Her proposals will be set out in a speech to the Scottish Parliament on 4 December. Robison and First Minister John Swinney have warned for months that the government is facing the most difficult ...

Reform UK are making hay in Scotland at the expense of Labour as Keir Starmer’s popularity continues to damage Labour north of the border. Professor Sir John Curtice, the polling guru, has revealed ...

The Revolution Settlement of 1689-90 had led to a more powerful Scottish Parliament. The two most powerful periods of the Scottish Parliament's existence can be defined as 1639-51 and 1689-1707.

Scottish Parliament staff are no longer allowed to wear rainbow lanyards - or other accessories that show support for social movements - at Holyrood. All staff must now wear a generic purple ...

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Mr Flynn set off a political firestorm inside his own party when he announced he was ... “Because John Swinney is going to ...

The King has delivered a speech at the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Scottish Parliament. He began by saying the Parliament's opening in 1999 reflected a "new dawn" for the country.

In government and throughout the last parliament, Green MSPs voted for one cuts Budget ... to emphasise the barely disguised civil war which continues to rumble on inside the Scottish Greens — a war ...

Scottish Labour has launched its hunt for candidates for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. The party is seeking “dedicated, diverse, and talented” Holyrood hopefuls who are “committed ...