Justice secretary Angela Constance fought back tears as she apologised to the families of Katie Allan and William Linsday for their deaths ...

THE Scottish Government has dropped plans for a National Care Service. In a statement at Holyrood, Social Care Minister Maree Todd admitted to the chamber the proposals do not have enough support to ...

The justice secretary outlines the government's response to an inquiry into the deaths of two young people at Polmont YOI.

THE free market, when allowed to operate with little or no regulation, has historically produced three dominant features: extreme ...

The far right is rapidly winning support in Scotland. In the 2021 Holyrood elections, Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party only received 5,793 votes. In the 2024 general election, Reform UK won 167,979. Like ...

ANAS Sarwar has been branded “weak” after Scottish Secretary Ian Murray spoke out against him on calls for compensation for Waspi women ...

John Swinney has rebuffed demands to sack Neil Gray as the row over the minister's use of taxpayer-funded Government limos to travel to football matches rumbles on.  Both Scottish Conservative leader ...

The First Minister rejected calls from both Scottish Labour and the Conservatives to dimiss Mr Gray from his post.

MSPs were threatened with expulsion from the Holyrood chamber amid a raucous First Minister’s Questions which saw John Swinney accusing ...

John Swinney has been told to sack his Health Secretary following a row over his use of ministerial cars to attend football ...

As we gear up for First Minister's Questions from 12:00, let's take a look back at the political headlines in Scotland this week.

John Swinney was asked if he still has confidence in his under fire health secretary Neil Gray. The First Minister said he did.