3 h. ago UK and Scottish governments row over footing £24.5m bill for Trump and Vance visits

Treasury says trips were private while Scottish ministers point out US president met Keir Starmer and it had to stump up for extra policingThe UK government needs to “step up” and reimburse the £24.5m cost of Donald Trump and JD Vance’s recent visits to Scotland, Holyrood’s public finance minister has said.Provisional costs of almost £24.5m for the two working visits have been published by the Scottish government. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Scotland demands £24.5m from Westminster for Trump and Vance visits

Treasury says trips were private while Scottish ministers point out US president met Keir Starmer and it had to stump up for extra policingThe UK government needs to “step up” and reimburse the £24.5m cost of Donald Trump and JD Vance’s recent visits to Scotland, Holyrood’s public finance minister has said.Provisional costs of almost £24.5m for the two working visits have been published by the Scottish government. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago UK and Scottish ministers locked in row over £24.5m cost of Trump and Vance visits

The Scottish Government said the two visits had cost almost £24.5 million

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4 h. ago SNP Ministers demand bill for Donald Trump trip is picked up by Labour Government

The Scottish Government also wants reimbursed for vice president Vance's trip north of the border.

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4 h. ago Scottish Government urges Treasury to reimburse £26m Trump and Vance visit cost

Scotland’s Finance Secretary has written to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

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Documents show friction following the landmark Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman

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A reader says the Scottish Greens’ new policy supporting the legalisation and regulations of drugs is the way forward

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2 d. ago Readers' Letters: Pensions would not suffer in an independent Scotland

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3 d. ago SNP accused of 'kettling' asylum seekers into Glasgow's poorest areas

Several Scottish Labour MPs have criticised the SNP Scottish Government’s approach in recent days.

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Scottish Government ministers have met with the company several times despite national security concerns.

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3 d. ago UK Government unveils plan to ‘train up next generation of clean energy workers’

At the same time, the Scottish Government said it would fund, alongside Westminster, an £18 million fund to help workers transition from fossil fuels.

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3 d. ago Scottish MSP demands Britons who fought for Israel be tried for war crimes

Scottish Greens co-leader Ross Greer made the plea in his speech to the party’s conference in Edinburgh.

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