The leaders of the Scottish Parliament's three largest parties have made their pitches to voters ahead of May's Holyrood election. First Minister John Swinney said that the SNP was offering Scots "the chance to vote for independence", while Labour's Anas Sarwar warned critics not to "underestimate" his party.

Once a Conservative leadership hopeful, Robert Jenrick defected to Reform after being sacked by Kemi Badenoch.

The First Minister was challenged at Holyrood over income tax proposals in this week’s Scottish Government Budget.

Farage is expected to travel to Edinburgh on Thursday to announce the party's first leader north of the border.