Planet Holyrood - The Scottish Politics Show

Chris McCall, Andrew Quinn and Dan Vevers discuss the latest in the General Election campaign including TV debates north and south of the border, the impact of nuclear weapons on Scotland and the campaign as a whole and today's exclusive story on the NHS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Glasgow South West candidate Chris Stephens joins Lorna Hughes and Paul Hutcheon on the latest edition of our special daily election Planet Holyrood podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Angela Rayner, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, joins Sunday Mail Editor Lorna Hughes and Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon on the Planet Holyrood podcast ahead of the General Election in July Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rishi Sunak has been accused of holding Scotland in 'contempt' after he called a general election for the first week of the school holidays in most parts of the country. The First Minister John Swinney responded to Sunak's timing by saying: "This is perhaps the latest act of disrespect from a Conservative government to call an election during the Scottish summer school holidays. It shows the conte...

John Swinney took over at Bute House following Humza Yousaf’s botched handling of the decision to kick the Greens out of Government. Axing the Greens has resulted in Swinney leading a minority Government with no guarantee of winning votes at Holyrood. He immediately called for greater cross-party cooperation and urged political rivals to work together. However, Biffa, the waste firm, has launched...

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon is joined on the Planet Holyrood podcast by Sunday Mail Political Editor John Ferguson and Scottish Express Editor Ben Borland to discuss John Swinney’s appointment as Scotland’s First Minister and his choice of ministers for his cabinet. But will the new ‘caretaker’ FM be able to get a budget through the Scottish Parliament with a minority government -...

Kate Forbes has ruled herself out of the SNP leadership contest after John Swinney confirmed this morning he is standing. Swinney had praised Forbes when he announced his bid and said she would be a "significant" part of the Scottish Government. The Record's political editor Paul Hutcheon is joined by the Sunday Mail's John Ferguson and Ben Borland of the Scottish Daily Express. Learn more about y...

Humza Yousaf has confirmed he has terminated the Bute House Agreement between the SNP and Scottish Greens "with immediate effect". The First Minister confirmed at a hastily arranged press conference in Edinburgh this morning his party would now form a minority government. But the decision prompted a furious backlash from Greens co-leader Lorna Slater, who accused Yousaf of "political cowardice" an...

Daily Record political editor Paul Hutcheon is joined by the Sunday Mail's Hannah Rodger and Douglas Dickie of the Scottish Daily Express to look at the latest from the crazy world of politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul Hutcheon is joined by Hannah Rodger and Ben Borland to look at the latest from Holyrood and across politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul Hutcheon is joined by John Ferguson and Douglas Dickie to look at the latest from the crazy world of politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon is joined on the Planet Holyrood podcast by Sunday Mail Chief Reporter Hannah Rodger and Scottish Express Editor Ben Borland to discuss why National Clinical Director Jason Leitch’s next move after standing down amid covid WhatsApp scandal - will he stand as an MSP? The panel also debate if the Scottish government have taken their eye off the ball as dru...

After Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered his budget this week, Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon is joined on the Planet Holyrood podcast by Sunday Mail Political Editor John Ferguson and Scottish Express Digital Editor Douglas Dickie to discuss the Tory party civil war over oil windfall tax, the National Insurance cut 'election bribe', child benefit changes - and a possible snap general e...

SNP and Green MSPs have voted through the Scottish Government Budget for the year ahead which includes a tax hike for high-earners. Shona Robison, the Finance Secretary, claimed today the creation of a new 45 per cent "advanced" rate of income tax for Scots earning between £75,000 and £125,140 would help fund the NHS. Meanwhile, supermarkets could be banned from selling meal deals and restaurants...

The SNP has called for Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle to stand down after the Gaza vote farce on Wednesday night, with the party's Westminster leader Stephen Flynn saying he no longer has confidence in Hoyle to carry out his job impartially. It comes after the SNP stormed out of the chamber last night after the party's motion demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza was ditched amid chaotic scenes....

Health Secretary Michael Matheson has quit after an investigation into his iPad data roaming bill scandal. Matheson has been under huge pressure over the £11,000 bill he racked up a family holiday in Morocco. He eventually conceded his children had used the device to stream football and paid back the money. However, he faced claims of lying to the media and the scandal became a huge embarrassment...

Nicola Sturgeon, who led the Scottish Government response to the global health crisis, answered questions for several hours at the UK Covid Inquiry this week. She admitted her biggest regret from the pandemic is not having introduced lockdown sooner. The former First Minister went on to deny the decisions she took during the pandemic were done for political reasons, adding she had not “thought les...

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon is joined on the Planet Holyrood podcast by Sunday Mail Political Editor John Ferguson and Scottish Express Editor Ben Borland to discuss the ongoing Covid Inquiry in Edinburgh where Jason Leitch, Humza Yousaf and Nicola Sturgeon are all giving evidence. Current First Minister Humza Yousaf just doesn’t seem to be able to get a break and is forever haunte...

The Prime Minister has announced he is introducing legislation to overturn the convictions of sub-postmasters in England and Wales, with Humza Yousaf following suit in a UK-wide plan. It is estimated that more than 700 people across the UK were wrongly prosecuted by the Post Office between 2000 and 2014 as a result of the faulty Horizon system installed by IT giant Fujitsu. Meanwhile, hundreds of...

The general election campaign in Scotland appears to be kickstarted as the SNP and Labour leaders set out their cases to voters. Humza Yousaf and Anas Sarwar both delivered set-piece speeches in which they attempted to convince Scots that only their party can provide real change to the tired Tories. Meanwhile, the Post Office acted like gangsters in Scotland by going "door-to-door" to "extort mone...

Shona Robison has unveiled her Scottish Government budget, hiking taxes for higher-earning Scots in an attempt to plug a £1.5 billion blackhole. The housing budget was however slashed from £738.3 million to £533.2 million, including a cut of £188.8 million to the housebuilding budget. The Deputy First Minister also confirmed any further legal challenge to recent rulings on the controversial gender...

Paul Hutcheon is joined by Sunday Mail political editor John Ferguson and the Daily Record's Chief Writer Anna Burnside to look at the latest from Scottish and UK politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hannah Rodger, Anna Burnside and Douglas Dickie discuss Boris Johnson's appearance at the Covid inquiry, an emergency meeting within the Scottish Government and education failings in the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul Hutcheon, Anna Burnside and John Ferguson discuss Alistair Darling's legacy in Scottish and UK politics, as Michael Matheson's expenses scandal drags on, Humza Yousaf appears in Dubai at COP 28 and Kate Forbes makes questionable remarks about 'silent prayer' outside abortion clinics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Record's political editor Paul Hutcheon is joined by Sunday Mail chief reporter Hannah Rodger and Scottish Express editor Ben Borland. This week, they discuss Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement, Lee Anderson’s suggestion to send asylum seekers to Orkney for processing the closure of Grangemouth oil refinery, along with the latest on Michael Matheson’s 11k roaming bill. Learn more about your ad cho...