LIVE: Reform UK Hold Press Conference in Aberdeen

LIVE: Reform UK Hold Press Conference in Aberdeen – 10.30am

Reform UK hold press conference in Aberdeen with Leader Nigel Farage and Deputy Leader Richard Tice.

Nigel said on X: We must end the deindustrialisation of Scotland.

Earlier John Swinney said: Nigel Farage “doesn’t care about Scotland”. This as the Reform UK leader is set to head north of the border.

Farage is in Aberdeen as the race in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election enters its final days.

While the SNP and Labour were seen as frontrunners in the seat in a contest sparked by Scottish Government minister Christina McKelvie, Reform UK has entered the mix ahead of the vote.

But the party has come in for criticism for how it has campaigned in the seat, with attack ads on Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar being branded racist.

Both of the frontrunners have also turned their attacks on Reform, with Mr Sarwar describing Mr Farage as a “poisonous little man” and the First Minister accusing him of bringing “racism and hatred” to the South Lanarkshire race.