The ex-SNP leader said she is “proud” to have been the first woman in the top job in Scottish politics, but as she announced ...

The politician says she will step down after 27 years as an MSP, including more than eight as first minister of Scotland.

We asked the city’s political parties what they would do to help ... “The City Region is clearly of crucial importance to Scotland’s economy, a vital motor of our shared prosperity which ...

Nicola Sturgeon's decision to stand down as an MSP was obvious but it still has the capacity to startle, says BBC Scotland ...

Nicola Sturgeon has announced she will not stand for re-election to the Scottish Parliament at next year’s elections.

“What is clear is that the party has a distinct profile within Scottish political space, more obviously on ideological grounds than demographic ones, for now.” The data came from 1,200 people ...

Nicola Sturgeon has said she will be with the SNP “every step of the way” towards independence, despite stepping down as an ...

The Scottish Tories are the only political party to refuse to sign up to John Swinney’s summit combating the anti-immigration Reform UK. The First Minister has received a thumbs up from all of ...

Tice – and his boss Farage – have nothing to offer Scotland. Just as Tice can’t remember his big new signings, Scots voters ...

Scotland’s main political parties have been wildly out-of-step with public opinion on gender issue for years. Sturgeon, of course, angrily rejected the concerns of feminist campaigners who ...

Kemi Badenoch accused the Scottish Government of confusing sex and gender during her first visit as leader to Scotland.

She also said she did not go public with her ADHD diagnosis because she feared some at Westminster would use it against her.