In government, the SNP has made closing the attainment gap in our schools our defining mission. Councils play a vital role in education – supporting children from their early years right through to early adulthood.

This week we learned that unemployment is going down, more children from deprived backgrounds are going to university and the new M8 will open this month.

The UK government has now introduced its callous rape clause policy. Nicola Sturgeon explains the policy here.

Below is the letter sent on behalf of the SNP Group in the Scottish Parliament in response to 50 European politicians who expressed support for Scotland’s place in Europe. You can read the original letter here.

We are approaching the ten year anniversary of the SNP’s first election to government. In that time, we have faced a global economic downturn and years of Tory cuts.