Opposition parties have accused Angela Constance of misrepresenting the position of a leading expert on grooming gangs.

The justice secretary is facing calls to resign after being accused of misleading the Scottish Parliament.

The Scottish justice secretary is facing repeated calls to resign for “misleading parliament” in a row over grooming gangs.

The review will inform a future decision on whether or not there should be a judge-led public inquiry.

Taylor', not her real name, wrote an open letter to John Swinney detailing how she was sexually exploited as a teenager.

Tories have claimed there is a “real risk” Scotland could fall behind England in dealing with child sexual abuse after MSPs voted down a bid to force research into grooming gangs. Scottish ...

Weeks after ministers announced a national review into group-based child sexual abuse, the bodies meant to lead it say they are still waiting ...

A gangster who repeatedly struck a businessman with a machete on his head and body amid gang war violence has been jailed.

JOHN Swinney was today accused of treating the public “with contempt” for refusing to sack his Justice Secretary for ...

The SNP’s announcement on group-based child sexual abuse was meant to show urgency — instead it sowed confusion.

GANGSTERS in Scotland will not hesitate to use guns in public, police warned yesterday. And despite recent, well-publicised seizures, police say gangs still have “ready access” to firearms. The ...

Scotland's police chief has launched a major review of grooming gang cases dating back more than a decade. Chief Constable Jo Farrell said the exercise is aimed at looking again at ‘unresolved’ ...