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Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross said Scotland’s recovery would be crippled by another independence referendum at his party’s manifesto launch.
It includes MPs elected at the 2024 general election, held on 4 July 2024. The number of constituences in Scotland reduced from 59 to 57 at this election. The Labour Party 's vote went up by 16.7% and their number of MPs increased from 1 to 37, mainly in Scotland's Central Belt .
The manifesto included a pledge to abolish Stamp Duty on homes worth up to £425,000 for first time buyers and expand the Help to Buy scheme. [5] The Conservatives also pledged a recruitment of 8,000 new police officers and a rollout of facial recognition technology. [6] Much of what was proposed was already incorporated in the 2023 2024 budget ...
The 2024 Scottish Conservatives leadership election took place on 27 September 2024 after Douglas Ross announced his resignation on 10 June. Russell Findlay won the election and became Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party.
The Scottish National Party (SNP; Scottish Gaelic: Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba [ˈpʰaːrˠtʰi ˈn̪ˠaːʃən̪ˠt̪ə nə ˈhal̪ˠapə]) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic party. The party holds 62 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament , and holds 9 out of the 57 Scottish seats in the House of Commons .
The Scottish Conservatives will have a new leader in place by the end of next month, the party has announced. While the new Conservative UK leader and successor to Rishi Sunak will not be known ...
Scottish Conservative MSP's were reported to have wanted to oust him due to the low polling and multiple u-turns, but it was subsequently revealed there isn't a mechanism in place for the Scottish Conservatives to oust their leader. [31] Some Scottish Conservatives supported Boris Johnson, [32] but Douglas Ross called on him to resign. [33]
The party has called for a 1% cut to the 21% rate of income tax.