John Swinney: “The decision by the Prime Minister, which was announced last week, to scrap the triple lock will have a detrimental…”

Make no mistake – if we had lost the election this year, if we were out of power – then the independence cause would have been set back decades.

I’ve got a track record throughout my political life of working to make sure as many powers as possible are exercised here in Scotland.

And I would welcome Scotland being able to determine our approach to immigration and to asylum.

Words are not enough Scotland belongs to all who live here.