When historians of Scottish politics come to consider May 2026, two dates will stand out. On May 7, the SNP won almost half of the seats in the Scottish parliamentary election. If its minority ...

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Scottish National party’s attempt to focus on call for independence referendum overshadowed by embezzlement scandal The Scottish National party was accused of “embezzling” voters after opposition ...

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Nicola Sturgeon has denied any knowledge or suspicion of items her estranged husband bought after he admitted embezzling £400,310.65 from the SNP. Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell used the ...

NICOLA Sturgeon has broken her silence after her estranged husband Peter Murrell pleaded guilty to embezzling more than £400,000 of SNP funds. The shamed ex-SNP chief executive splashed party cash on ...

Murrell was remanded in custody following the short court appearance Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has admitted embezzling more than £400,000 from the party. Murrell, the estranged husband ...

MSPs have endorsed the Scottish government's call for Downing Street to agree to a second independence referendum. The proposition passed a vote at Holyrood with the backing of SNP and Green MSPs. The ...

Before the polls even opened on Thursday, one thing everyone knew for sure was that the SNP would be the largest party in Holyrood. The outstanding questions were by what margin, and whether they ...

Public frustration gave the SNP a muted victory, while Labour tied with Reform for second and the Greens claimed a ‘seismic’ result Long before the final votes were counted in Scotland, veteran Labour ...

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John Swinney is set to continue as Scotland's first minister The SNP has won a fifth successive Scottish Parliament election, but fallen short of its target of an overall majority at Holyrood. The ...