Scotland's first minister calls for second referendum if SNP win majority in May

In an interview with Sky News' Trevor Phillips, John Swinney confirmed his position and also cast doubt on the PM's own ...

Three billion reasons why money alone won't fix Scotland's NHS – especially when spent by SNP

The Auditor General’s recent NHS in Scotland report makes for grim reading. It shows that while health spending continues to ...

Scottish leader John Swinney says SNP winning majority in May election would be green light for indyref2

Speaking on Sky News' Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips programme, the Scottish leader said he believed the Scottish ...

SNP ministers 'spending half of what is needed' to tackle housing emergency

A £4.1bn pledge for affordable housing in the Scottish Budget is not enough, campaigners say, with 50,000 Scots and 10,000 ...

SNP minister taken to task as schools given as little as 93p a week per child for supplies

Jenny Gilruth was challenged at Holyrood over the Sunday Mail's investigation which found skint schools spending less than £1 ...
Opinion

SNP and Reform’s obsessions with borders won’t help us as economic and social revolution looms

But SNP supporters should be cock-a-hoop to be heading for around 60 seats so soon after their general election pasting, even if only on 34 per cent of the constituency vote. And after Tuesday’s ...

John Swinney: SNP Holyrood majority would warrant second independence referendum

First Minister John Swinney has called for another Scottish independence referendum to be held if the SNP wins a majority at ...

Labour government in Scotland would pose ‘threat to jobs’, SNP claims

A Labour government in Edinburgh would be a “threat to Scottish jobs”, the SNP has claimed. The party’s economy spokesman ...

Keir Starmer asks 'Where is the money, John?' in dig at SNP leader on flying visit to Scotland

Starmer would not be drawn on whether his job was at risk if Labour performs badly at the Scottish Parliament election in May ...

Swinney: SNP Holyrood majority would warrant second indy referendum

The First Minister has called for another Scottish independence referendum to be held if the SNP wins a majority at Holyrood later this year.
LBC

Scottish independence referendum possible if SNP wins majority, Swinney says

The Scottish leader believed the party had to do "really well" in the the national vote for their to be another referendum, having not had a Holyrood majority since 2011 ...

SNP minister who lied about grooming gangs keeps job

The SNP’s Justice Secretary has kept her job despite an official investigation finding she twice broke the ministerial code ...