- All of the parties are out and about today before voters head to the polls on Thursday
- In Westminster, speculation is rife about leadership challenges from Angela Rayner, Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting
Anas Sarwar attempts to distract from Westminster chaos
Anas Sarwar has refused to say if the Prime Minister should face a leadership challenge if Labour does badly in Thursday’s elections.
While polls suggest Labour could do badly in elections for the devolved parliaments in Scotland and Wales, and in local councils elections in England, the Scottish Labour leader insisted his “focus” was on “removing John Swinney from office” – and not what could happen in Westminster.
SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has already criticised the “squabbling” and “political infighting” in the UK Government, likening prospective candidates vying to succeed Sir Keir Starmer to “auditions for Labour Party Celebrity Traitors”.
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Reform UK have said it will prioritise setting up immigration removal centres in areas controlled by the Greens because of the party’s open borders policy.
Areas that vote in a Reform council or a Reform MP would be guaranteed not to have a centre nearby, Nigel Farage’s party said.
The Greens described the announcement as “abhorrent”.
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Latest polling
Scottish Labour will drop to just 13 MSPs and deputy leader Jackie Baillie will lose the seat she's held for 27 years, a new poll has predicted.
Good morning! We are live on the final week of the 2026 Holyrood election.
It's going to be a big week for Scotland and our newsroom, and we will be here with all the latest updates.
This morning, all the parties are out and about in an attempt to hoover up the last of the undecided.
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