“Spending per head in Scotland is around 20% higher than the rest of the UK thanks to the Barnett formula. This report ...

In a letter to Colin Smyth, the convener of Holyrood’s Economy and Fair Work Committee, finance secretary Shona Robison said the Government is committed to looking at “all viable options” and ...

The UK Government confirmed its intention to introduce a new levy on the gambling industry to tackle gambling harm last year. The Welsh Government said it 'strongly supported' this as it is 'an ...

The Scottish Government has called in a plan for student housing in Glasgow due to concerns over its impact on the ...

Workers told how they were made to sign gagging orders and not discuss their problems or risk losing contracts.

Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie said SNP minister Ivan McKee was treating local opponents to the controversial £43.5million bid ...

Scottish ministers are being urged to rethink a “poor decision” to grant a licence to cull hundreds of gannet chicks in the ...

A new report hails farms, estates, and rural businesses as heroes for their extraordinary role in battling Scotland's largest ...

The Scotsman’s Rural Affairs correspondent, Katharine Hay, has undertaken an epic walk around Scotland, meeting people, and ...

Plans to redevelop the fire-damaged O2 ABC site on Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street have been called in for review by the Scottish government. The council was informed the decision had been taken due to ...

Sir Keir Starmer says his party is working with English mayors to try and save Alexander Dennis from closure. Last month the ...