37 h. ago Anas Sarwar calls on Green and SNP MSPs to vote to sack Angela Constance as Justice Secretary

The Scottish Labour leader urged the pro-independence parties to support a motion of no confidence in the embattled Justice Secretary.

Politics

6 d. ago SNP justice secretary Angela Constance faces calls to resign for misrepresenting grooming gangs expert

One Labour MP accused Constance of "doubling down on excuses she knew to be false and incomplete".

Society

6 d. ago Found another black hole, Chancellor? Reeves says she 'reserves the right' to hammer Britain with MORE taxes as she is grilled by MPs over Budget lies scandal

Rachel Reeves pointedly refused to repeat the explicit guarantee she gave - and then broke - in the wake of her first eye-watering raid last year.

Economics

1 week ago Call for ministerial code probe into John Swinney's 'blatant lies' over SNP tax increases

The SNP’s Holyrood manifesto vowed to “freeze income tax rates and bands” until 2026.

Politics

2 w. ago Grooming gangs expert calls on SNP Government to launch urgent child sexual exploitation review

Professor Alexis Jay said a review could be a "precursor" to a public inquiry.

Politics

2 w. ago Watchdog orders release of withheld Nicola Sturgeon inquiry evidence. as SNP Government called 'disappointing'

David Hamilton, the Scottish Information Commissioner, criticised the Scottish Government over its handling of the case

Politics

2 w. ago Rachel Reeves' Budget verdict as huge child poverty boost but families warned on spending

The much respected Institute for Fiscal Studies has given its verdict on the Budget and warned Labour will struggle to keep to its spending plans ahead of the next general election

Events

2 w. ago Budget 2025 winners and losers revealed from taxpayers to pensioners and savers

Details of the Budget were accidentally leaked early by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) with families up and down the country now digesting what it means for them

Economics

2 w. ago Rachel Reeves in Budget boost to Ayrshire coal industry families, says MP

Elaine Stewart says her meeting with the Chancellor last night led to key action in today's Budget.

Politics

2 w. ago The Budget winners and losers: From working people, families, savers and pensioners, how much you'll pay in Rachel Reeves £30billion tax raid

While the Chancellor previously vowed to exclude 'working people' from tax hikes, she changed her tune today by telling MPs she was asking everyone to 'contribute'.

Economics

2 w. ago Budget 2025: Reeves hammers London in £26billion tax grab hitting homeowners, renters, landlords and workers

Middle income workers, renters and the owners of expensive homes will be hit with tax hikes, but the poorest families and low paid employees got a Budget boost

Economics

2 w. ago DWP families set for £14,000 bonus in budget bonanza as one type of household qualifies

Families on Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) benefits are set to see a massive increase in payments with larger households in line for a £14,000 payment bump

Economics

2 w. ago £14,000 handouts to 18,000 families: Reeves's Budget will raise taxes to fund benefits windfall for parents of six or more children

Official figures show the Chancellor's Budget plan to scrap the two-child benefit cap will be worth more than £14,000 a year each to 18,000 low-income families with six or more children.

Economics

2 w. ago £14,000 handouts to 18,000 families: Rachel Reeves's Budget will raise taxes to fund benefits windfall

Official figures show the Chancellor's Budget plan to scrap the two-child benefit cap will be worth more than £14,000 a year each to 18,000 low-income families with six or more children.

Economics

3 w. ago SNP calls on Chancellor to ‘help, not hammer’ families in Budget

Rachel Reeves is expected to introduce tax hikes in her announcement.

Politics

3 w. ago Rachel Reeves pledges to support working families and reduce waiting times with looming Budget

The chancellor is widely expected to raise levies on Wednesday to help close a multi-billion pound spending gap

Economics

3 w. ago Use our income tax calculator to see how the Budget could affect YOU

HOUSEHOLDS may have been spared by an income tax hike, but there are still plenty of other ways YOUR pocket could be picked in the Budget. A stealth tax raid expected to be announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in her Budget next Wednesday is set to hammer households. Millions of workers and pensioners face being...

Economics

3 w. ago Parents find budget way to keep families entertained at Christmas

Board games are far from a thing of the past

Society