Politics

SNP deputy chief Keith Brown has insisted the occasion has "nothing to hide" and urged better transparency as he admitted he didn't know its auditors had stop till shortly earlier than it was made public.Speaking to Sky News, Mr Brown acknowledged present challenges, however argued the SNP's "best days lie ahead" as a disaster engulfs the occasion with a police investigation into its funds, which has seen its former chief government and treasurer arrested. Both Peter Murrell - who's former first minister Nicola Sturgeon's husband - and Colin Beattie had been later launched with out cost pending additional investigation.The police inquiry centres on how greater than £600,000 in donations to the occasion earmarked for an independence referendum was used.SNP MP Stuart McDonald h...

Dominic Raab says he left workplace along with his "head held high" after resigning over a report which discovered he had bullied workers.The former deputy PM believes he was compelled out by civil servants who had been against Brexit and his makes an attempt to reform human rights laws. A report carried out by Adam Tolley KC upheld two out of eight bullying complaints levelled on the senior Tory, discovering that he had "acted in a manner which was intimidating" and "persistently aggressive".Though Mr Raab resigned following the studies publication, he informed the Mail on Sunday he felt he left along with his "integrity intact".He stated: "There was Brexit, I used to be driving human rights reform, all of these items are counterintuitive to the tradition of the civil servic...

ALTAMAHAW, N.C. (AP) — Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson formally entered subsequent 12 months’s gubernatorial race at a rally Saturday, with the sharp-spoken social conservative saying North Carolina neads a pacesetter like him who can relate to the challlenges and needs of working folks. Elected the stat...

A political motion committee backing Ron DeSantis for a possible 2024 White House bid is providing to assist Donald Trump transfer out of Florida after the previous president claimed that the state “continues to tumble into complete delinquency and destruction” underneath the Republican governor’s management. ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, a longtime Donald Trump ally, will assist lead a political motion committee encouraging Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to hunt the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. Laxalt, who roomed with DeSantis on the Naval Justice School, will functio...

NEW YORK — The opening part of the Republican presidential major has largely centered on the escalating collision between former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. But a brand new wave of GOP White House hopefuls will start getting into the 2024 race as quickly as this coming week after ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Republican White House hopefuls are courting influential non secular conservatives at an occasion in Iowa that marks the unofficial begin of the state’s 2024 caucus marketing campaign. The Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition’s annual spring fundraiser on Saturday night is attracting, amongs...

House Judiciary Committee Democrats are accusing Republicans of cherry-picking testimony from former CIA Deputy Directory Michael Morell to recommend the Biden marketing campaign was behind the letter signed by 51 former intelligence officers to dismiss the Hunter Biden laptop computer story as Russian disinformation. ...

The Scottish National Party (SNP) has appointed MP Stuart McDonald as its new treasurer following the resignation of Colin Beattie on Wednesday.Mr Beattie stepped down after he was arrested in reference to an investigation into the get together's funds. He was subsequently launched with out cost pending additional enquiries.His arrest got here after the get together's former chief govt Peter Murrell - who's married to the previous first minister Nicola Sturgeon - was additionally arrested and questioned earlier than being launched with out cost.The police are trying into how greater than £600,000 in donations to the get together put aside for an independence referendum was used. Mr McDonald represents Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch for the SNP at Westminster.He has he...

HELENA, Mont. — The newest high-profile instance of state legislative management deciding who might be heard throughout statehouse debates is taking part in out in Montana the place a transgender lawmaker was silenced by Republican leaders for a second day Friday. Rep. Zooey Zephyr, who was intentionally r...