Ministers have refused to reveal the names of civil servants who had access to files of James Hamilton's investigation into whether Nicola ...

Audit Scotland and the Accounts Commission said there has been a lack of leadership and no clear plan for meeting the target.

John Swinney said he would write to Lynn Nelson, who told of being left in a holding wing at University Hospital Wishaw for ...

John Swinney warned the nation's prisons were “absolutely bursting at the seams” with more than 8,300 people behind bars ...

The JRF’s annual poverty barometer, which analyses information from the Office for Budget Responsibility, indicates Scotland ...

Neil Gray has clung onto his job as health secretary despite having 'no vision, no leadership and no ideas' for saving the ...

Some 477 convicts were freed during an early release programme last summer in a bid to ease overcrowding. Fifty-seven of ...

AS best I understood the situation, the SNP Scottish Government did not need the support of either the Greens or the Liberal Democrats to ...

THE Scottish Government has insisted it has not axed spending on independence campaigning – after the LibDems claimed victory in ...

Hundreds of prisoners including violent and dangerous thugs are set to be freed early in a 'shameful betrayal of victims'.

Michelle Thomson has confirmed she will stand down at the 2026 election. The SNP politician said a belief in Scottish ...

A former Minister is the latest SNP MSP to announce he is quitting Holyrood next year. Dundee City West MSP Joe FitzPatrick ...