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SNP ministers are under pressure to start fixing Scotland’s struggling NHS and public services after Rachel Reeves handed it almost £5 billion extra to spend. The Chancellor said the Scottish ...

An MSP expelled from the SNP over a social media post about the Israel-Hamas conflict has said he is "disappointed" over the decision. John Mason, 67, initially lost the whip and has now been ...

SNP ministers are “considering” reinstating winter fuel payments for all Scottish pensioners following a Budget windfall. Ivan McKee, the SNP finance minister, confirmed the devolved ...

The SNP may struggle to recruit a "quality" successor to Murray Foote given its current "challenges", according to a leading expert on the party. However, James Mitchell, professor of public ...

Critics said it was “further evidence of the chaos and turmoil at the top of the scandal-ridden SNP”. Mr Foote was appointed to the position in August last year after Peter Murrell – Nicola ...

The SNP has appointed an interim chief executive, after Murray Foote stood down on Friday following 14 months in the role. Carol Beattie, former chief executive of Stirling Council, will take over ...

The Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie has warned First Minister John Swinney not to take his party's votes for granted to get the SNP budget through the Scottish Parliament. Speaking at the ...

The political fallout from the Scottish government's beleaguered bottle return scheme has been considerable, but the legal fallout could be equally as significant. A waste management firm is suing ...

One of the most consequential – and divisive – politicians of his generation, Alex Salmond, who has died aged 69, transformed the Scottish National Party from a fringe party into a "formidable ...

The SNP’s treatment of former first minister of Scotland Alex Salmond has been described as “pathetic” and “shameful” by one of the party’s MSPs. Mr Salmond – who died after ...

SNP Health Secretary Neil Gray’s local hospital has been branded a “risk to life” after a damning dossier revealed a catalogue of dangers. NHS bosses said creaking Monklands hospital has ...