EXC: Labour MSP 'can't rule out' taking picture at centre of sex offender row engulfing Downing Street.

EXC: Scots Labour MP performed kidney transplant on Christmas Day as he speaks about festive shifts.

🎙️ Planet Holyrood interview with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar. - Backs “zero tolerance” approach to knife crime - Warns of “bitter” Holyrood election - Says the SNP don’t want the election to be about Scotland.

EXC: Anas Sarwar blasts 'no energy' John Swinney as he predicts 'bitter' Holyrood election. He said of the SNP First Minister: “He's had his chance. He's had his time. Thank you for the service, but it's time for the next generation.”

EXC: Knife thugs would face jail under a 'zero tolerance' justice plan by Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar. He told the Record there should be a presumption of prison for yobs who carry blades: "You don't deserve to see a cuddly approach."

EXC: Over 100 homeless people died in temporary accommodation as record of SNP Government blasted.

EXC: Labour MSP Pam Duncan Glancy to quit Holyrood over friendship with convicted sex offender.

EXC: Pat McFadden says getting young people off benefits is the “cause of our times” as he announces job support for 60,000 young Scots.

EXCL: John Swinney urged to provide £100m baby boost in SNP Budget next month.

Ash Regan facing two day Holyrood ban after breaching MSP code of conduct.

🎙️ Planet Holyrood: 2025 in review. - Labour's great [sic] year - John Swinney's soft SNP poll lead - The depressing surge of Reform UK

SNP Justice Secretary Angela Constance admits apologising to expert over grooming gangs scandal.

EXC: An MSP told the mum of a grooming gang rape victim that a public inquiry would make life more risky for young people. He said an inquiry would take money away from public services and called for a "balance" between past + present day victims.

500 jobs protected at Grangemouth as UK Government moves to save ethylene plant.

BREAKING: SNP Justice Secretary Angela Constance survives grooming gangs no confidence vote after support from Scottish Greens. The result was 67, 57 and one abstention.

EXC - Reform's first elected councillor in Scotland: "We’re very much a landlords’ party.” David McLennan also accused Labour of backing a “tenant’s right to stay as opposed to a landlord’s right to repossess”. He is a landlord of over 40 years.

EXC: The mum of a grooming gangs victim has written an open letter to every MSP urging them to fire Justice Secretary Angela Constance in a vote today.

EXC: A whistleblower complained to Labour nearly a month ago about the friendship between MSP Pam Duncan Glancy and a sex offender. But the man said he felt “dismissed” and “unheard” after a party official said his team could not investigate.

EXC: Scottish Labour’s education spokeswoman has quit over her friendship with a convicted sex offender. Pam Duncan-Glancy resigned after a Record investigation into her links with Sean Morton, who was convicted of possessing indecent child images.

Keir Starmer has branded Nigel Farage a 'toxic disgrace' over his comments about Glasgow pupils.

Analysis | Cutting income tax is the promise Anas Sarwar needs to (quickly) make to distance himself from Keir Starmer.

😊

NEW: SNP donations dry up as John Swinney's party receives only £2,584 in cash support this year. By far the biggest registrable boost to the SNP was through public funds.

🎙️Latest Planet Holyrood: - Budget aftermath dogs Labour - Starmer in Scotland - Damp squib grooming gangs review

Grooming gangs probe ordered by SNP Government after anger by victims.

EXC: An MSP suspended by Labour is facing a Holyrood exit as he is unable to contest an Edinburgh selection. Foysol Choudhury had been selected in Edinburgh Northern, but party bosses have opted for an all-women shortlist following his suspension.

EXC: Labour Ministers warn energy giants they must pass on the fuel bill cut to customers, including those on fixed tariffs.

EXC: Former Falkirk MP backs protest exclusion zones outside asylum hotels after 'reports of racist abuse'.

EXC: Pro-independence tycoon brands SNP Government expert group's abortion plan 'infanticide'.

The SNP Government is under mounting pressure after a top expert and advisor called on Ministers to hold an "urgent" review into grooming gangs.

EXC: The MSP behind abortion clinic buffer zones says the SNP Government should consider similar plans to protect asylum seekers in hotels.

EXC: Free bus travel for everyone under 30 is top Budget demand for Scottish Greens.

EXC: 'Absolute and total bollocks' - Scottish Labour MP reacts to claims Keir Starmer will face a New Year leadership challenge from Anas Sarwar's colleagues.

EXC: Scots could get £300 off their electricity bills if they have storage heaters as part of Budget plan.

EXC: Glasgow council leader rejects 'emergency' homeless summit as city faces crisis.

NEW: John Swinney to make decision on Scottish grooming gangs probe by Christmas.

Analysis: The Labour Government scrapped the two child benefit cap after a "personal campaign” by Anas Sarwar behind the scenes.

Great news for the poorest children across the UK. George Osborne's policy fuelled child poverty and this move by the Labour Government will make the lives of disadvantaged kids better.

EXC: The SNP Justice Secretary has denied misrepresenting expert Alexis Jay on a Scottish grooming gang inquiry. Angela Constance said she gave an “accurate” account of the Professor's views despite the Government issuing a clarification.

EXC: The SNP Justice Secretary has denied misrepresenting expert Alexis Jay on a Scottish grooming gang inquiry. Angela Constance said she gave an “accurate” account of the Professor's views despite the Government issuing a clarification.

EXC: Reform UK in Scotland urged to confirm they will take no Russian money in run up to the Holyrood election.

EXC: Scots grooming gang victim secures meeting with First Minister to press case for inquiry.

EXC: Labour accused of treating oil and gas workers 'like the miners in the 1980s'.

Anas Sarwar praises 'brave' Shabana Mahmood over immigration and asylum crackdown.

EXC: Criminals under 25 to face jail under crackdown plan backed by Scottish Labour. www.dailyrecord.co.u...

NEW: Scotland 'falling further behind England' in assessing children for ADHD or autism.

NEW: Reform have failed to win their first election in Scotland after falling short in Stranraer and the Rhins. Reform won the most first preferences, but the Tory candidate won at stage 7.

Nicola Sturgeon's 'presidential' leadership may have cost lives during pandemic, a member of the Scottish Covid Bereaved has said.

I'm in London today covering the latest report from the UK Covid Inquiry. Lots of important issues relating to Scotland will be covered.

‘Judgement day’ - Covid inquiry to deliver their verdict on Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney over their handling of the pandemic.