John Swinney’s SNP have opened up a massive 17 point lead over Scottish Labour ahead of next year's Holyrood election. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is also within touching distance of knocking Anas Sarwar ...

A NATS minister was all in a flap after opposition MSPs mocked his attempts to cool down a row over seagulls. Agriculture minister Jim Fairlie blasted Scottish Tory parliamentarians in Holyrood this ...

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar will brand his SNP rivals as “knackered, desperate and incompetent”, claiming that they are “embezzling opportunities” brought about by record Holyrood funding. Mr ...

SNP ministers have dropped their attempt to block a law giving children the right to outdoor education trips after facing a backlash. A majority of MSPs voted to approve the general principles of the ...

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A row over the SNP’s independence strategy is mounting ahead of the party’s conference in Aberdeen next month. First Minister John Swinney and deputy leader Keith Brown have put forward a motion ...

The leader of Perth and Kinross Council has resigned after being charged with embezzlement. Grant Laing, who has also quit the SNP, has been accused of committing the crime over an eight-year period.

The SNP has appointed its third permanent chief executive in just three years after Carol Beattie announced today she was stepping down with immediate effect. The former head of Stirling Council had ...

The SNP has appointed former MP and council leader Callum McCaig as its new chief executive. He takes over the role from Carol Beattie who is stepping down from the post with immediate effect, due to ...

The SNP has appointed the former Aberdeen MP Callum McCaig as its new chief executive. McCaig, who served as MP for Aberdeen South between 2015 and 2017, was subsequently a special advisor to first ...

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