Use the filters below to refine your search
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale says she is aware of the challenges the party faces ahead of May's Holyrood elections, but has reaffirmed her commitment to running a positive campaign with a "confident vision". Dugdale addressed the UK…
Kezia Dugdale will today reveal her first election pledge, as she promises first-time homebuyers in Scotland that a Labour government in Holyrood will effectively double the help they receive towards saving for a deposit. The Scottish…
LabourList readers overwhelmingly believe that Jeremy Corbyn will improve Scottish Labour's chances in the Holyrood elections next month. A latest poll in Scotland gives the SNP a 35 point lead over Labour, but many believe that a more left…
Scottish Labour will elect a new leader on Saturday, and a new poll published today shows the size of the task they will face. A TNS poll in today's Herald shows that support for the SNP ahead of next year's H0lyrood elections has risen to…
Last week, Neil Findlay resigned from the Scottish Labour Shadow Cabinet - and while he insisted that he was not calling on Jim Murphy to resign, that his announcement came the same day as statements from two unions calling on Murphy to go…
Nominations closed yesterday in the race for both Scottish Labour Leader and Deputy Leader. Jim Murphy and Kezia Dugdale have received the most supporting nominations from CLPs and Councillors (as they did with parliamentarians) but Neil…
The contest for Scottish Labour Leader officially begins today, as candidate nominations open (they close on Thursday). We're not expecting any further candidates to announce now, so the field is likely to be made up of Sarah Boyack, Neil…
Report on the recent Local and European elections We discussed the recent Local and European election results in full and extended our congratulations to all our newly elected representatives. We also extended our thanks to all members…
By Sunder Katwala / @nextleft The biggest winners of the 2011 elections anywhere in Britain are surely Alex Salmond and the Scottish National Party. What had looked like being a neck and neck battle with Labour until the final weeks of the…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk So how did we do? The picture isn't clear yet in Wales or England (although we can pick up sone trends), and the picture is all too clear in Scotland where Labour have taken a real hiding. So what have we…
By Kezia Dugdale / @kezdugdale To fully understand Labour's chances of regaining power at next year's Scottish Parliament elections, you need to appreciate the impact of three things: 1) Boundary changes 2) The Additional Member System and…
