The First Minister also questioned the future of Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister.

An SNP majority at Holyrood is the only way to ensure a second independence referendum, the first minister has said. John Swinney said securing independence would be at the heart of his party's ...

In an interview with Sky News' Trevor Phillips, John Swinney confirmed his position and also cast doubt on the PM's own future should the SNP secure a majority.

The Scottish leader believed the party had to do "really well" in the the national vote for their to be another referendum, having not had a Holyrood majority since 2011 ...

First Minister John Swinney has said a potential majority in Scotland's May election would be taken as a green light to ...

First Minister John Swinney said it was up to the SNP ‘to offer a brighter future’ for an independent Scotland in his keynote speech, one year off the Holyrood election - Jane Barlow/PA Wire Sir Keir ...

LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Scotland's first minister, John Swinney, said on Sunday he would call for another independence referendum if his SNP won a majority in May's Scottish parliament elections, a ...

REFORM UK’s leader in Scotland said an independence referendum should be “parked” for at least a decade. Malcolm Offord, who was installed by Nigel Farage as his branch office chief north of the ...

With Plaid Cymru and the SNP leading polls in their respective nations, can the United Kingdom continue in this – or any – form, asks Guardian columnist Will Hayward ...

Malcolm Offord has suggested some Reform UK candidates standing in the Holyrood election are supporters of independence.