The SNP are going to “win big” at next year’s Holyrood election, the First Minister has said. John Swinney spoke in a debate on Saturday at his party’s conference in Aberdeen, where he proposed his ...

Russell Findlay said the SNP had “embraced every madcap idea known to man and woman” during his speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to ...

First Minister John Swinney moves the motion that the 2026 Scottish Parliament election will be fought by the SNP on a clear platform of national independence during the SNP annual conference at the ...

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An SNP minister has been accused of ‘rank hypocrisy’ after boasting about his woodburning stove just days after voting against protecting them for others. Jim Fairlie posted a picture of the heater on ...

John Swinney will arrive at his party conference after taking the SNP from the political gutter to the cusp of an incredible fifth term in office. He took over from Humza Yousaf last year and within ...

The SNP’s Education Secretary has been accused of confusing schools and parents after repeatedly refusing to say which lavatories trans pupils should use. On Monday, the Scottish Government issued ...

Kemi Badenoch has accused the SNP and Labour of ‘running Scotland down’ and warned that Europe’s oil capital is ‘dying’ because of their policies on oil and gas. The Tory leader said it is ...

The Scottish Conservative leader has told his UK party conference that the SNP is turning Scotland into a "laboratory for weird and wacky policies". Russell Findlay criticised what he saw as a series ...