John Swinney: “My Government will respect the UK Government and its responsibilities, but we expect that to be reciprocated.”

The Prime Minister is very welcome in Scotland and I’ll be interested to hear what he’s got to say.

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 can announce today that we will fund the community groups, the people who are the very best of us, who are doing the hard yards to build bridges and break down barriers.

Conference, because we won the election – and because we won the trust of people in Scotland - we can now do two things: improve people’s lives here and now, and build the best possible future by delivering Scottish independence.