She was welcomed by her Conservative colleagues across the UK, but other Scottish parties warned that her election is a move ...

SNP ministers are “considering” reinstating winter fuel payments for all Scottish pensioners following a Budget windfall.

Alex Salmond, former Scottish First Minister, former leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and then leader of the Alba Party died suddenly last week, having just completed a speech to the ...

Anas Sarwar’s chief of staff Kate Watson has been named as Scottish Labour’s new general secretary. The general secretary is ...

It's believed that this leading candidate could highlight the failings of the SNP in a way no other politician has ever done.

John Swinney is "actively considering" the reintroduction of universal winter fuel payments in his December Budget.

He was 69. Salmond, who was a divisive figure in British politics and who as the then leader of the Scottish National Party took Scotland to the brink of independence in a 2014 referendum ...

Janey Godley, a Scottish comedian, actor and writer whose hard-hitting, candid wit established her as a comedy star and who ...

Whatever our future holds, that future will be better if it created by us – the people of Scotland. We have to make that happen – and we have to do so together. We've got what it takes - to create ...

Wood-burning stoves will be permitted in new-build homes or conversions, the Scottish Government has confirmed. Restrictions on their installation were dropped on a temporary basis in September and ...

Salmond, as then leader of the Scottish National Party, led the independence campaign in the referendum in 2014.

He led the Scottish National Party twice, guiding it from a fringe political group into a powerful electoral force in Britain. By Megan Specia Reporting from London Alex Salmond, the former first ...