16+ hour, 24+ min ago   (872+ words) The First Ministers of the UK’s devolved nations will sign a landmark agreement on Monday aimed at putting pressure on Downing Street to hold referendums on independence. SNP leader John Swinney, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and Sinn Féin…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (486+ words) Scottish First Minister John Swinney has backed calls for a cut in whisky duty in the UK Government’s upcoming Budget. The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) made the ask in its submission to the Treasury this week, which was bolstered by…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (999+ words) Scotland’s First Minister is seeking talks with Andy Burnham on the legal mechanism for a second independence referendum after a “big shift” in position from the Prime Minister. John Swinney welcomed comments by the Labour leader when he suggested to…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (848+ words) Scotland’s First Minister is pressing for talks with Andy Burnham over how a legal mechanism for a second independence referendum could be agreed. SNP leader John Swinney has written to the Prime Minister following his suggestion in the Commons that…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (740+ words) The sentencing of a Bulgarian man found guilty of assaulting a 12-year-old girl during an incident in Dundee last year has been postponed for a second time. Ilia Belov, 22, was also convicted of behaving in a “threatening or abusive manner…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (607+ words) Widows of those who died in the 1994 RAF Chinook helicopter crash have renewed their call for Prime Minister Andy Burnham to meet them, as he reaches his 50th day in office. Twenty-five intelligence experts and four special forces crew were killed…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (500+ words) The Reform UK Scotland leader has said Scotland’s income tax banding system is “nuts” as he pledged to review it if the party wins the next Holyrood elections. Lord Malcolm Offord said the party would review the six-band income tax…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (470+ words) Drafting the next Scottish budget will be “extremely challenging” amid tight fiscal conditions, the Deputy First Minister has said. Jenny Gilruth said she will not shy away from the challenge of balancing the Scottish Government’s books. She will be speaking…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (875+ words) Plans to cut the number of regional health boards in Scotland from 14 to just two could be “more reckless than revolutionary”, John Swinney has been warned. Roz Foyer, general secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress, issued the warning after…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (711+ words) John Swinney is vowing to bring about “radical change” to Scotland over the next five years, pledging there will be “significant” reform of the country’s public services. The Scottish First Minister will set out some of the detail of his…...