Scottish Labour leadership contender calls on Jackie Baillie to stand down as deputy

EXCLUSIVE: Monica Lennon said the post of deputy leader should not be held by an MSP, which would require Baillie to stand down.

Michael Marra leads the Scottish Labour leadership race as the first hustings lays bare the party's crisis: a membership down to 11,000, its worst-ever Holyrood result, and candidates divided on oil, nuclear and city mayors.

Michael Marra has become the first MSP to secure a place on the ballot for the Scottish Labour…

The North East Scotland MSP was nominated by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Tuesday.

Labour MP Michael Shanks said the timing of Anas Sarwar’s move from Holyrood to the House of Lords had been a ‘surprise’.

Labour MP Michael Shanks said the timing of Anas Sarwar’s move from Holyrood to the House of Lords had been a ‘surprise’.

Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images Whatever happens at tomorrow morning’s urgent caucus meeting to address speculation about his leadership, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has had a very bad few days already. It began with the National Party leader apologising for chastising a business gathering about dependency on governmen

A SCOTTISH Labour councillor has complained to the UK equalities watchdog in the latest twist of the party’s bizarre leadership contest.

SOCIALIST MPs have rallied behind Monica Lennon as she battles to secure a place in the contest to lead the Scottish Labour Party. The Glasgow MSP and former chair of the Scottish Labour Trade Union Group already has the backing of Unison, with more expected to follow. But concerns are being raised that there has been

With Netanyahu’s planned attendance at the 81st UN General Assembly, this event might become one of the largest internationally televised anti-Israel demonstrations ever staged on US soil.

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