Opposition parties at Holyrood unite to reject SNP plans for a referendum Alex Salmond's flagship bill to stage an historic referendum on independence for Scotland is now "dead in the water", opposition leaders said this evening, after they won a key vote against the proposed bill. The Scottish Tory leader, Annabel Goldie, said the Scottish National party had been "comprehensively mauled" aft...

A LEADING figure in the SNP has criticised the decision by First Minister Alex Salmond to pull a bill on the independence referendum, saying the party should have given it 

Alex Salmond, Scotland's first minister, has demoted his struggling education secretary and taken personal responsibility for plans to hold a referendum on independence next year

Alex Salmond has emailed SNP members about his decision to shelve his plans for an independence referendum in a bid to pre-empt any dissent from the party's rank and file.

Alex Salmond is to start his crusade to break up Britain by tabling an independence referendum bill in the coming year.

FIRST Minister Alex Salmond today set out the SNP's vision for a referendum on Scottish independence, saying that it is "time for the people to have their say on Scotl

FIRST Minister Alex Salmond faced more calls to abandon his referendum bill yesterday, as new details emerged of the mounting costs of the SNP's flagship policy.

Alex Salmond's independence referendum bill faced a host of legal hurdles that had to be overcome before it could become law, a former aide to the Scottish Secretary claim

David Cameron should stop trying to "bully and intimidate Scotland" as it prepares for a referendum on independence, First Minister Alex Salmond has warned.

ALEX Salmond has ditched his plans to publish an independence referendum bill to coincide with Burns Night.