John Swinney: “...we will continue to press the UK Government to remove the EPL at the earliest possible opportunity.”

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.

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

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