FORMER SNP MP Angus MacNeil has joined Alba and could potentially stand as a candidate in the 2026 Holyrood election. The former MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar was previously suspended and then expelled ...

The local authority declared a housing emergency earlier this year, but more than 60 homes have been lying empty for more ...

Budget, bikes, pubs and ceilidhs all feature in our round up of what is important to know about in Edinburgh today. Budget Day Today Finance Minister, Shona Robison, will deliver the Scottish Budget ...

SNP ministers must end their era of “high tax and free spending” in Wednesday’s Scottish Budget and finally start reforming ...

The Scottish budget will “lay the foundations for long-term success”, finance secretary Shona Robison has said. She will ...

Alex Salmond’s memorial service was a thoroughly fitting tribute to the man who led Scotland to the brink of independence​.

Shona Robison will announce Holyrood's draft spending plans amid growing unhappiness at the state of public services.

Boosting funding for affordable housing will not in itself change the minds of voters who are scunnered with the SNP. The NHS ...

The devolved nations are living on another planet economically because England essentially pays for their deficits. This has ...

The Scottish Finance Secretary will set out her draft tax and spending plans for 2025-26 to MSPs on Wednesday.

Scotland's total budget last year amounted to some £60bn. The UK government says the block grant for 2025/26 will be £47.7bn.

Families must be protected from further punishing tax rises in today's Budget, SNP ministers have been warned.