Scottish Greens

The latest Scottish Green Party news from expert Scotsman journalists and contributors

Councillor Alex Staniforth

Charity criticises 'veiled threat' against its funding in trans row

Solar panels on the roof of a property

Exclusive Solar panels on newbuilds 'wasting the sun', Scottish firm warns

Scotland 4 Decrim campaigners

Exclusive Self-defence class for sex workers set up over law change fears

The Scottish Government will not revise its flawed gender recognition laws

Exclusive SNP will not bring forward revised gender recognition laws

BP will ramp up its oil and gas production.

'Climate vandalism': BP to increase oil and gas production

Plans for the resort have met with strong opposition

Flamingo Land developers accused of 'distortion' over £40m resort

US President Donald Trump has been accused of calling for ethnic cleansing

'Dangerous': Swinney leads scathing response to Trump’s Gaza claim

Nicola Sturgeon interview - the SNP reset that 'didn't happen' and Humza Yousaf's 'catastrophic' error

Nicola Sturgeon claims intended SNP Government reset 'didn't happen'

Heathrow could be expanding

UK Government backs third Heathrow runway

Gamekeepers have urged the successor to former Scottish Greens co-leader and minister in charge of deer management Lorna Slater to scrap proposals for out-of-season deer cull

Scottish Greens-led deer cull proposals axed after welfare concerns

Picture: PA Wire

Biffa given green light to sue Scottish Government for £160m over DRS

John Swinney

Analysis Why Swinney and the SNP should be quietly confident after Budget win

Students eating their lunch in the school canteen. PIC: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Free school meals and hospice funding agreed in Budget support deal

John Swinney during the first First Minister's Questions of the new year at the Scottish Parliament. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

SNP to water down National Care Service to find 'common ground'

Scotland Office minister Kirsty McNeill

'Removed from reality': Labour claims it has ended austerity

Patrick Harvie

Harvie to take time away from Holyrood due to medical procedure

Children attending school (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

SNP told to axe 'restrictive conditions' denying ASN pupils care plans

The Greens said the tobacco and vaping industries are poorly regulated

Ministers urged to introduce licensing scheme for tobacco and vapes

John Swinney, Russell Findlay and Anas Sarwar

Analysis What Holyrood party leaders will have on New Year's wishlist for 2025

John Swinney has said the Scottish Government will give 'serious consideration' to creating a standalone criminal offence of non-fatal strangulation (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

'Wiped out': Swinney gives honest assessment of SNP's election rout

Former first minister Humza Yousaf

Humza Yousaf to stand down as an MSP at the 2026 election

Donald Trump (Picture: Allison Robbert/pool)

Swinney warned over 'Trumpification' after 'friendly chats' with Trump

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton. Picture: Jane Barlow/AFP via Getty

Lib Dems warn SNP 'need to pull out all the stops' for budget support

The SNP should see Scottish Greens like Lorna Slater as their natural allies and partners in government (Picture: Jane Barlow)

Why Scotland needs SNP and Greens to get back together Joyce McMillan

The Scottish Government committed to dualling the A96 between Aberdeen and Inverness in 2011

Greens urge SNP to scrap major road dualling project

Queensferry Road is one of the Edinburgh streets covered by the 20mph speed limit.

Exclusive Only 18 speeding fines in four years in Edinburgh 20mph zone

Around 700 people are at risk of homelessness in Edinburgh by the end of November.

Edinburgh on the brink of 'a humanitarian crisis'

Any decision to scrap independence spending from the Scottish Budget next month could have consequences

SNP must not axe independence spending in Budget, say Greens

There are calls to scrap first-class services on ScotRail trains.

First class ScotRail tickets 'should be scrapped' to free up seats

At FMQ's this week Patrick Harvie called Donald Trump a “misogynist, a climate denier, a fraudster, a conspiracy monger, a racist...” (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Harvie's comments on Trump are a danger to Scotland

Donald Trump has been elected as the 47th President of the US.

Swinney blasted over congratulations for 'misogynist' Donald Trump

The Scottish Greens want a ban on private sales

'Dangerous time': Call to ban private sale of fireworks in Scotland

Progress in heat pump installations could stall amid cuts to Home Energy Scotland’s advice service Photo: Alamy/PA.

Exclusive SNP green energy cuts puts 'significant numbers' of jobs at risk

The House of Lords

'Embarrassment': Push to ban peers from the Scottish Parliament

There should be a level playing field with the rest of the UK in the housing market (Picture: John Devlin)

Punishing homeowners with high taxes won’t end well - David Alexander

It's time to face up to reality on Scotland's hamstrung National Care Service Scotsman comment

Scottish Greens co-Leaders Patrick Harvie (left) and Lorna Slater (right) during a visit to the Belville Community Garden project in Greenock. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

'Toxic politics' and right-wing conspiracy theories branded threat to Scotland

Scottish Green Party leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater

Readers' Letters: Party must fight for a fairer, greener future for Scotland

First Minister John Swinney

Exclusive SNP accused of 'cover up' after key climate target still off track

John Swinney should remember how the Scottish Greens brought down Humza Yousaf, his predecessor as First Minister (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Swinney would regret letting Green tail wag SNP dog in Budget talks Scotsman comment

SNP deputy first minister and economy secretary Kate Forbes

Exclusive Harvie: 'Extreme' Forbes may 'cook up' diluted conversion therapy ban

The Scottish Government has rejected calls to make sweeping reforms

Scottish pupils to sit fewer exams, but calls to scrap tests rejected

An illustration of how Flamingo Land at Loch Lomond would appear

D-Day for Loch Lomond Flamingo Land resort as Greens demand end

Scottish Green party co-leader , Lorna Slater. PIC: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Exclusive Scotland has 'failed' in quest to become climate leader, Greens say

Scottish Green Party co-leader Lorna Slater

Scotland could face snap election as Greens 'will not support' Budget

First Minister John Swinney listens as Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes delivers her address at the SNP Annual National Conference at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Flynn makes bold Greens declaration, opens up on SNP's 'self-inflicted wounds'

The Scottish Government says it is committed to bringing forward a bill to ban conversion therapy.

The councillor leading calls to ban 'harmful' conversion therapy

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries