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The 2024 Scottish National Party leadership election took place to choose the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) following the resignation of Humza Yousaf on 29 April 2024, amid a government crisis. Nominations closed on 6 May, with John Swinney emerging as the only candidate and was subsequently elected unopposed as the party's new ...
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. It has 453 local ...
18 June – Scottish Labour launches its general election manifesto. [168] 19 June – The Scottish National Party launches its election manifesto, with plans to "end Westminster cuts" and increase investment in the NHS. [169] The party would also view winning a majority of Scotland's seats at Westminster as a mandate to begin independence ...
LONDON (Reuters) -Scottish National Party (SNP) veteran John Swinney was confirmed the party's new leader on Monday and is set to succeed Humza Yousaf as the country's first minister after he ...
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 ...
For a Fair Deal was a political manifesto published by the Liberal Democrats under the leadership of Ed Davey, ahead of the 2024 general election. The 116-page document was launched at campaign event in London to the tune of " Take a Chance on Me " by ABBA .