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First Minister Humza Yousaf has defended his invitation to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. A freedom of information release sought by The Herald revealed that Mr Yousaf made the offer at a meeting between the pair at COP28 in December.

Joanna Cherry KC has revealed she was ready to pursue legal action against the SNP after some of her Westminster colleagues attempted to prevent her from addressing a gender-critical charity's conference. During a talk at the Fringe, the advocate and MP expressed her belief that First Minister Humza

Former Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill MP has echoed calls for the powers of the Lord Advocate to be divided. Dorothy Bain QC took over the besieged post last month, replacing James Wolffe QC, amid pressure for the role to be divided in two. The SNP promised to consult on the issue in its manifest

Joanna Cherry QC has been sacked from the SNP's front bench at Westminster, signalling growing disquiet amongst the party's leadership. She tweeted: "Despite hard work, results & a strong reputation I’ve been sacked today from [SNP] front bench. My constituents & fellow party members w

Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham will stand down as MSP at the next Holyrood election. Ms Cunningham, who joined the Faculty of Advocates in 1990 and became a non-practising member in 2002, has served as an MP and later MSP in Perth and Kinross since 1995. She has held three cabinet positio