The Scottish government has struck deals with the Greens and Lib Dems to ensure that its Budget plans will be approved. Finance Secretary Shona Robison said she would table a series of amendments to ...

Scotland's councils are to decide on local tax rates over the coming weeks, with many mulling rises of up to 10%. Rates have ...

The Scottish Government’s tax and spending plans for this year will pass their first hurdle at Holyrood. The Greens, the ...

THE Scottish government budget has passed its first parliamentary test with a little help from the Greens, Lib Dems and Alba. Moving the £64 billion budget, Finance Secretary Shona Robison told MSPs: ...

Finance Secretary Shona Robison has urged Labour to stop standing on the “political sidelines” and back the Scottish ...

“With the agreements with these two parties now in place, this will secure a majority in Parliament in support of the Budget Bill.” Green Finance spokesman Ross Greer said: “The Scottish ...

The IFS's report on school spending in the Scottish Budget 2025-26, found that by 2040, the number of pupils in Scotland is ...

Ahead of a speech in Stirling today (Wednesday), First Minister John Swinney urged the Scottish Parliament to back the budget, which “delivers funding for communities the length and breadth of ...

The Scottish Parliament was created by a law known as the Scotland Act (1998). This law also set out what powers the Scottish Parliament holds. Extra powers were added in the Scotland Act (2016).

The uncomfortable truth is the Scottish Government is failing to meet vital targets it has set to build new homes.

Scottish Labour had already said it would abstain in the vote in parliament, but the agreements mean that ministers can now guarantee MSPs will approve the Budget. The minority SNP administration ...

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