Picture: Andy Buchanan)

Exclusive Kate Forbes demands MingYang wind investment decision to end 'vacuum'

Housing Secretary Mairi McAllan.

Exclusive Mairi McAllan 'not even considering' future SNP leadership bid

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes at ExxonMobil's ethylene plant at Mossmorran in Fife

Exclusive Kate Forbes admits 'number of businesses' have sought survival help

The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow

SNP told to 'rein in costs' as Scots public inquiries bill tops £250m

Alexander Dennis proposed closing its Scottish sites until the SNP stepped in. Pic: Michael Gillen

Exclusive 'Highly concerning' lack of detail over electric buses order

Taxpayer-backed funds pump millions into Scottish ‘floating’ wind farm

ScotWind is planning floating wind farms in deep waters off Scotland (Picture: Miguel Riopa/AFP via Getty Images)

Exclusive Fears ScotWind at risk of collapse without Chinese factory approval

Scotland’s ‘global success story’ - salmon industry now worth £1bn to economy

Government must act on windfall tax warnings Scotsman comment

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes speaks to the SNP conference in Aberdeen.

Kate Forbes: Rachel Reeves must scrap and replace the windfall tax

Nicola Sturgeon MSP at the SNP party conference.

Analysis The ghosts of first ministers past cast shadow over SNP conference

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes, Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton and Fergus Ewing

Exclusive Lib Dems: We've toppled Kate Forbes - now we're after Fergus Ewing

Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow

Concern after fraction of promised £14m committed to Ferguson Marine

New founders need planning, confidence and practical support (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

All great business ideas start with a brave first step

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