Nicola Sturgeon unveiling SNP women’s strategy on April 25.
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The main parties are still a long way from getting full marks when it comes to tackling women’s financial disadvantages.
‘Stone, scissors, paper.’
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Ruling out a Labour arrangement with the Scottish nationalists will matter little after the election.
Miliband might have to canvas some more after the election.
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Both Labour and the Conservatives could do deals with smaller parties to survive in a minority government. Here’s how it works.
Better together?
Stuart Rankin
Are relations between Scotland and England really as fractious as the Conservatives want us to believe?
Your name’s not down.
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Our immigration expert evaluates the manifestos of 16 political parties, to see how their policies on immigration stack up.
There are nationalists, and then there are nationalists.
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The SNP, Plaid Cymru and UKIP are the new faces in the UK election in 2015 but they reflect a wider change.
Too much of a squeeze?
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The SNP’s Nicola Sturgeon says austerity has held the economy back. Is she right?
Nicola Sturgeon unveiling the SNP manifesto on April 20.
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Not much of the SNP manifesto would make Labour choke, and some rougher areas just got smoother.
The SNP’s manifesto makes few pledges on health care - is it none of Westminster’s business?
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The devolved health care in Scotland raises questions on the fairness of the funding for health in the UK.
Talent injection: Nicola Sturgeon at Heriot-Watt University.
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While the SNP’s manifesto is rather thin on immigration pledges, it does make a proposal to attract more international students – a group Scotland needs badly.
Sturgeon unveils her plan.
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Forget eight years of government, the SNP is anti-establishment.
So you see Nicola, the plan is to drag your name through the mud.
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Nicola Sturgeon faces daily attacks for undermining England. But The Conservatives are hitting new lows with their latest proposal.
Nicola Sturgeon unveils the SNP election manifesto.
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People forget that the SNP backed a minority Labour government in 1976-79 and was undermined by a rogue MP contingent. Nicola Sturgeon may soon have to face the same problem.
Fare thee well.
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Welfare policy was a political hot potato in the referendum campaign, and it’s a big weapon for the SNP in 2015 too.
It’s four-wheel-drive or no deal, guys.
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Miliband is resisting, but he may need the SNP. Here’s what could be on Nicola Sturgeon’s wish list.
A warmer welcome for immigrants?
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Smaller party leaders could push for a more generous approach if called upon to support a Labour government.
The PM chose Glasgow to unveil the Scottish Tory manifesto.
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The SNP are the only major party that is yet to show its manifesto hand. Here’s why it’s probably not worth changing your plans to read it.
There’s an energised debate over power sources in Wales.
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Plaid looks left as energy manifesto fuels talk of a Green-SNP alliance.
You can please some of the people some of the time.
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One of Scottish Labour’s problems is that its most talented politicians prefer to be in Westminster rather than Holyrood. The reverse is true for the Scottish Nationalists. However, there are exceptions…
Reasons to be cheerful.
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The SNP won’t hold a second independence referendum until it knows it can win. That is an obvious statement, but it seems to have been missed by the party’s opponents. They should be pushing SNP leader…