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Scottish independence

September 2026

  • Andy Burnham and Donald Trump meeting on Tuesday

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    UK politics: Trump says he has a better UK relationship with Burnham as PM – as it happened

  • Michael Marra (left) hugs his main rival, Joe Fagan (right).

    Scottish Labour’s new leader backs Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gasfields

  • Simon Jenkins

    double quotation markSlowly then all at once: this emboldened Celtic alliance could spell the end of the UK

    Simon Jenkins
  • Michelle O'Neill, Mary Lou McDonald, Rhun ap Iorweth and John Swinney pose for a photo in front of Cardiff Bay

    Westminster’s time is coming to an end, say first ministers of UK’s Celtic nations

  • Leaders at Celtic summit to affirm right to seek independence from UK

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    UK politics: Visitor levy powers should be in place by March 2028 in England, ministers say – as it happened

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Reform UK says it will ‘fully cooperate’ with Met after inquiry launched into alleged overseas donations – as it happened

July 2026

  • Nigel Farage speaking at a podium between two stage lights

    Celtic nations begin to plan for breakup of UK in event of Reform election win

    Politicians brace for constitutional turmoil if Nigel Farage’s party end up in government – or even as a strong opposition

June 2026

  • Supporters of Scottish independence wave flags and march in Edinburgh, this year

    Brexit vote: 10 years on
    ‘This changes everything’: how Brexit altered Scotland’s political landscape

    Former party leaders reflect on the turbulence that followed the referendum in which most Scottish voters backed the losing side

May 2026

  • John Swinney

    SNP accused of ‘embezzling’ voters over Peter Murrell’s theft of party funds

    Scottish National party’s attempt to focus on call for independence referendum overshadowed by embezzlement scandal
  • Scott Hastings  
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    Scott Hastings obituary

    One of the greats of Scottish rugby who went on to have a successful broadcasting career
  • A side-by-side composite of Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Streeting to meet Starmer on Wednesday as the prime minister defies calls to step down – as it happened

    A number of Streeting’s allies resigned from their ministerial posts on Tuesday and called for Keir Starmer to quit

April 2026

  • Keir Starmer, left, could face a privileges committee inquiry over his statements about Peter Mandelson to MPs

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    No 10 publishes previously confidential memo to refute claim that Starmer misled MPs over Mandelson appointment – as it happened

  • The SNP is predicted to gain a fifth term at Holyrood.

    Free bus travel to first-homes fund: what Scottish parties are promising on the campaign trail

  • Nigel Farage raises a hand while delivering a speech in front of an installation that looks like the union jack

    Badenoch calls Farage an ‘opportunist’ after he urges Scottish nationalists to back Reform

  • Keir Starmer inside No.10 Downing Street

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    No 10 claims Starmer did not know Mandelson failed security vetting until this week – as it happened

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    UK politics: Farage says Trump’s Iranian ‘civilisation will die’ threats went ‘way too far’– as it happened

  • ‘Seismic change’: how election wins for nationalists in Celtic nations could reshape UK

March 2026

  • Kenny MacAskill holding up his open palms against an Alba party-branded backdrop

    Alba party to wind up and not contest Scottish election

    Pro-independence party formed by Alex Salmond in 2021 had suffered membership fall and financial crisis

January 2026

  • Will Hayward

    double quotation markWake up, Westminster: after May, the Scottish and Welsh parliaments will likely be for independence

    Will Hayward
    With Plaid Cymru and the SNP leading polls in their respective nations, can the United Kingdom continue in this – or any – form, asks Guardian columnist Will Hayward
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