3 h. ago SNP Government warned of £770m black hole in Adult Disability Payment

Audit Scotland has produced a report on a key benefit delivered by Social Security Scotland.

Events

22 h. ago Inflation sticks at 3.8% with food costs rising in more woe for Rachel Reeves as she faces widening Budget black hole

Official figures showed headline CPI held firm at 3.8 per cent in August, in line with analysts' expectations.

Economics

24 h. ago Inflation sticks at 3.8% in more pain for Rachel Reeves as she faces fresh warning over Budget black hole

Official figures showed headline CPI held firm at 3.8 per cent in August, in line with analysts' expectations.

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31 h. ago Tax fears grow as Rachel Reeves faces new £9billion black hole ahead of Budget

Allan Monks, UK economist at JPMorgan, told the Financial Times that even shaving 0.1 or 0.2 per cent from productivity would leave a hole of between £9billion and £18billion.

Economics

44 h. ago 'Shameful': Homelessness in Scotland reaches its highest level for 14 years

The crisis is being blamed on the SNP’s failure to build more houses - but the Scottish Government says Brexit and the cost-of-living crisis is to blame.

Politics

45 h. ago Number of Scots children living in temporary accommodation remains over 10,000

The SNP Government has been dogged by criticism over its record on homelessness.

Politics

49 h. ago GPs call on next Holyrood government to end 'chronic neglect' and solve NHS 'crisis'

GPs want Scottish ministers to promise at least 11 per cent of the NHS budget for general practice.

Politics

2 d. ago Alexander Dennis to continue bus building in Scotland as SNP Government offers £4m furlough scheme

The £4m furlough funding will protect 400 jobs in Camelon and Larbert in the short term while ADL continues to look for more orders.

Politics

3 d. ago Mental health waits are damning for John Swinney's SNP Government

In his Daily Record column, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said new figures unearthed by his party show the SNP is letting down patients.

Politics

3 d. ago Nearly 24,000 Scots waiting for mental health treatment under SNP Government

EXCLUSIVE: The new figures have been pounced on by Scottish Labour.

Politics

4 d. ago Rachel Reeves could fill a big part of the £50bn black hole WITHOUT cuts or punishing tax hikes, says Jeff Prestridge

Bond fund manager Bryn Jones has come up with a novel way for Chancellor Rachel Reeves to fill a big part of the £50bn black hole in the public finances without raising taxes.

Economics

5 d. ago Trump’s deportation hub: inside the ‘black hole’ where immigrants disappear

A Guardian investigation into the Alexandria, Louisiana, facility reveals a pattern of alleged due process violations, previously unreported accounts of neglect and abuse, documented health emergencies and long staysHe arrived in Alexandria exhausted and sick.It was early April, and Amilcar Lisser-Posadas – shackled at his hands and feet – had been transferred from a nearby immigration detention center to this remote US immigration facility in Louisiana. He feared it would be his last stop before deportation. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Wishaw MSP welcomes proposals which could see unpaid carers receive greater financial support

The Carer Additional Person Payment, worth around £520, is expected to benefit around 18,000 people across Scotland and will form part of the SNP Scottish Government’s new Carer Support benefit package.

Politics

6 d. ago Black hole discovery validates Stephen Hawking’s research after five decades

Black holes may be the fiercest objects in the universe, yet we still know very little about them

Politics

7 d. ago Glasgow facing job losses and cuts to services over refugee homelessness crisis

EXCLUSIVE: Susan Aitken also came out against the SNP Government freezing the council tax next year.

Events

9 d. ago SNP told to shrink economic footprint and cut taxes after 'abysmal mismanagement'

SNP ministers have been told to reduce the Scottish Government’s spending, employment and tax burden.

Economics

9 d. ago SNP Government accused of 'dithering' on defence spending support

UK Government minister Luke Pollard said he wanted both administrations to work closer together.

Politics

1 week ago SNP Government shells out £4m on golden goodbyes for public sector staff in single year

EXCLUSIVE: An MSP told the Record the size and regularity of the pay-outs showed SNP ministers were "playing fast and loose with public money".

Politics

1 week ago Readers’ letters: The SNP are the biggest obstacle to a second Indyref

The SNP has proved it is not capable of effective government, a reader argues

Politics

1 week ago Telescope discovers 'exceptionally rare' galaxy crash – which could feed destructive black hole

Clever boffins have found a rare galaxy crash unlike any other previously located. The huge five-galaxy strong system could one day feed destructive black holes

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