She was welcomed by her Conservative colleagues across the UK, but other Scottish parties warned that her election is a move ...

SNP ministers are “considering” reinstating winter fuel payments for all Scottish pensioners following a Budget windfall.

Alex Salmond, former Scottish First Minister, former leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and then leader of the Alba Party died suddenly last week, having just completed a speech to the ...

Janey Godley, a Scottish comedian, actor and writer whose hard-hitting, candid wit established her as a comedy star and who ...

He was 69. Salmond, who was a divisive figure in British politics and who as the then leader of the Scottish National Party took Scotland to the brink of independence in a 2014 referendum ...

Read in full remarks by First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney at “For a Future Made in Scotland”, the event marking ten years since the Independence Referendum. We've got what it takes - to ...

Salmond served as First Minister from 2007 to 2014 and was leader of the Scottish National Party during two separate periods. Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland who for decades ...

Wood-burning stoves will be permitted in new-build homes or conversions, the Scottish Government has confirmed. Restrictions on their installation were dropped on a temporary basis in September and ...

No cause was noted. As the leader of the Scottish National Party, Mr. Salmond took Scotland to the brink of independence in the referendum, but the breakaway path was rejected 55 percent to 45 ...

Labour must be honest with public about the reality of Westminster rule – and the cost of their Tory fiscal plans. We've got what it takes - to create jobs, to create growth, and to create a more ...

Salmond, as then leader of the Scottish National Party, led the independence campaign in the referendum in 2014.

He led the Scottish National Party twice, guiding it from a fringe political group into a powerful electoral force in Britain. By Megan Specia Reporting from London Alex Salmond, the former first ...