Daniel Sanderson

3 days ago | thetimes.com | Daniel Sanderson |John Boothman

The SNP has privately dropped demands for a new independence referendum, Sir Keir Starmer has claimed. The prime minister said that John Swinney, the first minister, had not raised the issue with him prominently in their talks, with discussions instead focusing on issues such as jobs, energy, security and the cost of living. Starmer also appeared to rule out any new vote on Scottish statehood while he remains in No 10, regardless of the results of the Holyrood elections next year.

6 days ago | thetimes.com | Alex Massie |Daniel Sanderson |John Boothman

“When the campaign started, we thought we’d beat the Tories into third and put a bit of pressure on them,” says Ross Lambie, the architect who now dares imagine he might become Reform UK’s first member of the Scottish parliament when voters in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse constituency cast their ballots in the most keenly watched Holyrood by-election in years. “But after we started canvassing, we realised how super-angry the Labour voters were. They feel betrayed.

6 days ago | thetimes.com | Daniel Sanderson |John Boothman

The rise of Reform UK and disillusionment with Sir Keir Starmer’s government has pushed support for Scottish independence to a record high, a poll suggests. A Norstat survey for The Sunday Times put support for independence at 54 per cent, the joint-highest level recorded by the polling firm in the series. The Yes side has opened up an eight-point lead when undecided voters are excluded.

6 days ago | dailymail.co.uk | Daniel Sanderson |T. Zeller

Taylor Swift has beamed 'all my music I've ever made now belongs to me' after spending 'millions' buying back her master recordings – six years after they were snatched away from her. The pop superstar, 35, struck a settlement with private equity firm Shamrock Capital, who purchased the rights to the records from music mogul Scooter Braun in November 2020.

1 week ago | thetimes.com | Daniel Sanderson

Ambitious plans to reverse a historic decline in Scottish shipbuilding are at risk after a £2.5 million taxpayer grant was axed due to an SNP ban on “munitions” funding. A plan to build a specialist welding centre on the banks of the Clyde is now in grave doubt after Scottish Enterprise, the national economic development agency, was accused of reneging on a pledge to fund a building for the world-class facility.