I wonder whether we can be certain that, asked what time it was, John Swinney would not reply that he was unable to answer ...

With Plaid Cymru and the SNP leading polls in their respective nations, can the United Kingdom continue in this – or any – form, asks Guardian columnist Will Hayward ...

The row over a new health centre for Port Glasgow has deepened amid Labour claims that a commitment to the project is 'an empty promise'.

Scottish Labour has accused culture secretary Angus Robertson of “shameless self-interest” over decisions to boost funding for government bureaucracy at the “expense” of Scotland’s national performing ...

Scots have been left “squealing” from paying increasingly higher taxes, Sir Tom Hunter has said, as he described the burden ...

A top SNP councillor has warned job losses and axed services are on the way to cope with Scottish Government cuts. Ricky Bell ...

IT’S been a week since Shona Robison presented her final Budget before she leaves the Parliament at May’s election. The ...

IT is very easy to look at Shona Robison’s Budget announcements last week and conclude that, in the strict sense, they are not very significant ...

Jamie Greene MSP sets out his approach to the Scottish Government's budget - and says his approach of 'sensible opposition' has already secured ...

But SNP supporters should be cock-a-hoop to be heading for around 60 seats so soon after their general election pasting, even if only on 34 per cent of the constituency vote. And after Tuesday’s ...

SOUTH Ayrshire MSPs have reacted to the Scottish Government's latest budget statement. Finance Secretary Shona Robison's £68 billion proposals - including changes to income tax thresholds - are ...

This week’s Scottish budget is a budget to ease the pressures on Scottish families, a budget for a stronger NHS, and a budget ...