Labour needs to look for ways to boost business confidence and not be overly stubborn about sticking to its plans ...

Almost six months after the Scottish National party’s heavy defeat in the UK general election, polls suggest its fortunes are ...

Polling guru Professor Sir John Curtice says Nicola Sturgeon could be ‘valuable’ to the SNP’s future independence movement.

A bill banning politicians from having two jobs will get the approval of voters ahead of the 2026 Holyrood elections, a pollster has told The Herald.

Enter then, Nicola Sturgeon who went from being mistress of all she ­surveyed during the Covid pandemic, to the ­object of sustained abuse from those Scots who thought she failed to advance the ­ ...

To Scotland, where the focus is back on Operation Branchform. It now transpires that the late former first minister Alex ...

I’ve been looking back through my diary of this year and three recurring stories leap out of its pages – wars, climate change ...

Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney is being urged to visit Sutherland and see for himself the impact that the ...

From fears of an election wipeout to bouncing back with the budget, John Swinney reflects on a chaotic 2024.

There are very good reasons for the action raised in the Court of Session by Alex Salmond to continue and I hope reports that some ...

JOHN Swinney said he has not been asked to speak to cops probing the SNP’s finances – after we revealed Alex Salmond was ...

Scotland’s top civil servant will leave the post next year, the Scottish Government has announced. After three years in the ...