Tom Gordon

Council tax bills have skyrocketed by up to a quarter in just two years and families face even more hikes because of a looming £1billion funding gap.

John Swinney and his 'Green lapdogs' have sparked fury by 'shamefully' blocking a Holyrood inquiry into the Peter Murrell scandal.

Aberdeen's SNP-led council has been branded an 'embarrassment' after spending cash raised from fining drivers on 'urban bees'.

SNP cabinet minister Angus Robertson spent twice as much as his Scottish Green rival in the Holyrood election but still plunged to a humiliating defeat.

John Swinney was accused of 'overseeing the death' of the North Sea as voters went to the polls in a referendum on the oil and gas industry.

Party sources believe they have come from third place to overturn an SNP majority of almost 4,000 by a large margin.

Victory in Aberdeen South shows the Tories 'can win anywhere' and defeat Labour and Reform at the general election, Kemi Badenoch has said.

John Swinney and Keir Starmer have been reduced to 'lame duck leaders' after two seismic by-elections fired up their would-be successors, it was claimed.

An SNP MP has added to the pressure on John Swinney over oil and gas after a 'rubbish' result for the party in the Aberdeen South by-election.

John Swinney will meet faith leaders in the wake of the suspected anti-Muslim attack in Edinburgh that left five men injured as Keir Starmer said 'enough is enough'.