The politician says she will step down after 27 years as an MSP, including more than eight as first minister of Scotland.

The black, red, gray and pink design honors the thousands of individuals—mostly women—who were persecuted under the Scottish ...

When she steps down at next year’s Scottish Parliament election, Nicola Sturgeon will have spent 27 years as an MSP and made ...

Eric Trump, the executive vice-president of the Trump Organisation, said John Swinney thanked him for the firm’s investment in Scotland. The talks took place in Bute House, the First Minister’s ...

Nicola Sturgeon has said she will be with the SNP “every step of the way” towards independence, despite stepping down as an ...

Scotland’s first minister John Swinney hosted Donald Trump’s son Eric on Thursday for a “very warm and friendly” meeting in his official residence in Edinburgh, although the conversation avoided ...

Scotland’s former leader Nicola Sturgeon has announced she would not seek re-election, ending a near 30-year career as one of ...

Rachel Reeves was tight-lipped about her government’s welfare plans during a visit to Scotland, but there is little doubt ...

Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced she will not seek re-election to Holyrood in 2026.

Scotland’s First Minister, John Swinney, has praised the courage demonstrated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the brave people of Ukraine as truly inspiring in a speech to the Scottish Parliament ...

Scotland's first minister has accused Nigel Farage of being "an accomplice to the Russian agenda" as he revealed plans for a summit to "draw a line in the sand" to counter the rise of far-right ...

The MSP for Glasgow Southside said it was “far from easy” to make the decision not to seek re-election next year.