SNP will stand against 'twin threats' of austerity and privatisation, says John Swinney

Falkirk was among the top performing Scottish councils for numeracy and literacy in 2022/23, while the percentage of pupils moving on to positive destinations is rising.

An incoming Labour Government will hand the Scottish Office a £150m warchest to combat poverty.

The first ever Green MSP has handed Scottish Labour a pre-election boost by joining Anas Sarwar’s party.

Welcome to the third week of the 2024 general election campaign as the parties in Scotland go all out to win over undecided voters.

John Swinney has said that he would "engage with" Donald Trump if he wins the US election and then comes to Scotland.

Seven major political parties will battle it out tonight in the first of the BBC's televised general election debates.

The Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign (WASPI) have written to shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves, following her comments on compensation for 1950s-born women made during a press conference in Edinburgh earlier this week. Speaking to journalists alongside Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar at the head office of NatWest Group on Tuesday, Ms Reeves was asked about compensation promised to WASPI women under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour party. Ms Reeves said that she recognised the injustice, but added that no costing of compensation has been carried out yet.

During the first televised General Election debate on ITV on Tuesday night between Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister warned that “for the first time in our country’s history, if Labour are elected, pensioners will pay tax.”

George Galloway says it is 'completely wrong' that he has not been invited to take part in televised general election debates. The Workers Party of Britain leader, who became Rochdale's MP earlier this year following a by-election, says he should be included.

A charity boss is calling for the Scottish Government to invest in communities in a bid to eradicate child poverty.

Douglas Ross should be “begging for forgiveness” from Scots for the carnage inflicted by the Tories over the last 14 years, Anas Sarwar has said.

Anas Sarwar and John Swinney have clashed in a fiery general election debate.

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has promised to introduce a Bill to protect the NHS within 100 days of the general election.

John Swinney has promised “every penny” raised for the SNP will be spent “appropriately” in the wake of a former party chief executive getting charged.

Keir Starmer has backed the introduction of a recall mechanism at the Scottish Parliament to remove rule-breaking MSPs.

A new poll has revealed Labour is in line for a crushing general election victory over the SNP in Scotland.

West Dunbartonshire’s MP has welcomed the calling of a general election, saying that it gives voters the opportunity to “kick out this woeful Westminster government.”

John Swinney will say the SNP can kick the Conservatives out of “every seat in Scotland” as he campaigns ahead of the General Election. The First Minister will on Monday campaign for votes in Dumfries, which is part of Scottish Secretary Alister Jack’s Dumfries and Galloway seat.

John Swinney must do more to end Scotland’s cold homes crisis which remains an overwhelming priority for the public, fuel poverty experts have warned.

Anas Sarwar has said his party’s green energy revolution will create nearly 70,000 jobs in Scotland.