Undeterred, Mr Sarwar insisted the election was not about the Prime Minister, with the Scottish Labour leader stressing the contest was instead about his bid to replace the SNP and First Minister John ...

Like Mr Simpson, Lord Offord joined Reform from the Conservatives, with his defection announced in December 2025. At the time, Mr Farage declared that the former Tory UK government minister would take ...

With all but seven seats declared, the SNP had 57 MSPs, with Labour in second on 17, narrowly ahead of Reform UK on 15.

Counting for the remaining two seats was halted with no overall control amid a five-party split on Friday night.

First-time buyers said they were able to buy in their preferred location and put their own stamp on their property, Nationwide Building Society said.

The Prime Minister said responding to ‘tough’ results would mean ‘being assertive in our values’ and ‘unifying rather than dividing’.

This was the fifth election campaign he fought as party leader and despite the lack of an overall majority, it is still his most successful.

Essex is full of hardworking people, entrepreneurial people. They’ve had enough. They want real change and that’s what they voted for ...