She became deputy first minister when Mr Yousaf took over as first minister, holding the finance brief in the Scottish Government at the same time. She retained the role of Finance Secretary when ...

The father-of-two died after he was restrained by around six police officers in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on May 3, 2015.

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has hailed a “strong start to the year” after onshore GDP rose by 0.3% in January. Kate ...

Sir Keir Starmer is “not a liability” to Scottish Labour’s election chances, according to the party’s deputy leader.

Nicola Sturgeon was the First Minister of Scotland and the leader of the SNP until March 2023. Sturgeon is MSP for Glasgow Southside and served as deputy leader under Alex Salmond for 10 years ...

The Scottish drugs and alcohol policy minister, Christina McKelvie has died aged 57. Ms McKelvie took medical leave last year ...

as Scotland got its own Parliament again after almost 300 years. She became deputy first minister in 2007 after her former mentor Alex Salmond led the SNP to power for the first time, defeating ...

Easterhouse-born Scottish Government minister Christina McKelvie has died at the age of 57, her partner has announced. Ms McKelvie took leave from her role as alcohol and drugs minister last year to ...

The former first minister entered the Scottish Parliament in 1999, becoming SNP deputy leader and the head of the party’s Holyrood group while Alex Salmond was still at Westminster. Nicola Sturgeon ...

Northern Ireland's deputy first minister has paid tribute to John "Paddy" Hemingway, who died on Monday aged 105. Gp Capt Hemingway was the last surviving member of "The Few" - a group of pilots ...

Directly awarding the contract for seven ferries to the publicly owned Ferguson Marine shipyard could have been “the worst of ...