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It looks like the haul of a particularly successful Generation Game win. But these household items — and campervan — were what former Scottish National Party chief executive Peter Murrell thought it worth embezzling £400,000 of party funds to buy.

Nearly half a century after joining the SNP, John Swinney has led his party to Holyrood victory – but crucially has failed to win the majority he craved.

It was in the rarefied environment of the Gleneagles Townhouse, a five-star luxury hotel and exclusive members club in Edinburgh’s New Town, that one of the most recent meetings recorded on the Scottish lobbying register occurred.

Nicola Sturgeon has named Nigel Farage as her least favorite politician. The former first minister of Scotland was asked whom she most disliked in the world of politics on the new series of ITV’s interview show The Assembly, and named the Reform UK leader, who is MP for Clacton in Essex.

The Scottish First Minister insisted it would be "achievable" for Scotland to become an independent nation within 18 months if voters backed it in a referendum.

The Alba party has announced that it will dissolve and will not put forward any candidates for the 2026 Scottish parliament election.

The SNP winning a majority in next year’s Holyrood election is the only sure path to another independence referendum, John Swinney is to tell the party conference as he tries to face down rebels.

The SNP has long objected to Britain’s nuclear deterrent being based in Scotland. Geopolitics — and domestic politics — are changing the calculus.

Police Scotland confirms ‘non-recent’ allegation made by a woman after Salmond’s death last month

Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond died of a heart attack, a post-mortem examination has revealed.

The Commons Privileges Committee tore apart Boris Johnson's claims that no rules were broken in No10 during the pandemic - and said he had misled Parliament on multiple occasions

Peter Murrell, the SNP's former chief executive, 58, was arrested by Police Scotland 'in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party'

Many of you had zero time for her leadership, but plenty thought she'd done very well during her time in office

After Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced she would be leaving the role, Labour insiders reveal their hopes for a revival in support ahead of the next general election

Alex Salmond, who now heads the breakaway Alba Party, has repeatedly attacked Ms Sturgeon over gender reform laws, and today said her departure was an 'opportunity to reset the independence movement'

If Keir Starmer can win back seats in Labour’s former Scottish heartlands then he will be a step closer to winning an overall majority in next year’s general election, writes the Mirror's Jason Beattie

The SNP leader's popularity has plummeted in recent times, with a poll earlier this week finding four in ten voters wanted her to quit