BBC Glenn Campbell looks at what lies ahead for Scottish politics this year with the Scottish Parliament election looming in ...

The Scottish parliament's presiding officer says the incident was part of an employment dispute involving an MSP.

For some of our MSPs, returning to Holyrood next Tuesday after the Christmas recess, it will be their final term in Parliament.

Scotland’s Justice Secretary has survived a vote of no confidence brought in the wake of claims she misrepresented an expert on grooming gangs and in doing so misled Holyrood. Labour, Conservative and ...

The Scottish parliament doesn’t get enough credit for how hard it works. MSPs have been back from recess for just two weeks but my how busy they have been. There was a First Minister’s statement on ...

Police Scotland has carried out checks of the Scottish Parliament in the wake of allegations that a hidden camera was placed inside toilets in the building. It is understood MSP Colin Smyth, who has ...

Presiding Officer Alison Johnson has insisted Holyrood has ‘robust’ security measures in place in the wake of The Scotsman’s exclusive report Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, ...

Holyrood voted by 70 votes to 56 in favour of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill. Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur said it was a ‘landmark moment for Scotland’ after MSPs ...

Nicola Sturgeon considered leaving politics after just one term at Holyrood, she has said. The former first minister was first elected as a regional MSP for Glasgow in the first term of the Scottish ...

An MSP has been charged over claims a secret camera was hidden in the toilets of the Scottish parliament. Colin Smyth was suspended from Scottish Labour last week after he was charged in connection ...