First Minister John Swinney has scrapped the SNP government’s “independence unit”. which published papers on policy for an ...

Sitting on 64 seats, very little help is required to pass Budgets and to ensure the smooth progress of its legislation. Take 10 seats off that tally, and you have a much bigger problem to tackle. Take ...

Councils in Scotland are legally allowed to charge for non-personal care services such as delivering meals at home and blue ...

The SNP may be portraying the Spring Statement as a smash-and-grab on every Scot, but it has actually led to the Scottish Government Budget going UP this year. Yes, UP.

with the spending already making up around 14 per cent of Holyrood’s Budget. SNP ministers have warned the UK government’s cut to disability benefits will have a knock-on impact on Holyrood ...

The local action fund allocates £50,000 to each ward, with projects to be decided by executive committee members ...

They cannot sit on their hands – as they did when they refused to vote for the budget - they have to act. “Labour should be scrapping the cap at source – but since they have refused to do so, the SNP ...

So here’s where we’re at. Fat 20 grand pay rises for themselves, taking the salary of every minister and junior minister (which is almost half of SNP MSPs) over £100,000. Nice.

First minister focuses on improving NHS, plus Greens co-leader urges party unity after calling time on 17-year tenure ...