My pledge to the people of Scotland is that the SNP will never give in to these extremist voices – we will take on Farage, his toxic politics and his disastrous Brexit every step of the way.

But in an interview with the Scotsman podcast The Steamie, John Swinney expressed his worries over a rise in “populism” ahead ...

A parliament is only as good as the politicians it attracts. Unfortunately for Holyrood, it mostly attracts the flotsam and ...

Peter MacMahon on what's changed since Nicola Sturgeon's education pledge 10 years ago and could a 'Jordanhill' model work in other ...

There is a need to be “realistic” about what is achievable in cutting Scotland’s car use, the Transport Secretary has said, ...

Robotic surgery has been expanding in Scotland since it was first introduced in Grampian in 2015. Companies such as Versius, ...

Calls for a new investigation into the death of a young woman who died after being abused by her partner will be brought to ...

The First Minister said councils had been privately "welcoming" their budget funding from the Scottish Government and this ...

Gregor Townsend has been speaking to the media after naming his Scotland team to face Italy in Saturday's Six Nations opener at Murrayfield. Here are the key points from the head coach ...