Kirsty Blackman: Last News

Liz Truss is under mounting pressure to keep a UK Government pledge to raise benefits in line with inflation.

The SNP has challenged Rishi Sunak to remove the Conservative party whip from Boris Johnson over the former prime minister's dealings with the chairman of the BBC.

Douglas Ross has earned £100,200 on top of his MP's salary since the last general election in 2019.

An £18million office complex run by Michelle Mone is linked to the same network of companies at the centre of a Covid PPE scandal. The bra baroness is now being urged to explain if the Neospace site in Aberdeen was funded by public money from UK Government Covid contracts.

Scots pensioners are set to lose around £500 per year after the Tory Government suspended the triple lock on pensions, according to new research.

SNP’s deputy leader at Westminster has stood down after struggling with her mental health during lockdown.MP Kirsty Blackman said she had made the “difficult personal decision” as she needed to prioritise her constituency and family.Blackman was first elected as the MP for Aberdeen North in 2015 and has been re-elected twice.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics newsletter.We cover Holyrood, Westminster and local councils, with a current focus on how our governments are handling the coronavirus pandemic.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the pink box near the top of this article.Alternatively, you can visit our newsletter sign up-centre.