6 h. ago Labour MP calls for SNP Government to launch Scottish child grooming inquiry

EXCLUSIVE: Joani Reid said there is "even less understanding" about the scale of the problem in Scotland and the "lack of information is simply unacceptable."

Politics

6 h. ago SNP Government names date for abolition of two child benefit cap in Scotland

EXCLUSIVE: Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville provided more details of a policy that was the centrepiece of the SNP Government's Budget.

Politics

24 h. ago Winter fuel payment to be restored in full for most Scots pensioners by SNP Government

The First Minister announced the change to the scheme in the wake of a rethink by the UK Government.

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30 h. ago More than half of ambulances have been stuck at hospitals this year

The SNP Government have been criticised over a problems Labour say is caused by a shortage of beds.

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30 h. ago Scotland needs to rediscover 'optimism and hope' after decades of Westminster misrule

In his Daily Record column, First Minister John Swinney criticises the record of Keir Starmer's Government ahead of two speeches by the SNP leader this week.

Politics

63 h. ago Now SNP face ANOTHER gender legal fight this time for failing to give guidance on Supreme Court trans ruling

The SNP Government faces ANOTHER legal challenge after failing to update public sector transgender guidance in the wake of a watershed court ruling.

Events

3 d. ago Findlay: Tories will save £650m – and use the cash to cut taxes for Scots

The Scottish Conservative leader is to give his keynote speak to his party conference in Edinburgh on Saturday.

Economics

3 d. ago Bowie challenges Tories to ‘step up’ against Miliband’s ‘eco

Acting shadow energy minister Andrew Bowie accused the UK Government of ‘overseeing the wilful deindustrialisation of this nation’.

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4 d. ago SNP’s wish to ‘throw open our borders’ would risk security – Badenoch

The Scottish Government has long pushed for a shift on immigration.

Events

4 d. ago Badenoch to call for end to oil and gas windfall tax and ban on new licences

She will speak at her first Scottish Conservative conference since taking over as Tory leader.

Politics

4 d. ago Alexander Dennis: SNP Government accused of prioritising foreign firms as 400 jobs face axe

Scottish Labour say the First Minister should follow the lead of Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, who has procured around 160 vehicles from the Falkirk facility.

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5 d. ago SNP 'overlooking Scottish industry' as historic bus manufacturer threatens move to England

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said the English city had invested more in Scottish-built buses than the SNP Government.

Events

5 d. ago Rachel Reeves has defined the terms of the next Holyrood election with her spending review

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says the SNP Government has a job to do to persuade voters it can spent the £9.1bn windfall properly.

Politics

6 d. ago Flamingo Land development at Loch Lomond stalled after SNP Government u

The operators of Flamingo Land first lodged a planning application in 2018 to build more than 100 holiday lodges on a site near Balloch town centre.

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6 d. ago SNP Government refuses to rule out making changes to winter fuel payment scheme

A spokesman for First Minister John Swinney said the implications of Labour’s winter fuel U-turn are as ‘clear as mud’.

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6 d. ago East Kilbride MP calls for Scotland “to lead the way” in nuclear energy revival

Joani Reid warned that the jobs and investment new nuclear would bring would require the SNP to leave government in Holyrood.

Events

7 d. ago Another council tax freeze could sound a death knell for local authorities

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says the SNP Government has a terrible record on local government.

Events

7 d. ago Labour MPs call for benefit cuts to be scrapped after winter fuel payment U

Rachel Reeves has announced that around nine million more pensioners will receive the fuel payment this year

Politics

7 d. ago The Guardian view on Labour’s tough choices: they are costing the government dearly | Editorial

Austerity-era scepticism runs deep – and Labour’s abstract promises are falling flat as Nigel Farage rises in the pollsThe Labour government’s abrupt U-turn on winter fuel payments – restoring the benefit to more than three-quarters of pensioners – reveals less a change of heart than a sobering realisation in Westminster: after years of austerity, the public no longer gives politicians the benefit of the doubt. The irony is hard to miss. Labour set out to prove that “grown-up” economics means difficult decisions – only to find that once trust is lost, voters won’t accept vague promises without tangible results.It turns out many are sceptical that sacrifices will produce better results for society. That’s why ministers are struggling to justify cuts to disability benefits as a way to “fund” public services – or to convince the public that Britain can’t afford to lift the two-child benefit cap even as ministers claim they will reduce child poverty. There may be more conspicuous retrea...

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8 d. ago UN demands major action as damning report shows child poverty impact in England

A report by UNICEF has called on Keir Starmer to lift the two-child benefit limit and recruit hundreds of health visitors as data shows the grim impact on childrens' health and learning

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