Votes in next year's Scottish Parliament election will be counted the next day after officials decided to abandon the tradition of tallying them overnight.

Votes will be counted the day after the 7 May poll, instead of overnight, it has been announced.

Plans to create a new criminal offence for dog theft have been unanimously backed by the Scottish Parliament. Offenders would face a maximum prison sentence of five years and the possibility of an ...

Plastow says the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Code of Practice has safeguards that allow stricter controls of the ...

Daytime counts are standard for Local Government Elections in Scotland, and overnight counts were scrapped at the last ...

For political anoraks like myself, the overnight election count is a thing of joy. But time has been called on the all-night counting for next May’s Holyrood election. Instead, to the disappointment ...

The leader of the Scottish National Party sees a chance to revive the country’s debate over breaking up with Britain and finding a path back to Europe — assuming his party can win.

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) have scaled back its attempt to implement “pain free” restraint techniques due to the ...

Finance Secretary Shona Robison has confirmed the next Scottish Budget will be published on January 13. Previously Ms Robison said she was minded to produce the 2026/27 Budget on January 15, but has ...

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Scottish Youth Parliament members have written a letter calling for a probe and expressing concern over the handling of harassment allegations.