Higher and Further Education Minister Graeme Dey has announced he will not seek re-election as an SNP MSP next year. The Angus South representative was elected to Holyrood during the landslide ...

The SNP has appointed interim chief executive Carol Beattie to the role permanently. Ms Beattie, former chief executive of Stirling Council, took on the job temporarily in October following the ...

The SNP sounded defiance today over its 'vital' plan to slash speed limits on Scottish roads. Transport minister Fiona Hyslop said the proposals - condemned by critics as 'nanny state' and ...

A number of politicians are also putting the spotlight on the SNP government. Labour MSP Carol Mochan, SNP MSP Emma Roddick, and Green co-leader Patrick Harvie all addressed questions to the ...

An SNP councillor has been accused of an “astonishing” breach of ethics rules after he backed a 100% council tax premium on second homes in North Ayrshire. Political opponents said that as the ...

The SNP have won the Kilmarnock North by-election, securing their joint-highest number of councillors ever. Caroline Barton was declared the winner of the hotly contested seat at the very last ...

The SNP Justice Secretary is "not able to say" how many of the prisoners released early from jail are violent offenders. Angela Constance said violent offenders are "not an insignificant ...

John Swinney has ignored calls to drop SNP plans for gender self-ID amid accusations the policy “has harmed Scotland’s public services”. The debate over gender ID has erupted over an ...

The State government has fixed March 31 as the deadline for registration of plots pending under the Layout Regularisation Scheme (LRS). Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka at a review ...

The Prime Minister’s 30-minute keynote speech at the SEC in Glasgow continued Scottish Labour attacks on the SNP as they seek to rebuild lost support. Decisions to cut winter fuel payments for ...