CommonSpace takes a look at the key battles in Scotland and elsewhere

AS VOTERS head to the polls in the first winter election in over 100 years, several Scottish seats may become the most watched battlegrounds in Scotland and elsewhere come 10pm.  

With pre-election polls predicting either a hung parliament or a narrow majority for Boris Johnson, the results in Scotland could prove key to deciding whether Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn walk into Number 10 Downing Street. 

North East Fife 

STUC welcomes positive engagement with its Manifesto for Social Justice from Labour, SNP and Scottish Greens, but receives no response from Conservatives or Liberal Democrats

-          STUC Manifesto for Social Justice called on all prospective MPs to endorse the principles of fair work, the right to food and housing, and investment in public services

All 22 Scottish Green candidates in next week’s General Election have signed the Equality Network’s LGBTI Equality Pledge, while the party’s Women’s Network has launched the Green Women’s Pledge

The Scottish Government previously faced criticism for repeatedly failing to meets its annual target on tree planting

Two weeks ahead of the General Election, the latest Ipsos MORI/STV poll shows the SNP on 44 per cent

Scottish Labour manifesto pledges to continue the renewal of the Trident nuclear deterrent

Members of the University and College Union began strike action this week over pay, working conditions and pensions

The Werritty Review, originally scheduled to be published in spring this year, has been finally been submitted to the Scottish Government

The SNP today proposed a package of measures to ensure greater UK Government support for the renewables industry

First minister’s proposal that oil and gas revenues be used to ease transition to new low or zero carbon industries dismissed as “timid” by Greens