The politician says she will step down after 27 years as an MSP, including more than eight as first minister of Scotland.

Scotland's History Modern Scotland The new Scottish Parliament meets The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to ...

Most meetings are held in the Scottish Parliament’s committee rooms, but they can travel to places around Scotland. Most meetings are also open to members of the public and can be streamed online.

This week marks 20 years since the official opening of the Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood. It was controversial from the very start. The home originally earmarked for the new legislature ...

The Mace, gifted by the Late Queen to the Scottish Parliament upon its opening, was at the centre of the ceremony inside the Scottish Parliament chamber. As guests, MSPs and members of the media ...

Since the Scottish Parliament reconvened in 1999, decision making power is now split between MPs in London and MSPs in Edinburgh. Issues decided at Westminster are said to be ‘reserved’ while issues ...

pollsters Survation predicted the SNP would win 55 seats in the Scottish Parliament if the election were held today. Added to 10 seats for the Greens and one for Alba, parties that support ...

He told the PA news agency: “I’m very sorry that Nicola Sturgeon has decided to stand down from the Scottish Parliament. “She’s made an extraordinary contribution to the work of the ...

The black, red, gray and pink design honors the thousands of individuals—mostly women—who were persecuted under the Scottish ...

The Queen will not attend the State Opening of Parliament on Tuesday, Buckingham Palace has announced. Her Majesty was due to deliver the traditional address, but less than 24-hours before the ...

Legally-binding targets were set by the Scottish Parliament in 2017 to reduce the number of youngsters in relative poverty to less than 10% by 2030. However, ministers have conceded there is no ...