Summary

  • Campaigning suspended after Manchester blast

  • Prime Minister will chair emergency Cobra meeting

  • Lib Dems leader calls off Gibraltar visit

  • SNP postpones manifesto launch

  1. A 'massive tax cut' should not be handed to high earnerspublished at 20:46 British Summer Time 21 May 2017

    First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says the Scottish government supports a 50p top rate of tax.

    Ms Sturgeon says she does not believe the basic rate should be increased and that a "massive tax cut" should not be handed to the higher earners.

    The fist minister says the Westminster government has the "wrong priorities".

  2. Dugdale says it is right to 'ask the richest people in society to pay their share'published at 20:43 British Summer Time 21 May 2017

    Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale says income tax should be increased.

    Ms Dugdale explains: "We are now here in Scotland in a position to do things differently from the Tories."

    She says her party's manifesto launching tomorrow will detail 1p on the basic rate and 50p on the top rate of tax.

    Ms Dugdale says it is right to "ask the richest people in society to pay their share".

  3. Scottish Lib Dems want to increase tax for education and mental healthpublished at 20:40 British Summer Time 21 May 2017

    Willie Rennie says we should put 1p on the basic rate of income tax.

    He adds that this money should be put into the Scottish education system which was once world renowned, but is now just "average."

    The Scottish Lib Dem leader says that there also needs to be investment into mental health services.

  4. Audience question on taxpublished at 20:39 British Summer Time 21 May 2017

    Question on tax
  5. Watch: "You've told a porkie there"published at 20:37 British Summer Time 21 May 2017

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  6. 'Sturgeon under scrutiny'published at 20:31 British Summer Time 21 May 2017

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  7. Cancel second independence vote says Scottish Lib Dem leaderpublished at 20:28 British Summer Time 21 May 2017

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  8. Scottish Green Party co-leader would like more candidatespublished at 20:28 British Summer Time 21 May 2017

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  9. Sturgeon 'can't get a word in edgeways'published at 20:24 British Summer Time 21 May 2017

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  10. Scottish Labour leader wants guarantee for EU nationalspublished at 20:21 British Summer Time 21 May 2017

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  11. Scottish Conservative leader and SNP leader on immigrationpublished at 20:20 British Summer Time 21 May 2017

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  12. Conservatives 'flim-flamming' over fisheries - Scottish UKIP leaderpublished at 20:19 British Summer Time 21 May 2017

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  13. Scottish Lib Dem leader: People should have final say on Brexit dealpublished at 20:19 British Summer Time 21 May 2017

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  14. Focus on independence questionpublished at 20:13 British Summer Time 21 May 2017

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  15. Patrick Harvie - It's a UK government matterpublished at 20:12 British Summer Time 21 May 2017

    Scottish Greens co-convener Patrick Harvie says "people are feeling pretty scunnered with the number of votes" that have taken place.

    Mr Harvie says many of them are raising issues that the UK government are responsible for.

    The Scottish Greens co-convener adds that people in and out of work are being exploited by the UK government.

  16. Coburn says Nicola Sturgeon 'wants to be ruled by Brussels'published at 20:11 British Summer Time 21 May 2017

    A nurse in the audience says she has to go to foodbanks and asks where the money to the NHS has gone, as nurses are seeing none of it "on the ground floor".

    Sarah Smith goes to UKIP's David Coburn, who says Nicola talks all the time about independence but "wants to be ruled by Brussels".

  17. Panelists row over immigration figurespublished at 20:09 British Summer Time 21 May 2017

    Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale says there is no immigration cap in the Labour manifesto and praises the contribution of EU nationals who should not be treated as bargaining chips.

    Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie stresses the importance of EU citizens to Scotland's universities.

    Mr Rennie asks if Ruth Davidson is lying now about immigration, as she accused Boris Johnson of lying before the referendum.

    Ms Davidson says it is shameful that Mr Rennie is "scaremongering".

  18. Davidson defends the UK Conservative party's immigration policypublished at 20:08 British Summer Time 21 May 2017

    Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson defends the UK Conservative party's immigration policy.

    The first minister says she is "astounded" Ms Davidson is defending cutting immigration down to tens of thousands.

  19. The single market is so much more than just trade says Harviepublished at 20:06 British Summer Time 21 May 2017

    Patrick Harvie. Scottish Green co-leader, says if the UK government had shown any willingness at all to negotiate on the single market then this may have been a different debate.

    Mr Harvie says UK Tory ministers want to re-write legislation without any parliamentary scrutiny.

    He says the single market is so much more than just trade.

  20. Rennie says the British people should have the option to reject a bad Brexitpublished at 20:05 British Summer Time 21 May 2017

    Sarah Smith asks Willie Rennie about his party's policy on a second referendum on EU membership.

    The Scottish Lib Dem leader says the British people should have the option to reject a bad deal.