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Unison members accept two-year council pay deal

Finance Secretary Shona Robison urged other unions to accept the deal.

Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2025

Ireland, Lithuania and Spain: Who will lead the Eurogroup next?

On Monday 7 July, finance ministers from the euro area are expected to elect their new president. Who is running for the position, and what proposals are they putting forward?

Euronews · Jul 6, 2025

Germany to raise defense spending to 3.5% of GDP in 2029

Germany’s finance minister has vowed to lift the country’s defense spending to 3.5% of gross domestic product in 2029

The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2025

Murray asks who Scots voters ‘trust to spend’ £9.1bn rise in funding

The Scottish Secretary was speaking after Chancellor Rachel Reeves laid out her spending plans for the next three years.

Evening Standard · Jun 11, 2025

Scottish Government 'short-changed by £1bn' by Rachel Reeves, Finance Secretary says

Rachel Reeves’s Spending Review has “short-changed Scotland by more than a billion pounds”, the SNP Government has claimed

The National (Scotland) · Jun 11, 2025

Albanese announces first woman Treasury secretary and a ‘roundtable’ on boosting productivity

Treasury head Steven Kennedy will become Anthony Albanese’s right-hand bureaucrat, while Treasury will get its first female secretary, with the appointment of Jenny Wilkinson, who currently heads the Finance Department.

The Conversation · Jun 10, 2025

Lack of recent meetings with Treasury an ‘issue of concern’, says Swinney

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will lay out her spending plans on Wednesday.

Evening Standard · Jun 9, 2025

Ex-GOP lawmaker's IRS nomination advances in Senate - Roll Call

Democrats cited Billy Long's ties to firms hawking phony tax credits, but Republicans backed him on a party-line committee vote.

Roll Call · Jun 3, 2025

Scottish Government 'will need to find extra £2bn to foot welfare bill', experts say

ECONOMICS experts have warned of a “really challenging period” for the Scottish Government as the bill for social security spending is…

The National (Scotland) · May 30, 2025

Israel Announces Creation Of 22 Settlements In West Bank

Israel announced on Thursday the creation of 22 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, risking further strain on relations with the international community already taxed by the war in Gaza.

International Business Times · May 29, 2025