John Swinney and Kate Forbes have steadied the ship and stemmed the outflow of voters from the SNP to Labour. But they are yet to encourage ...

These are two parties which, Scottish independence aside, think largely the same way. Both centrist social democrats, John Swinney and Anas ...

THERE are issues which rise above the normal clamour of politics to become defining moments for governments and parties. The shameful treatment ...

Record View says dumping the plan after promising far reaching change is a huge let down to care home residents and staff.

John Swinney has been urged to sack his embattled Health Secretary for misleading parliament and other severe failings in his job.

THE SNP is set to force a vote next week in the House of Commons to demand that the Labour UK Government offers compensation to Waspi women ...

Children born in spring or summer with a specific gene variant may have a higher risk of celiac disease and lower levels of a key protein, according to a study, potentially helping future research on ...

The Scottish government has scrapped its flagship plan to create a National Care Service. The reform, which had already been ...

THE Westminster government has rejected SNP First Minister John Swinney’s calls for a revival of a Scottish graduate visa scheme.

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has called for Labour MPs to back his calls for a Waspi U-turn. Labour Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has controversially refused to pay the £2,950 ...

The justice secretary outlines the government's response to an inquiry into the deaths of two young people at Polmont YOI.

The far right is rapidly winning support in Scotland. In the 2021 Holyrood elections, Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party only received 5,793 votes. In the 2024 general election, Reform UK won 167,979. Like ...