Politicians have slammed new speed limit restrictions which would see car owners forced to drive slower while HGVs speed up.

Communities must continue to have a ‘veto’ and the final say when it comes to planning approval for energy projects, the ...

The Tory group leader on Glasgow City Council has joined Nigel Farage's party.

SCOTLAND’S pothole capital has been revealed as ‘crumbling’ roads are hit by 400,000 complaints More than half a million cavities have been reported to Scotland’s local ...

National governments accused of being 'disconnected' from those living where battery storage facilities and new pylons are ...

Oliver Mundell has told local party members that he will stand down as the MSP for Dumfriesshire at next year’s Holyrood ...

The leader of the Scottish Conservatives has said he “can’t control” people defecting to Reform UK after his most senior councillor in the country’s largest local authority joined Nigel ...

The Scottish Conservative leader was speaking after Thomas Kerr, the leader of the Tories at Glasgow City Council, defected to Nigel Farage’s party. Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay ...

Glasgow Councillor Thomas Kerr has defected from the Scottish Tories to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. He is the fifth ...

the leader of the Scottish Conservatives has said. Russell Findlay warned against "being tempted by what amounts to a protest vote" as he addressed activists in Edinburgh. He insisted only the ...

The Scottish Conservative group leader on Glasgow City Council has defected to Reform UK. Thomas Kerr, who represents the Shettleston ward, was first elected as a 20-year-old in 2017 and became ...

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