Islanders who say new conservation plans could put their economic future under threat stage a protest at the Scottish Parliament.

Civic groups in Scotland are "unlikely" to agree on whether a second question advocating more powers for Holyrood should appear on the independence referendum ballot paper, it has emerged.

Holyrood offers to pick up half the extra £17bn bill to continue the line north to Glasgow and Edinburgh in plea to include Scotland from the start

Finance Secretary John Swinney says he wants the "broadest agreement" on his budget plan which is to be debated by MSPs later.

Plans to build a new security hall at the front of the Scottish Parliament are branded "bonkers" by a former presiding officer.

Former Holyrood presiding officer Lord Steel urges David Cameron and senior English politicians to withdraw from the Scottish independence debate.

Westminster has been "silent" in response to calls for Holyrood to have the power to run all Scottish elections, an SNP minister claims.

Holyrood is to discuss whether Scots living outside Scotland should be given a vote in the independence referendum.

Westminster's senior adviser on Scots law says Holyrood risks flouting the rule of law with its own independence referendum.

It’s been a torrid few days in Scottish politics. Since the SNP won an overall majority in the Holyrood elections last year, there has been much talk of the independence referendum they pledged to have in the second half of their term. They have been tight-lipped on their plans. There has been uncertainty on the