The politician says she will step down after 27 years as an MSP, including more than eight as first minister of Scotland.

FORMER SCOTTISH FIRST Minister Nicola Sturgeon is retiring from politics in favour of  exploring “different opportunities in ...

All of us care about Scotland’s future, and that’s why we want people in Scotland to see tackling child poverty as everybody’s business – as a long-term investment in our future success as a nation.

There is little over a year to go until the 2026 Holyrood election and Scottish party selection processes are underway. This ...

Picture date: Thursday April 18, 2024. 75916184 (Press Association via AP Images) The Scottish National Party (SNP) has collapsed its coalition with the Scottish Greens in a split that stems from ...

A poll has found that about half of the Scottish voters who backed the party in July 2024 have now abandoned Labour ... adopting the two-child cap as their own policy, hiking National Insurance, ...

The Scottish National Party has been criticised for using public money to fund a report on Scottish independence that is expected to set out citizenship and passport proposals if Scotland were to ...

ohn Swinney is a Scottish politician and member of the Scottish National Party (SNP). Born on April 13, 1964, he has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Perthshire North since ...

After winning a majority in the 2011 Scottish Parliament elections, the Scottish National Party claimed it had a mandate (right) to hold a referendum on Scotland becoming an independent country.

The SNP is a social democratic political party committed to Scottish independence. The party has been at the forefront of the campaign for home rule for Scotland for more than 70 years.