Lib Dems

Morven-May MacCallum MSP

New MSP's journey from being 'bedbound' to being elected to Holyrood

Anas Sarwar unveiling Scottish Labour's manifesto in Edinburgh

Exclusive Sarwar stays for now but next Scottish Labour leader will be divisive

David Green MSP

Exclusive SNP lost Highlands because they 'don't get rural Scotland' - new MSP

Lara Bird, the SNP candidate for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry

Exclusive Peter Murrell hasn't come up 'at all', says SNP by-election candidate

John Swinney has said there is no need to hold an inquiry into Peter Murrell's crimes (Picture: Jane Barlow/pool)

Analysis Swinney should hold a Holyrood probe - a Westminster one will be worse

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

Counting will take place on Friday

Explainer Holyrood election 2026: Check when your constituency will be announced

First Minister John Swinney and Political Correspondent Rachel Amery enjoy Civerino's pizza on Portobello Beach

Swinney: 'Doom-monger' opponents are 'dull, boring and uninspiring'

Anas Sarwar campaigning in Bathgate on Monday

Sarwar 'excited' about election despite poll putting Labour on 13 MSPs

Inside the Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch constituency

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

Thomas Kerr, with a pint he made earlier

Election Diary: Lions, weasels and nutmegging Swinney

Kemi Badenoch speaking to activists in Edinburgh

Kemi Badenoch: Holyrood paying 'lip service' to oil and gas industry

Malcolm Offord, speaking at the Scotland 2050 hustings

Reform UK support falls as Labour clear in second place, poll finds

Poll suggests SNP could win 62 Holyrood seats with Reform in second

Tories to force Commons vote on new oil and gas projects

Analysis How the SNP has turned its fortunes around under John Swinney

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, First Minister John Swinney and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Poll: Reform UK falls behind Labour in the Holyrood election race

Constituencies across Scotland will have new boundaries for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election.

Holyrood 2026: Changing boundaries that might affect who wins

Scottish Lib Dems leader Alex Cole-Hamilton

Analysis Lib Dems itching for return to the big time with 'monumental' election

Finance Secretary Shona Robison

SNP budget 'increasingly detached from reality', top economist warns

Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, in Downing Street. Photo: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Who is Morgan McSweeney? Keir Starmer's right hand man who has quit

First Minister John Swinney and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

Gap between SNP and Reform narrows, but nationalists on track to win

Landfill is one of the areas affected by the new rules (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

SNP under fire for over 'farcical and fake' landfill ban

John Swinney’s party is still leading in the polls

Poll: SNP well ahead for Holyrood election with Labour behind Reform

Two councillors have joined the Scottish Greens.

Former SNP and Labour councillors join the Scottish Greens

The Scottish Lib Dems and the Scottish Greens are both poised to do well at the 2026 Holyrood election.

Why the Lib Dems and the Greens could be Holyrood kingmakers in 2026

Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton

Analysis Lib Dems' strategy will mirror Tories' and Greens' list vote success

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

Sir Ed Davey at the pumpkin patch at Cairnie Fruit Farm

Ed Davey gives Scottish Parliament election prediction

The wisdom of Menzies Campbell.

Sir Menzies Campbell in his own words: 11 memorable quotes

Sir Menzies Campbell at his home in Edinburgh

Ming Campbell: A formidable force who was 'hooked' on Westminster

Ed Davey made his Lib Dem conference speech in Bournemouth on Tuesday

Analysis Ed Davey needs to focus on Scotland if the Lib Dems are to make gains

Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur poses has published his Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Assisted dying final plea over 'choice, control and dignity'

Stephen Flynn MP, Anas Sarwar MSP and Maree Todd MSP

The 16 seats to watch out for in the 2026 Scottish election

Chancellor Rachel Reeves gives a speech on economic growth at Siemens Healthineers, in Eynsham, Oxford.

What Rachel Reeves' growth speech means for the Scottish economy

John Swinney

Analysis Why Swinney and the SNP should be quietly confident after Budget win

First Minister John Swinney has enjoyed a poll resurgence

John Swinney is 'uniting Scots', says SNP as lead grows over Labour

Lothian Buses have be the targets of appalling attacks over the last few months (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Council demands removal of free bus pass from offending youths

First Minister John Swinney looks on as Finance Secretary Shona Robison presents the government's Budget. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

The key battlegrounds for Scottish Budget negotiations

Lib Dems win surprise victory in city council by-election

Russell Findlay is announced as new Scottish Conservatives leader at the Radisson Hotel in Edinburgh.

The Scottish party writing to Tory voters to urge them to switch sides

The Scots will now oversee different fields in the House of Commons

The 3 Scottish MPs chairing Westminster's biggest committees
Committee elections took place this week - and three Scottish MPs have taken on chair roles that will allow them to wield considerable influence

Staff on a NHS hospital ward. PIC: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

Scots suffering from pain skip A&E over wait times, poll says

SNP leader in the House of Commons Stephen Flynn.

Explainer Why the SNP and Flynn have been 'silenced' with no question at PMQs

Jamie Stone, Lib Dem MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross.

Lib Dems call for improved rural healthcare amid treatment ‘horror stories’

Here's how the constituency election map of Scotland looks

Where the parties stand on the issue they’re not talking about: climate change Richard Dixon

Professor Sir John Curtice. Image: Leon Neal/Getty Images.

John Curtice on why the Labour lead over the SNP is disappearing

Rishi Sunak on the campaign trail - but is his party the natural home for unionists and Brexit supporters? (Picture: James Manning/PA Wire)

Conservatives the only option for unionists and Brexiters - readers' letters

Sir Ed Davey, UK Lib Dem leader. Image: Mark Hall/Getty Images.

Why the Lib Dems could become third biggest UK party ahead of SNP

Alex Cole-Hamilton

Alex Cole-Hamilton opens up about receiving therapy to cope with strain of job

Jim Wallace was the leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats in 2004, when he also served as the Deputy First Minister of Scotland. Picture: Getty Images

Scottish Parliament needs more MSPs, argues former deputy first minister

Chris Webb celebrates his win at the Blackpool South by-election with his wife Portia Webb and 11 week old baby Cillian Douglas Webb. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard

'Worrying night' for the Tories as Labour make huge election gains

The Isle of Skye lies in the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency, which was originally held by Charles Kennedy and is being targeted by the Lib Dems at the coming general election. Picture: Getty Images

Can the Lib Dems keep their support in the Highlands at the general election?

The pro-Union parties seized on remarks from Professor Mark Blyth

Academic has ‘demolished’ economic case for independence, say opposition

The Princess of Wales recording her message announcing that following her abdominal surgery in January "tests after the operation found cancer had been present."

Messages of support from Scotland for Kate after cancer diagnosis

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries