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Scotland

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Reform councillor poses with far-right Homeland Party member who claims ‘black people can’t be Scottish’

Olivia Barber
17 December, 2025 (2 days ago)

“One of Reform’s leading representatives in Scotland is keeping company with members of the fascist Homeland Party.”

Reform's new councillor David McLennan left the police force after being charged with criminal offences
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Reform’s first elected councillor in Scotland left police after he was charged with criminal offences

Olivia Barber
16 December, 2025 (3 days ago)

The party would not say if they knew of the charges before they approved the ex-police officer as a candidate

Nigel Farage has been criticised over his Glasgow schoolchildren comments
News

Labour MP slaps down Farage over his comments about Glasgow schoolchildren

Olivia Barber
9 December, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

“Your hissing snake oil Putinist fifth column politics will be rejected.”

Stephen Flynn
News

Best reactions to Trump’s visit to Scotland

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
2 August, 2025

“I’ll be washing my hair”

Trump

Trump’s Scotland visit will cost the UK taxpayer £14 million

Basit Mahmood
24 July, 2025

The US president is expected to arrive for a five-day private visit to his luxury golf resorts at Turnberry in Ayrshire and Menie in Aberdeenshire.

Child poverty in the UK
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Scotland has had lower poverty rates than UK for two decades, analysis shows

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
5 July, 2025

“The biggest single factor is the level of social security available for families.”

Anas Sarwar
News

Anas Sarwar calls Nigel Farage a ‘pathetic, poisonous little man’ as he hits out at Reform leader

Basit Mahmood
3 June, 2025

“In fact, I think it’s only the third time he’s visited here in six years and what he did when he came here was expose how pathetic an individual he is.”

News

Nigel Farage slammed for not attending his own media event

Basit Mahmood
3 June, 2025

A move which left protesters shouting ‘no-show Nigel’ outside Reform UK’s campaign office.

News

Trussell launches ‘Football vs Hunger’ campaign to stamp out hunger in Scotland

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
12 April, 2025

It’s not right that so many people can’t afford to feed their families and need to turn to food banks.

Children living in poverty

Scotland’s promise to abolish two-child benefit cap expected to reduce child poverty by 2029

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
1 February, 2025

Scotland has promised to scrap the two-child limit on benefits from 2026.

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