When all the results were declared – after more than 16 hours of counting – the SNP had 58 MSPs – seven short of a majority.

The Prime Minister said responding to ‘tough’ results would mean ‘being assertive in our values’ and ‘unifying rather than dividing’.

Scotland has elected its first two transgender MSPs to the Holyrood parliament. Dr Q Manivannan and Iris Duane both secured regional list seats for the Scottish Green Party.

Suffolk County Council's Ipswich divisions saw a major shake-up with Reform taking over much of the town.

Reform UK has taken control of Suffolk County Council. Results have been coming in from across the county after hundreds of thousands of people went to the polls on Thursday. Suffolk County Council ...

The US president said the ceasefire includes a suspension of all kinetic activity and the exchange of 1,000 prisoners by each country.

The Green Party gained its first seat at Ipswich Borough Council taking the scalp of a long serving councillor.

Mark Ashton, CEO of Ipswich Town Football Club, is being investigated over chants about Norwich City majority shareholder Delia Smith.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he would not walk away from his job but even allies conceded the results had been ‘brutal’ for Labour.

Ministers have rallied around Sir Keir Starmer to defend his premiership as backbench calls for a change of leader ...

He was voted into the Scottish Parliament in the first ever devolved elections back in 1999 – and had retained his seat since ...