She was welcomed by her Conservative colleagues across the UK, but other Scottish parties warned that her election is a move ...

SNP ministers are “considering” reinstating winter fuel payments for all Scottish pensioners following a Budget windfall.

Alex Salmond, former Scottish First Minister, former leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and then leader of the Alba Party died suddenly last week, having just completed a speech to the ...

It's believed that this leading candidate could highlight the failings of the SNP in a way no other politician has ever done.

He was 69. Salmond, who was a divisive figure in British politics and who as the then leader of the Scottish National Party took Scotland to the brink of independence in a 2014 referendum ...

John Swinney is "actively considering" the reintroduction of universal winter fuel payments in his December Budget.

Read in full remarks by First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney at “For a Future Made in Scotland”, the event marking ten years since the Independence Referendum. We've got what it takes - to ...

The general secretary is in charge of the party’s administration and sits on the governing Scottish Executive Committee.

The party has voted at their conference to pull support for the Scottish government's plans to reform social care.

Salmond, as then leader of the Scottish National Party, led the independence campaign in the referendum in 2014.

Read in full remarks by First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney at “For a Future Made in Scotland”, the event marking ten years since the Independence Referendum. We've got what it takes - to ...

He led the Scottish National Party twice, guiding it from a fringe political group into a powerful electoral force in Britain. By Megan Specia Reporting from London Alex Salmond, the former first ...