SNP leader John Swinney has said he is “comfortable” with the party’s vetting procedures after reports that Nicola Sturgeon and a former treasurer have been approved despite a police investigation. It ...

Speculation is rife the former first minister will announce her retirement from the Scottish Parliament ahead of the May 2026 poll.

Humza Yousaf’s resignation on Monday has left the SNP again facing the task of choosing a new leader, just 13 months after they last did so in the wake of Nicola Sturgeon’s shock resignation ...

Anas Sarwar accused of performing ‘desperate’ about-turn by Conservatives after he told podcast he had ‘deep regret’ over ...

NATS chiefs were today blasted for green-lighting Nicola Sturgeon as a potential SNP candidate at the next Holyrood election. The decision comes despite the former First Minister being under ...

Having been First Minister for 3,051 days, Sturgeon has now been cleared by the SNP’s vetting process to stand in next year’s ...

Nicola Sturgeon is the former First Minister of Scotland and an ex-leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), having stood down in 2023 after nine years in post. She is an ardent supporter of ...

Nicola Sturgeon ... Veteran SNP MSP Fergus Ewing was critical of policies introduced during the period of the Bute House Agreement. Ms Sturgeon was SNP leader and Scottish first minister when ...

To Scotland, where the SNP is hard at work vetting its candidates for the 2026 Holyrood poll. But in typical Nat fashion, the ...

When Nicola Sturgeon quit as Scotland ... He lasted barely a year before quitting as leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) after a row with its governing partner, the Scottish Greens.

A proceeds of crime unit is behind a ban on Nicola ... 2023 after accepting the blame for the public being misled about the number of SNP members. The following month, police raided Ms Sturgeon ...

Nicola Sturgeon has passed the SNP's vetting process to stand again for Holyrood despite remaining under investigation in the Operation ...