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However, most importantly, it is about deciding to take Scotland’s future into our own hands. It is only by taking charge of ...
The SNP’s candidate for the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election, Katy Loudon, has written to the candidate for Keir Starmer’s Labour, David Russell, challenging him to “call out Labour’s ...
Friends, Thank you all for joining me here in Edinburgh today We are here to reflect on a moment of tremendous significance in Scotland’s recent past. But more importantly, we are here to demonstrate ...
Conference, It is an immense privilege for me to address you today – for the first time – as Scotland’s First Minister. I want to begin by paying tribute to my predecessor, Humza Yousaf. Humza is a ...
Good morning – and welcome to the launch of the SNP manifesto for the 2024 Westminster election. This election takes place at a time when people are hurting. The aftermath of Covid has left scars ...
Presiding Officer, I welcome this opportunity to set out the approach I intend to take in leading the Scottish Government. I want to take forward measures that will help people and their families to ...
John Swinney, the new leader of the SNP, is due to take office as Scotland’s seventh First Minister. He is the longest serving Deputy First Minister in the history of UK devolution, and has served in ...
Presiding Officer When I stood down as Deputy First Minister in March last year, I believed that would be the last senior office I would hold in politics. Having served then as a senior Minister for ...
Scotland faces another decade of devastating austerity cuts under damaging Tory and Labour Party fiscal rules – as the UK Chancellor indicates further cuts to vital public services and capital ...
Good morning and thank you all very much for coming today. And thank you to Stephen for the introduction. Stephen is a tremendous voice for Scotland at Westminster – speaking truth to power, and ...
Damning new research from the Centre for Cities think tank has laid bare the impact of continued Westminster control in Scotland. The analysis found that the average person in Scotland has missed out ...
Delegates, This is a party I consider my home, full of people I see as my extended family. I have never felt the love, kindness and solidarity of the SNP family as much as I have over the last ten ...