3 h. ago US Treasury Department ends contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton after Trump tax leak

The U.S. Treasury Department has cut contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton after a former contractor leaked tax information about wealthy individuals, including Donald Trump

Politics

5 h. ago Reform vows huge income tax cut for Scots costing billions as Offord insists party can remove SNP

Malcolm Offord has suggested some Reform UK candidates standing in the Holyrood election are supporters of independence.

Economics

6 h. ago Reform UK accused of 'Liz Truss levels of nonsense' after announcing £2bn tax cut plan for Scots

Malcolm Offord, Reform's new leader in Scotland, said his party could axe spending on "dubious" government agencies to pay for tax cuts.

Economics

31 h. ago One city sees huge decline in survey of disposable income in Scotland

Scottish cities "trailed the rest of the country, experiencing real-terms declines”

Politics

50 h. ago Dozens of councils to hike tax bills while cutting bin collection and road repairs from April – will you be affected?

MILLIONS of households could see their council tax bills rise while key services are cut from April. The County Councils Network (CCN) estimates that county and large rural councils will be hit with an £11billion funding gap by 2028/2029. As a result, it warned that many councils are likely to cut back on bin collections,...

Economics

58 h. ago Reform UK’s private health insurance plan would cost £1.7bn, Streeting to say

Health secretary will describe plan to offer tax relief on private healthcare as ‘tax cut for the wealthiest’Reform UK’s policy of tax relief on private health insurance could cost the country £1.7bn, the health secretary, Wes Streeting, is expected to say on Saturday.Streeting will make the claim at a conference organised by the Fabian Society, a socialist thinktank aligned to the Labour party, and will describe the Reform proposal as a “tax cut for the wealthiest”. Continue reading...

Economics

3 d. ago SNP accused of 'papering over the cracks' as A9 maintenance costs £161m over five years

Upkeep for Scotland’s longest road cost at least £28m every year between 2020 and 2025.

Economics

4 d. ago Ed Miliband 'exhorting Scots to spend money they can't afford' on heat pumps

EXCLUSIVE: The GMB said the cost of heat pumps will remain too high for most Scots despite the Labour Government investment.

Economics

5 d. ago Great Scott... £30,000 job with all living costs paid! The only catch? It's in the Antarctic

The list of positions includes chefs, plumbers, carpenters, and plumbers, as well as plant operators, boating officers and meteorological observers.

Economics

5 d. ago Wetherspoon profits hit by ‘higher than anticipated’ costs: shares lose froth

“Profits in the first half are likely to be lower than the comparable period in the previous financial year” – Sir Tim Martin

Economics

5 d. ago Zack Polanski: Tax wealth and cut inequality to make London a better city

EXCLUSIVE: Green Party leader hits out at Labour ‘attacks’ on him as parties gear up for the May local elections

Economics

5 d. ago Great Scott... £30,000 job with all living costs paid! The only catch is it's in the Antarctic

The list of positions includes chefs, plumbers, carpenters, and plumbers, as well as plant operators, boating officers and meteorological observers.

Economics

6 d. ago Not having new nuclear 'will cost Scotland more' than building new reactors

The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) said that energy bills are higher than they need to be because Scotland spends so much money reducing power output.

Events

8 d. ago European Figure Skating Championships: Costly mistake leaves Scottish ice dancers with bronze medal

The pair were lying in second after the rhythm dance

Politics

9 d. ago Major drive to cut phone call waits for tax and driving services under tech plan

CustomerFirst, a new team of experts, will be dedicated to cutting long phone queues, repeated form-filling and endless paperwork that Brits face when dealing with public services

Politics

9 d. ago Nearly 1,000 Scottish football fans buy World Cup final tickets costing up to £6k in hope Tartan Army make it there

BARMY Tartan Army footie fans have bought tickets for the World Cup final in the hope Scotland will be there. And 37 of the dreamers have even stumped up for the most expensive seats, at £6,489 each, for the showpiece game in the US. It is the first time their country has qualified for the...

Economics

1 week ago Ministers bid to quell alarm over Nigel Farage's vow to unveil a LABOUR defector to Reform next week

Reform have paraded two switchers from the Tories in recent days - first former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and then ex-leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick.

Politics

1 week ago British expat who quit UK for Spain shares brutally honest truth about move

Duncan Ponter and his wife left Scotland in 2023 to move to Spain's Costa Blanca and the expat has been brutally honest about the realities of life on the continent

Politics

1 week ago Swinney defends Budget 'smallest tax cut in history' as SNP under fire for 'ruinous' benefits bill

Russell Findlay tells First Minister 61p a week saving ‘won’t even buy you a bag of peanuts’

Economics

1 week ago PS5 Pro to quietly receive huge upgrade and it's all thanks to AI

A huge performance boost is incoming for the PlayStation 5 Pro before the end of March.

Politics