Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says John Swinney would profit from MSPs like Nicola Sturgeon leaving Holyrood.

Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf have also applied to be candidates, but are yet to confirm whether they will stand.

“The days of dual mandates should be consigned to history.” And SNP MSP Karen Adam claimed Mr Ross was “failing” his ...

THE season of quivering pets, blaring sirens, rockets being fired at emergency workers, and kids burning themselves on ...

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has demanded Scottish Secretary Ian Murray produce the cash after promise to make the ...

But she believes that Tory leaders have been far too reluctant to stand up and expose the failings of the SNP government. This will change if she defeats rival Robert Jenrick when the Tory ...

A flagship SNP policy on employment rights has been described as "feel good fluff" and is currently failing workers, a leading union has warned. GMB Scotland has dismissed the Scottish Government's ...

The SNP’s ‘pitiful’ record on crime has been ... Clear-up rates for a range of crimes have fallen – with officers failing to solve more than seven out of ten housebreakings last year.

“Wasting time and resources on this shows how disconnected the SNP government are from the real world and why people are sick of politicians at Holyrood failing to focus on issues that concern them.

The ill-fated “named person” legislation sought to assert the state’s right to decide what’s best for Scottish children over the rights of parents, and ministers eventually accepted defeat in the face ...