Exactly one year on from his death, this weekend’s SNP conference should be dedicated to Alex Salmond’s memory. Instead, the name of the greatest leader in the party’s history will barely be whispered ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s days in Downing Street will be “over” if the SNP wins a majority at Holyrood next year, John Swinney has said. The First Minister spoke to the PA news agency ahead of ...

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Much of the document is devoted to a blueprint for new fiscal and monetary institutions, including a Scottish Central Bank, a Debt Management Office, and a transition from sterling to a Scottish ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers have created a two-stage acne patch with tiny arrowhead-shaped spikes that deliver healing compounds directly under the skin. Trials showed pimples vanished in seven days, and the ...