12 h. ago Readers' letters: SNP's years of council tax freezes are coming home to roost

SNP policies are to blame for big increases in council tax bills, a reader argues

Politics

28 h. ago Scotland ‘cannot afford’ to keep SNP in charge, warns Murray

The Scottish Secretary addressed the Scottish Labour conference on Friday.

Events

34 h. ago Readers' Letters: Scottish courts have been unfit for purpose for quite a while

Scotsman Investigations Correspondent Martyn McLaughlin has this week been looking at the state of the Scottish Justice system

Events

58 h. ago Readers' Letters: Scotland can't afford this bloated public sector

Jobs must be cut from Scotland’s ‘obese’ public sector, says reader

Politics

3 d. ago Readers' Letters: Universities spending too much on 'equality, diversity and inclusion' amid funding crisis

Universities are spending too much on diversity training, says reader

Economics

4 d. ago Readers' Letters: Appeasement on Ukraine will only feed Russia's territorial ambitions

The prospects of a Trump and Putin-led peace deal being offered to Ukraine had views flooding in

Politics

5 d. ago Change is coming for families with more than two children, but not soon enough

No child in Scotland should grow up in poverty. No family in Scotland should be left with incomes so low that they cannot afford the essentials. Yet for record numbers of people in every part of our nation, this is a reality. And that’s especially true for children growing up with two or more siblings.

Society

5 d. ago Readers' Letters: Taxpayers need protection from council pickpockets

East Lothian Council’s proposed council tax increase of 10 per cent is unjustified, says reader

Economics