Scotland

Douglas Lumsden's stunning win in Aberdeen South overturns a 20-point SNP lead, even as the party clings on in Arbroath and Broughty Ferry – a split verdict that hints at nationalist fatigue setting in.

Climate change demands urgent action – but not all proposed solutions hold up to scrutiny. From consumer guilt-tripping to supply-side kneejerk reactions, our response is riddled with well-meaning but counterproductive thinking, says Fred Bayer.

In the fifth article in our series on Reform and how to defeat them, Fred Bayer reports from Scotland on the election results there and what they mean for politics and the left.

Reform’s likely presence in the Scottish parliament should be “a wake-up call for many”. A leader of the Scottish left surveys the political terrain ahead.

The Scottish Trades Union Congress condemns the Labour government’s massive increase in spending for weapons of war.