Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to “face reality” and admit her case for separation is “broken” after damning figures revealed huge gaps between the economies of Scotland and the rest of the UK

The SNP and Scottish Labour have no credible plans for keeping jobs on the Clyde if the deterrent was scrapped, the Scottish Conservatives said today

Pressure on the SNP is intensifying over its failure to pay thousands of farmers on time, after a senior farming figure called for the rural affairs secretary’s resignation

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has refused to rule out tax rises beyond May’s Holyrood election

Scores of Scotland’s brightest graduate teachers have been recruited by an English scheme to improve poorly-performing schools, which the SNP won’t adopt here.

 Scottish ministers should make an emergency parliamentary statement on how they plan to spend funding to help flood hit areas, the Scottish Conservatives said today.    The UK Government announced on 29 December that they were spending £50m to support flood affected communities - with all devolved nations receiving their share.  

The SNP has been urged to “stop dragging its feet” on flooding and outline how it will spend £5 million of relief money the UK Government provided almost a fortnight ago.