Scottish National Party

Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf announced his resignation Monday in the latest setback for his Scottish National Party (SNP) and its goal of achieving Scottish independence from the rest of the United Kingdom. Yousaf, who became the country’s leader following Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation last year, stepped down ahead of votes…

Listen to article Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf resigned on Monday, further opening the door to the UK opposition Labour Party to regain ground in its former Scottish heartlands in a national election expected later this year. The 39-year-old politician said he would also stand down as leader of the Scottish National…

Humza Yousaf is no longer Scotland's first minister. — AFP Humza Yousaf, leader of Scottish National Party, resigns following the crumbling of his power-sharing deal with the country's Green Party and igniting a search for a new person to take his place as the new first minister. After ending a…

Updated 3 weeks ago · Published on 17 Nov 2023 10:20PM · The Scottish government says an independent Scotland would move quickly to rejoin the European Union. – AFP, November 17, 2023. AN independent Scotland would move quickly to rejoin the European Union, the Scottish government said today as it…

We spoke to Jackie Baillie, deputy leader of the Scottish Labour Party and Scottish National Party MP for Glasgow East, David Linden, and asked him what he thought of Labour's claim they were the party of change in Scotland...Read More

Scottish police arrested Nicola Sturgeon, the nation’s former first minister, as part of an inquiry into misspent party funds last week. She was later released without formal charges. Members of the Scottish National Party, or SNP, did not threaten a violent uprising over the arrest of their former leader. They…

Nicola Sturgeon should consider resigning from the Scottish National Party (SNP) while police carry out an investigation into its finances, former leadership candidate Ash Regan has said. Scotland’s former first minister Ms Sturgeon was arrested and subsequently released without charge on Sunday as part of the police inquiry. The investigation,…

Key PointsScottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon asserts innocence amidst party's financial investigationThe arrest is deeply embarrassing for the SNP, which has dominated Scottish politics for most of the last two decades.The SNP said it had been cooperating with the investigation and would continue to do so.Former Scottish first minister Nicola…

1/2 The arrest of Scotland's former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Sunday is the latest development in the ongoing police investigation into the financial dealings of the Scottish National Party. File photo by Robert Perry/EPA June 11 (UPI) -- The police investigation of the Scottish National Party reached a new step…

LONDON — Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who dominated politics in Scotland for almost a decade, was arrested and questioned for several hours on Sunday by police investigating the finances of the governing, pro-independence Scottish National Party. Police Scotland said a 52-year-old woman was detained Sunday morning “as a…