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The US president is due to touch down in Scotland on Friday evening.

Rachel Reeves will announce £66 million of funding for transport projects in Scotland – with the Chancellor insisting the cash shows the Labour…

The Chancellor will announce the funding during a visit to Paisley on Friday.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The medical staff demanding a 29 per cent pay increase should ask themselves if the misery that their industrial action will cause is worth it. They are gambling with the future of the health service they profess to love – they should go back to work

Charlie Nunn said such increases would not be ‘consistent’ with the Government’s plans.

Charlie Nunn says higher taxation would be inconsistent with chancellor’s drive for growth

Labour minister Liz Kendall has warned of a ‘tsunami in pensioner poverty’ and opened the door to a rise in the state retirement age

A minimum level of retirement income should be set, with a strategy for everyone to reach that level, the Work and Pensions Committee said.

Prime minister and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi are set to put their signatures on a trade deal