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SNP Deputy Leader at Westminster, Stewart Hosie MP, said that legislation should be brought forward as soon as possible to ban mephodrones.

Alex Salmond leads the tributes to the SNP's former leader Billy Wolfe who has died, aged 86.

Angus MP, Mike Weir, has accused the UK government of having "warped priorities" as they push through tax changes that will be disastrous for the rural economy in Scotland.

Leading economists Jim and Margaret Cuthbert have exposed serious shortcomings in the UK Government's proposals to take forward the Calman tax plan.

SNP Shadow Scotland Office Spokesperson Angus MacNeil MP has seized on reports that the Scotland Office has spent over £1.4m renovating its headquarters whilst simultaneously upping its own budget by £1.2m

Angus Robertson MP has hit out at reports the MoD spends less on food for soldiers serving on the front lines than is recommended for primary school children.

SNP Leader and First Minister Alex Salmond MP has said that the refusal of the BBC and ITV to reopen negotiations over the format of the proposed leaders debate which exclude Scotland is "deeply unsatisfactory".

The leaders of the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru, Alex Salmond MP MSP and Ieuan Wyn Jones unite in their opposition to the BBC's current proposals for leaders debates whcih cut out three of the four countries which make up the UK and two parties of government.

The SNP is to appeal a Freedom of Information (FoI) decision by the BBC in which they refused to put any information on their negotiations with Labour, Tory and Lib Dems over the TV debates before the people of Scotland.

Commenting on remarks by the Tory London Mayor, Boris Johnson, that London should be a spending priority for central government spending SNP MSP Joe FitzPatrick – a member of the Scottish Parliament’s Finance Committee - said it exposed the Tory’s cuts agenda for Scotland.