The news that Osama Bin Laden is dead will bring great relief to people across the world. Osama Bin Laden was responsible for the worst terrorist atrocities the world has seen - for 9/11 and for so many attacks, which have cost thousands of lives, many of them British.

It would be wrong to suggest that Scotland could not be another such successful, independent country.

The murders in Paris are sickening, we stand with the French people in the fight against terror and defending the freedom of the press.

Warm congratulations to my friend Barack Obama. Look forward to continuing to work together.

It's time to place the market within a moral framework - even if that means standing up to companies who make life harder for parents and families.

NCS - National Citizen Service is a fantastic programme. I want it to be available for every young person in the country.

When you’re taking the country through difficult times and difficult decisions you’ve got to take the country with you. That means permanently trying to make the argument that what you’re doing is fair and seen to be fair.