19 h. ago Alexander Dennis to continue bus building in Scotland as SNP Government offers £4m furlough scheme

The £4m furlough funding will protect 400 jobs in Camelon and Larbert in the short term while ADL continues to look for more orders.

Politics

24 h. ago Mental health waits are damning for John Swinney's SNP Government

In his Daily Record column, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said new figures unearthed by his party show the SNP is letting down patients.

Politics

24 h. ago Nearly 24,000 Scots waiting for mental health treatment under SNP Government

EXCLUSIVE: The new figures have been pounced on by Scottish Labour.

Politics

3 d. ago Wishaw MSP welcomes proposals which could see unpaid carers receive greater financial support

The Carer Additional Person Payment, worth around £520, is expected to benefit around 18,000 people across Scotland and will form part of the SNP Scottish Government’s new Carer Support benefit package.

Politics

5 d. ago Glasgow facing job losses and cuts to services over refugee homelessness crisis

EXCLUSIVE: Susan Aitken also came out against the SNP Government freezing the council tax next year.

Events

6 d. ago SNP told to shrink economic footprint and cut taxes after 'abysmal mismanagement'

SNP ministers have been told to reduce the Scottish Government’s spending, employment and tax burden.

Economics

7 d. ago SNP Government accused of 'dithering' on defence spending support

UK Government minister Luke Pollard said he wanted both administrations to work closer together.

Politics

7 d. ago Dumfries and Galloway mental health patient waited more than 1,200 days to start treatment

New figures also reveal more than 130 waited a year for their psychological therapy to begin.

Science

8 d. ago SNP Government shells out £4m on golden goodbyes for public sector staff in single year

EXCLUSIVE: An MSP told the Record the size and regularity of the pay-outs showed SNP ministers were "playing fast and loose with public money".

Politics

1 week ago Readers’ letters: The SNP are the biggest obstacle to a second Indyref

The SNP has proved it is not capable of effective government, a reader argues

Politics

1 week ago Fresh vote on independence ‘has never been more important’, says Swinney

The First Minister spoke as a new Scottish Government paper called on Westminster to ‘respect the people of Scotland’s right to decide their future’.

Politics

1 week ago John Swinney says SNP Government will end 'student politics' ban on funding for munitions firms

The First Minister warned no defence company would win Government funding in future if their products were "involved militarily with Israel".

Politics

1 week ago The cheap ScotRail ticket axed when peak rail fares were scrapped by SNP Government this week

Passengers who bought super off peak day returns now have to pay more to travel

Politics

1 week ago They want to talk to somebody. That ‘somebody’ ends up being AI

What is it like to get your mental health treatment from an unlicensed chatbot? Users tell Io Dodds how A.I. helped them through difficult times — but also how it can go catastrophically wrong

Politics

2 w. ago Readers' Letters: As Scotland cries out for government, SNP wants to talk Gaza at Holyrood

MSPs have no business spending parliamentary time on Gaza, says reader

Politics

2 w. ago ‘I had no other choice but to go to A.I’: The free ‘therapy’ filling the gaps in America’s broken healthcare system

What is it like to get your mental health treatment from an unlicensed chatbot? Users tell Io Dodds how A.I. helped them through difficult times — but also how it can go catastrophically wrong

Science

2 w. ago First EVER treatment for deadly mental health condition suffered by hundreds of thousands of women gets green light: 'This will change lives'

In a move hailed as a 'breakthrough' for women's health, the UK medicines regulator has approved a 14-day pill to treat moderate or severe postnatal depression.

Society

2 w. ago SNP Government considering adding ‘sex’ to Hate Crime Act after backlash

The change was announced today by the Government.

Politics

2 w. ago Patient waits 7 years for mental health treatment in Highlands as NHS delays branded 'horrifically long'

Waiting lists for mental health treatment extending to as long as more than seven years have been highlighted by the Scottish Liberal Democrats.

Science

2 w. ago SNP Government 'absolutely miles away' from meeting GP recruitment target in Scotland

New data shows GP numbers are struggling to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

Politics