Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says senior figures in the SNP fear the political impact of the police probe.

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Scottish Secretary Ian Murray says Holyrood ministers need to further develop the policy before it can progress.

With the SNP in a minority administration at Holyrood, Ms Robison and Mr Swinney need at least one other party to back the draft Budget for it to pass. If the Budget falls, the impact will not be ...

The co-leader of the Scottish Greens says his party is yet to make a “final decision” on whether to support the Scottish ...

There are more levers which could be used to tackle child poverty than scrapping the two-child benefit cap, the Deputy Prime Minister has said as the Scottish Government seeks to mitigate it.

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Mr Swinney will still be keen to bring matters back to the budget wherever possible, given he feels it’s put the SNP back on the front foot in its tussle with Labour. There will doubtless be ...

Scottish Labour abstaining in the vote on the Scottish Government’s Budget amounts to the “cheapest” deal on the tax and spending plans since devolution, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives has ...

Almost all of John’s speech was not addressed to Mr Musk or even the Scottish public but to the opposition MSPs, warning them of dire consequences if they did not back the SNP budget. As a lifelong ...

The First Minister said the announcement Labour MSPs will abstain in Budget votes made him ‘more confident’ the proposals will pass.

John Swinney’s door remains open for talks on his Government’s budget despite Labour’s plans to abstain in the final vote, the First Minister has said.