Nicola Sturgeon steps down after 3,051 days as FM. Scotland’s longest-serving and first ever female First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has today resigned from office. After more than eight years in the role, she announced her intention to stand down last month, retaining her full range
Colleagues Pay Tribute to First Minister & Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today chaired her final Cabinet meeting, alongside Deputy First Minister John Swinney, ahead of both standing down from Government next week. As well as the substantive business of Cabinet being discussed, Cabinet colleagues
Being First Minister of Scotland is in my – admittedly biased – opinion the best job in the world. It is a privilege beyond measure – one that has sustained and inspired me, in good times and through the toughest hours of my toughest days.
Nicola Sturgeon has published her tax returns and put pressure on the Prime Minister to do the same Six years worth of filings were made public on the SNP website on Monday as a commitment to release the information continues. The First Minister’s returns cover
Extension opens benefit to more than 400,000 children The Scottish Child Payment has today been increased to £25 and been extended to include eligible children up to age 16. First launched in February 2021 at £10 per week per child for children under the age
Boris Johnson has only ever been a symptom of a fundamentally broken Westminster system, which places elitism, entitlement and cronyism at its core. And for all the talk of a “union of equals”, it’s a system that consistently imposes damaging policies against Scotland’s democratic will
Westminster is taking a wrecking ball to the idea of the United Kingdom as a voluntary partnership of nations. A Tory Government with just six MPs from Scotland, supported on this issue by Labour, is seeking to deny the democratic right of the people of
Building a New Scotland At the start of last week, the Scottish Government published the first in a series of papers – “Building a New Scotland” – that will make afresh the case for Scotland becoming an independent country. It will present a positive, upbeat and optimistic
‘It’s time to talk about independence’ Setting out the fresh case for Scotland to become an independent country began today as First Minister Nicola Sturgeon declared ‘It’s time’ and published new analysis showing the prize of independence is a wealthier, fairer Scotland. The Scottish Government
Scottish Government to provide financial aid and medical supplies to Ukraine following Russian invasion. The Scottish Government will provide both financial aid and medical supplies to Ukraine following the illegal invasion by Russia. Firstly, an initial £4m in humanitarian aid will be provided. As part