A trans charity in Scotland has labelled the ban on trans women using female toilets in Scottish parliament an “unworkable” decision which will prevent trans folks “from participating in Scottish democracy”.

The Scotsman takes a look at some of the seats to keep an eye on in the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. It is now less than a year to go until the 2026 Scottish Parliament election - and the starting gun has been well and truly fired.

After the recent Supreme Court ruling that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the 2010 Equality Act “refer to a biological woman and biological sex,” the Scottish Parliament’s corporate body (SPCB) ruled that from Monday May 12, it would “provide male-only and female-only facilities as well as gender-neutral and accessible facilities.”

Business chiefs and trade unions have warned Scotland "desperately needs to retain and attract more working-age people".

A local farmer has been unveiled to contest a north-east seat at next year’s Scottish Parliament election for the Conservatives. Buckie man Tim Eagle to be their candidate at next year’s Scottish Parliament election.

English voters who do not have a devolved national parliament face a “democratic deficit”, a Conservative MP has warned. Andrew Rosindell described himself as a “strong supporter” of the UK Parliament in Westminster but told the Commons that English people suffer with a “rather diminished democratic voice”.

A petition calling for the Scottish Government to update advice to planning authorities when considering applications for battery energy

The First Minister said he would use the next 12 months to push his argument that Scots would be better off if they voted to end the Union.