Thank you for joining me here this morning. This is a room full of leaders, of decision makers, of people with a critical contribution to make to the future of Scottish society. Your contribution, and ...

We've got what it takes - to create jobs, to create growth, and to create a more prosperous Scotland. What we need is the powers of independence, to realise Scotland's full potential.

Whatever our future holds, that future will be better if it created by us – the people of Scotland. We have to make that happen – and we have to do so together. We've got what it takes - to create ...

This is a party I consider my home, full of people I see as my extended family. I have never felt the love, kindness and solidarity of the SNP family as much as I have over the last ten days. So on my ...

Today, I will set out the Government’s programme for the year ahead – and our priorities for the duration of this parliament – as we implement the manifesto we were re-elected on in May, and our ...

Today, we publish the first in a series of papers – “Building a New Scotland” – that will make afresh the case for Scotland becoming an independent country. An independent country better able to chart ...

Read Nicola Sturgeon’s speech to the Scottish Parliament setting out Scotland’s path to next year’s planned independence referendum. The campaign to establish this Parliament was long and hard. It was ...

The Scottish Government has published the third policy paper in its “Building A New Scotland” series, setting out the economic case for an independent Scotland. It’s a plan for a brighter future amid ...

It is so good to be speaking at Conference in person again, rather than virtually. Getting to hug friends and colleagues is so much better. Our political family – Scotland’s biggest party by far – is ...

The full text of the draft resolution unanimously agreed by the NEC is appended: Context for the Special Democracy Conference: This Conference has been called by the National Executive Committee ...

From the Scottish Child Payment to world-leading climate targets, free bus travel and the Baby Box, the SNP under Nicola Sturgeon’s leadership has taken bold steps to build a fairer, greener and more ...

This is the first gathering of the SNP since our election victory in May. So let me begin with a big, heartfelt thank you. Firstly, and most importantly, to the people of Scotland – thank you for ...