4 h. ago Scottish budget LIVE: Shona Robison to unveil SNP spending for 2026/27

Follow along live as Finance Secretary Shona Robison sets out the 2026/27 budget.

Economics

5 h. ago Scottish Budget LIVE as half of Scots question value of higher taxes imposed by SNP Government

Shona Robinson is set to announce the final Holyrood Budget before Scots go to the polls in May for an election that could redraw the political map.

Politics

24 h. ago Scottish Budget: Anas Sarwar in demand to 'unleash housebuilding' for cost of living 'meaningful change'

Anas Sarwar has called for “structural, meaningful change” for families facing the cost-of-living crisis

Economics

26 h. ago Swinney will still ‘work very hard’ to win backing for Scottish Budget

While Labour has already indicated it will not block the Scottish Budget, the First Minister said his Government is still in talks with other parties.

Economics

26 h. ago Labour ‘not in strong negotiating position’ over Budget, says Sarwar

Scottish Labour MSPs are expected to abstain on the Budget, effectively allowing it to pass.

Events

26 h. ago Scottish Budget: How a zero income tax rate for Scotland's young entrepreneurs would create thousands of jobs

Scotland’s economy is flat-lining but there is a way to kickstart a job-creating business revolution

Economics

32 h. ago 'Decimated': Call for Scots colleges to receive extra 'emergency' £50 million in Scottish budget

The Scottish Tories say colleges should be granted an extra £50 million in the budget to bring them back from a financial cliff edge

Economics

34 h. ago SNP Government Budget will be focused on the priorities of Scots

In his regular column for the Record, the First Minister looks ahead to the Scottish Government Budget.

Politics

38 h. ago Care sector may become ‘irreparably broken’ without more support, union says

Unite says healthcare funding from the previous Budget could have been better spent on support for those in need of care.

Politics

56 h. ago Scottish Budget: Why SNP is going to have to put up income tax for most of us or make devastating cuts

Don’t expect any big tax shocks in the Scottish Budget, but sooner or later, politicians are going to have to be honest about the government’s difficult fiscal position

Economics

56 h. ago As fiscal black hole looms, a 'giveaway' Scottish Budget would be a scandal

Voters may react badly if Finance Secretary Shona Robison’s last Budget ignores the government’s financial problems

Politics

56 h. ago Scottish Budget: What to expect in SNP's spending plans as Holyrood election looms

Shona Robison will deliver her final Scottish Budget this week.

Politics

58 h. ago Scots firefighters warn lives will be lost if service hit with more cuts

The warning comes ahead of Tuesday's Scottish Budget where SNP Finance Secretary Shona Robison will set out the government's spending plans.

Events

3 d. ago Funding a 'constant, indeterminate challenge' for Scottish Ballet's future as Budget looms

The Scottish Government is to deliver its Budget on Tuesday

Economics

4 d. ago Government should say which capital projects will be scrapped – think tank

The Scottish Government will publish its infrastructure plan on Tuesday alongside the budget.

Politics

4 d. ago Labour will not block the Scottish Government’s Holyrood budget, says Sarwar

Finance Secretary Shona Robison will lay out her tax and spending plans on Tuesday.

Politics

4 d. ago SNP Government Budget to pass after Scottish Labour signal abstention over tax and spending plan

Anas Sarwar says he will not make the Budget "fall" after it is announced next week.

Economics

5 d. ago Historic Scottish brewer calls for budget action on business rates after pumping £5m into pubs

“We need the government to listen to the industry and address the need for meaningful reform of business rates” – David McBride, Belhaven Pubs

Economics

6 d. ago Scottish Budget: The case for tax cuts is crystal clear but the SNP aren't listening

Cutting taxes would stimulate the economy, reduce the cost of living, help businesses and generate the higher tax revenues to fund public services

Economics

2 w. ago SNP Government urged to bring back £170m apprenticeship fund 'stolen from young people's futures'

Labour MP Gregor Poynton has written to SNP Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth asking her to reverse the decision to use the money “to plug holes elsewhere in the Scottish Government budget”.

Economics