The SNP is running out of cash following an exodus of 30,000 members and the unexpected legal costs linked to the continuing police investigation into the party’s funding, its ruling council has been...

Former Scottish first minister has insisted she has ‘nothing to hide’

Nicola Sturgeon will next week unveil a proposal for an independent Scotland with a “scene setter” of her vision for life outside the United Kingdom

Nicola Sturgeon’s plans for an independent Scotland to join the EU have been dealt a blow after senior figures in Brussels insisted the SNP must commit to joini

Peter Murrell will quit as the SNP’s chief executive “within days or weeks”, sources believe as the party’s media chief dramatically resigned in a row about membership numbers.

Humza Yousaf told his MSPs they should quit the SNP if they refuse to give their full backing to Nicola Sturgeon after her arrest by police investigating the party’s finances.

Rishi Sunak will circumvent Holyrood to implement key policies if he becomes prime minister because “we cannot trust the SNP to act in the best interests of the Scottish people”, his most prominent...

Edward Soden-Bird’s allegations come as Covid and hospitals inquiries shine light on poor record-keeping at top of government

SNP figures are told of first minister’s intentions

An event featuring a prominent MP who has been outspoken in the bitter debate about trans rights has been cancelled by the Edinburgh Fringe’s biggest comedy c

Poll shows independence supporters are turning away from the party because they do not trust Humza Yousaf and Nicola Sturgeon

Britain’s most senior civil servant has been urged to halt taxpayers funding a second independence prospectus containing SNP policy pledges.Simon Case, the cabi

Nicola Sturgeon’s husband kept secret the purchase of a £110,000 campervan with SNP cash from the officials tasked with managing its accounts, it can be revealed.The Times has learnt that Douglas...

Leading SNP politicians are drawing up a renewed case for Scottish independence while Britain is in lockdown.They are formulating policies with a view to unveiling a prospectus once the coronavirus...

Alex Salmond has launched an extraordinary personal attack on Nicola Sturgeon, calling her testimony to the inquiry into sexual assault claims made against him “simply untrue”.In his submission to...

Electronic messages sent by Scotland’s clinical director, who led the country’s fight against Covid, have been destroyed and cannot be handed to official inquir

Thousands of properties ‘will not be built’ as developers turn to England for projects

SNP MPs have been threatened with criminal action by their chief whip over a leaked recording of a meeting at which senior figures backed a colleague sanctioned

Standing outside the High Court in Edinburgh last March Alex Salmond announced: “There is certain evidence that I would have liked to have seen led in this tria

The UK’s first Green parliamentarian has quit the party claiming it has “lost the plot” on key issues such as Scottish independence and trans rights.Robin Harper, 82, accused his former colleagues of...

Funding to support ‘core teaching’ in higher education is being reduced by 6 per cent

The SNP’s chief whip at Westminster has stepped down after it was confirmed that he is being investigated for alleged sexual harassment.A formal complaint has

Climate chief warns about net zero goals as Green activists call for power-sharing deal with the SNP to be abandoned and co-leaders to step down as ministers

Electronic messages sent by Scotland’s clinical director, who led the country’s fight against Covid, have been destroyed and cannot be handed to official inquir

The Scottish Conservatives will urge supporters to vote Labour in key constituencies at the general election under plans to “end nationalist dominance” in Scotl

The SNP’s Westminster leader has apologised and ordered an outside investigation into the party’s handling of sexual harassment complaints.Ian Blackford said he

Patrick Grady has had the SNP whip restored at Westminster despite being found to have sexually harassed a teenage party employee.The former chief whip was repo

Senior SNP figures shut down plans to open the books on party finances when questions were first raised about “missing” funds for a second independence referend

Ian Blackford, the SNP’s former Westminster leader, will stand down at the next general election but has pledged to continue the fight for Scottish independence

Pasengers and the business community have reacted angrily to rail service cuts in Scotland that will see some major routes end in the early evening. Newly-nationalised ScotRail has announced a...

Sir Keir Starmer’s chances of forming a majority government have been dealt a blow, according to a poll that suggests support for Labour in Scotland is drifting back to the SNP.

A former head of the American consulate in Edinburgh has accused the UK government of being intellectually dishonest in its arguments against Scottish independence.Dana Linnet, who served as Barack...

Labour will defeat the SNP at the next election for the first time since 2010 to become Scotland’s largest party at Westminster, according to a landmark new pol

The SNP is trying to quell a coup in its Westminster group after an MP from the 2019 intake launched an attempt to oust Ian Blackford as leader.Stephen Flynn, the Aberdeen South MP and energy...

A senior SNP minister was secretly paid a £33,000 salary top-up while leader of the party at Westminster in a deal that infuriated colleagues, it has been revealed.The wages of Angus Robertson, now...

SNP MPs have been threatened with criminal action by their chief whip over a leaked recording of a meeting at which senior figures backed a colleague sanctioned

Scotland risks losing out on billions in investment after government officials snubbed a US energy conference because of an SNP “virtue signalling” ban on atte

SNP spin doctors have issued advice to Scottish broadcasters on how to ensure that Tories are “tied in knots” over their opposition to a second independence referendum.An email sent to senior...

Only 29 per cent of those who voted SNP in the last general election believe the first minister is doing a good job, poll finds

Business groups and BMA warn Shona Robison budget will fuel exodus of middle and higher earners

An SNP councillor has been reported to prosecutors for allegedly stealing from a police station, The Times can reveal.Allan Stubbs, who represents Coatbridge No

Scottish ministers who repeatedly demanded more control over welfare powers have asked the UK government to run part of its benefits system. Civil servants in Whitehall will control the carer’s...

A Scottish Conservative attack on the SNP over early prison release has backfired after it emerged a robber who raped a Dundee student while on licence

Transparency and security concerns raised over former SNP leader and most of her cabinet using only personal devices