Westminster

The SNP and Plaid Cymru have written to the BBC to propose a fourth joint debate as a means of redressing the political imbalance created by the Corporations current proposals for a three party debate which cuts out Scotland and Wales.

As the AA warn petrol could reach £1.20 per litre, the SNP have put forward new measures to stabilise fuel prices.

The SNP have revealed that Lord Mandelson's Department of Business, Enterprise and Skills had spent an astonishing £3.4m on international travel in 2009 alone.

The MP who instigated the cash-for-peerages investigation, Angus MacNeil, has called on Prime Minister to publicly state that he will not enoble any MPs who are standing down from this Parliament.

SNP Leader Alex Salmond led a march against Trident through Edinburgh and told the crowd that only a vote for the SNP was a vote against Trident.

UK Government is set to provide funding for partial development of the Carbon Capture and Storage project at Longannet. SNP MP Mike Weir calls on them to stop dithering and get behind the project fully.

Former Scottish Secretary, Ian Lang, has said that the position of Secretary of State for Scotland ‘no longer has any influence in the cabinet’, ‘pads out the cabinet’ and 'defies credibility’.

Alex Salmond has outlined the key themes of the SNP's election campaign, claiming its MPs would be the best campaigners on local issues.

The people of Scotland want more than just a politician they want local and national champions said Alex Salmond as he unveiled the SNP's themes for the forthcoming General Election campaign.

Commenting on the report that the Norwegian oil fund recorded a 25.6% return on investments in 2009, the SNP's Westminster Treasury spokesperson, Stewart Hosie MP, said that future revenues from Scotland's oil should also be invested for Scotland's future in order to help protect and create jobs.