Live Blog: With most councils declared, Welsh Tory losses exceed those in Scotland

Meanwhile observers are already speculating about whether today’s performance will cost Douglas Ross his job.

Henry Hill: As voters go to the polls in Northern Ireland, the DUP is fighting for second

Also: it looks like it will be a good day for Labour in both Wales and Scotland as Douglas Ross struggles to make headway.

Henry Hill: Tories attack other parties for propping up SNP councils as local campaign heats up

Also: Sturgeon likened to Trump after she bans print journalists from SNP launch event.

Henry Hill: Sturgeon can’t keep Great British Railways completely out of Scotland

Also: Unionist parties divided as Stormont passes controversial education bill; Baillie says Labour wrong to work with Tories.

Henry Hill: How will the new Euro-British détente affect the Protocol negotiations?

Also: as Scottish Labour ditch the traditional rose, when will the national parties overhaul their ageing brands?

Henry Hill: Budget sees British cash put directly into Scottish projects

Also: DUP leader threatens early Stormont election over the Protocol; Scottish Labour councillor defects to the Conservatives.

WATCH: Scotland and the future of the Union

Our panel, including Scottish Conservative Leader Douglas Ross, discuss the impact of the recent Holyrood election.

New event: Scotland and the Future of the Union, with Douglas Ross MP MSP

The Scottish Conservative Leader joins our expert panel for this discussion following the recent Holyrood elections.

Live Blog: Scottish and Welsh election results. The SNP fails to win its majority. And Ross holds the Conservative position steady.

The latest results, news and analysis from Holyrood and Cardiff Bay as they come in.

Will Sturgeon “go on and on and on”?

We don’t read her as a quitter. And the next election may come as early as 2023. But if she does step down before it, you read it here first.

WATCH: Sarwar on why he’s taking Sturgeon on in her own Holyrood constituency

The new leader of Scottish Labour says it demonstrates that he is ‘tough enough’ to revive his party’s ailing fortunes.

Jamie Blackett: Scottish Tories should put country before party and back ‘All for Unity’ on the list vote

Playing for second place is not good enough. It may be difficult to deliver, but an expansive pro-UK electoral alliance is our best hope.

How even a modest Labour revival in Scotland could return more Conservative MPs

Contra mistaken notions of ‘unionist unity’, the Opposition can reach sections of the current SNP vote that the Tories cannot.

Henry Hill: ‘Stronger together’ – Ministers put vaccine at the centre of its latest pro-Union push

Also: Gove should beware Brown’s constitutional anti-wisdom; Davies makes way for Davies; and MSPs compel evidence over Salmond row.

Why Conservatives should cautiously welcome fresh leadership for Scottish Labour

The party needs to reach parts of the pro-UK electorate that the Tories cannot. Under Leonard, it has signally failed to do so.