John Swinney says ‘I was criticised in 2007 for wanting to divert money from the Edinburgh tram project to the A9… parliament ...

SCOTS pupils will still have to face high-stakes exams at National 5 after the SNP education secretary rejected calls from ...

Move follows backlash in rural Scotland from those who do not have access to mains gas supply and rely on log burners ...

It gave the old city an appropriately spooky and uncertain atmosphere. Scotland was waiting, poised, tentatively wondering ...

Hell hath no fury like a man scorned. Like a disgruntled thesp overlooked for a lifetime achievement award, Alex Salmond has been strongly ...

In 10 years, Scottish independence has achieved precisely nothing. Today marks a decade since the referendum. In that time we ...

The Scottish SNP government announced in August that it would reintroduce ... short of the 10 per cent it claimed was ...

Despite total agreement among all Labour figures The National has spoken that the SNP would and should be given a seat on the committee, a spokesperson on Friday said bluntly that no decision had been ...

LABOUR have threatened to claw back millions from Scottish communities promised “levelling up” money. Scottish Secretary Ian ...

Schools have been told to ensure pupils have the option of ' gender neutral' uniforms or risk breaking the law under ' woke ' ...

John Swinney has been dealt a blow to his authority after suffering two “humiliating” defeats in Holyrood over cuts to public ...