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The party made the plea following reports that Labour’s welfare U-turn will see it keep the two-child benefit cap.
The threat to the SNP 's Budget has grown after the Greens said they are 'unlikely' to support it - as experts urged ministers to have a 'grown-up discussion' about the future of free services.
Ms Reeves’s most likely option is to freeze income tax thresholds beyond 2028 — a stealth measure that could raise around ...
SNP ministers are proposing to make the change from spring 2026, just before the Holyrood election. However, they insist there is £3m in their budget plans to make the necessary preparations. EPA ...
The SNP’s Budget passed its main hurdle yesterday in what the Scottish Tories claimed was a ‘day of betrayal’ for workers and businesses. The nationalists and their allies lined up behind ...
The Scottish Government has been accused of treating islanders as “second-class citizens” after thousands of ferry ...
SNP's high tax budget will bleed Scots families and businesses dry, Tories warn. Click here to visit the Scotland home page for the latest news and sport ...
John Swinney's budget was devolution in action. Scotland already had more generous welfare payments than other parts of the UK, as well as state-funded access to prescriptions, tuition fees, and ...
SNP ministers are under pressure to publish a “pro-business” budget amid fears political wrangling over securing a deal could lead to retailers suffering.
The Scottish Greens, the SNP's former government partners, also took aim at the Budget, with co-leader Patrick Harvie saying: "In 2021, the people of Scotland elected a pro-independence parliament ...
SNP ministers are proposing to make the change from spring 2026, just before the Holyrood election. However, they insist there is £3m in their budget plans to make the necessary preparations ...
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