Tom Gordon

The SNP 's independence 'dream is dead' and Scottish politics must move on, Russell Findlay has said.

Russell Findlay made his Holyrood debut as Scottish Tory leader ­yesterday with a blistering attack on the SNP's ' flawed' social care plans.

The Scottish Conservatives said the situation was 'downright ­scandalous' after the SNP U-turned on its plan to ditch the scheme.

Scotland is facing yet more punishing tax hikes as the SNP and Greens try to stitch up a deal to force through the Government's Budget.

The new Labour government has consistently emphasised the need to boost economic growth, and this focus is undoubtedly the right approach. After 14 years of stagnation and sluggish growth caused by austerity and chronic underinvestment, the UK economy is in dire need of revitalisation.

Police dramatically ramped up their probe into the SNP 's finances earlier this year as costs for the investigation soared to almost £2million.

We’ve already had news of the three Liberal Democrat MPs chairing select committees in the House of Commons. Now we also have the full list of all select committee memberships for the party’s MPs:

Russell Findlay has declared war on the SNP 's 'freebie culture' with a 10-point plan to shrink the state and save hard-pressed taxpayers money.

Humza Yousaf has made a humiliating apology to one of Scotland's top lawyers after branding him a ' Tory f******'.

Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of 'shameless hypocrisy' after banking £25,000 for a single night's work as a TV pundit.