John Swinney’s plan to merge SEPA, NatureScot, Zero Waste Scotland and potentially Scottish Forestry has sparked union fears over job cuts.

Newly-elected MSP Cara McKee has revealed her battle with a rare and excruciating illness as she prepares for life-changing surgery later this week.

The UK would vote to rejoin the European Union in new referendum, a major poll has found as the country prepares to mark the 10th anniversary next…

All eyes are on the by-election on Thursday in Makerfield where Labour's Andy Burnham is hoping to defeat Reform's Robert Kenyon to…

In their first interview since being elected Q Manivannan has told The Herald abuse and threats they experienced following their election has…

Peter Murrell will offer to pay back the full sum of more than £400,000 he embezzled from the SNP when he next appears in court, The Herald can…

For many years senior figures in the SNP - including Alex Salmond - raised concerns with Nicola Sturgeon but they found themselves closed out,…

So John Swinney has unveiled his new slimmed down Cabinet with some surprises, and maybe even a bit of a snub over who did not become Deputy First…

A musician and businessman funding the late Alex Salmond's case against the Scottish Government is backing Anas Sarwar remaining in charge of…

For a period during the 1970s I used to pull back the curtains of my bedroom window and watch my father as he jumped over the low wall in front of…

Holyrood is buzzing about who may clinch the £136,112 a-year-role of Presiding Officer.

The Scottish Greens hailed their election result as "seismic" with the party winning a record 15 Holyrood seats including its first two…

Scotland sees the election of the country's first two openly transgender MSPs, both from the Scottish Greens.

John Swinney is being urged to reflect on the murder of Emma Caldwell if the SNP is re-elected to power amid fears the work of a commission his…

Scotland's local government workforce is 'in crisis' new research has found with the country's public sector facing thousands of job cuts by the end…

I stopped scrolling on my phone when Reform UK's Malcolm Offord began his cross-examination of Ross Greer during the STV leaders' debate on Tuesday…

At a lunch in Edinburgh attended by politicians, academics, business leader and diplomats back the talk in the room was about Donald Trump and his…

Voters north of the border think Scotland has a better reputation in the world than the UK and the country should have its own voice on…

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The Scottish Greens have pledged to roll out safe drug consumption rooms across Scotland as part of their election manifesto, due to be published…

Unison's Scottish leader Lilian Macer has warned Scottish Government plans which experts say would axe nearly 20,000 jobs are "dangerous"…

Ross Greer has denied the Scottish Greens are making a Holyrood election win easier for the SNP by his party's decision to stand in just six…

Young women who supported the SNP under Nicola Sturgeon's leadership are switching their political support to the Scottish Greens, according to…

Hundreds of investors, businesses, civil servants and local government officials gathered today in Glasgow for the annual conference of the Scottish…

John Swinney was unable to say if a building which was gutted in a fire on Union Street in Glasgow will be faithfully restored as it was built as he…

A diplomat has issued a stark warning over Heriot-Watt University's plans to axe German as an undergraduate course as the UK prepares to rejoin…

The Scottish Greens have set their sights on beating Scottish Labour in May.

Nearly £100m has been paid out by NHS Scotland in maternity and obstetric negligence claims over five years, FOI data obtained by The Herald…

The SNP would be taking 'a huge step backwards' if it does a governing deal with the Lib Dems after the election, according to the Scottish Greens…

Scottish Greens Holyrood candidate Iris Duane has pledged she will try to persuade the Scottish Parliament to lift its ban on trans people using…

Why exactly is the debate around Ash Regan's "Unbuyable Bill" so toxic?

Police Scotland have warned Ash Regan's prostitution bill could cost up to £320 million to taxpayers.

The Scottish Government will not support Ash Regan's bill in a key vote in Holyrood tomorrow.

First Minister John Swinney defended his government's push for independence amid increasing global tensions and uncertainty.

Malcolm Offord promised if Reform UK took power in Holyrood its first move on income tax would be to realign Scotland’s rates and bands with those…

Reform UK's income tax cuts would mean cuts to welfare benefits and public services and benefit highest earners most, according to an analysis by a…

The Scottish Greens have announced local activist Iris Duane as their candidate for the Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill constituency, an area where the…

Fergus Ewing has called for John Swinney to apologise to a transparency campaigner for the Scottish Government spending five years blocking his…

SNP ministers launched a court bid to appeal against a ruling that evidence given to a probe into Nicola Sturgeon's handling of complaints made…

Nicola Sturgeon resigned dramatically as First Minister three years ago. What has she done since and has she essentially already bowed out of…

SNP MSP Elena Whitham has described Holyrood as a 'hostile place' as she revealed she had always assumed she would stand again after she was first…