The first minister is looking towards independence but must balance government business with calls for a second referendum.

Speaking at a Scotland 2050 conference in Edinburgh on Tuesday, John Swinney took the opportunity to make the case for ...

John Swinney delivered his programme for government setting out his plans to Holyrood. He did not mention independence.

The SNP’s polling has dipped, making a dent in its grip on Scottish politics. The independence movement has stalled, with no real chance of a referendum on the cards any time soon. She has lost ...

Scotland is being given "poison pills" and policy scraps from the UK table instead of flourishing on its own two feet, John ...

Support for Scottish independence has dipped, but backing for Scotland remaining part of the United Kingdom is fragile, too. Nicola Sturgeon’s arrest leaves the fate of the movement in flux.

However, most importantly, it is about deciding to take Scotland’s future into our own hands. It is only by taking charge of our own destiny, with our own hand on the tiller, that we are better able ...

The dream shall never die” – that was the claim by former first minister Alex Salmond after the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. Ten years on, after the SNP’s shellacking at the ...

Sir Keir Starmer has ruled out holding another Scottish independence referendum during his premiership, even if the SNP wins ...

Alex Salmond, the former First Minister of Scotland who championed Scottish independence, has died at the age of 69. Tributes from across the political spectrum poured in, including from U.K ...

An independent Scotland would sever diplomatic ties with Israel and shut its embassy there, the SNP’s Westminster leader has ...