Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Scottish Government

Scottish Government underspent £2bn in last year's budget, accounts show

Annual accounts show an underspend of £2bn - but does not represent a loss as some is carried forward through the Scotland Reserve

The National (Scotland)

Work to improve NHS Forth Valley's out of hours service makes 'welcome progress'

Improvements have been seen but much more needs done to support staff

Daily Record

Edinburgh affordable homes plan branded an 'undeliverable pipe dream'

The council has pledged to build 11,000 new homes within the next five years - but currently only has the funding to build around 3000.

Edinburgh Live

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Teachers announce fresh strike dates for New Year as pay dispute continues

The strike action had already seen a single day walkout last week.

Daily Record

Revised date for new Monklands Hospital will see it open three years later than planned

Ground works, due to start next year, have been pushed back due to financial uncertainty

Daily Record

Council finance chiefs warn vital services could be 'stopped' due to funding crisis

EXCLUSIVE: The finance leads in every council have sent a stinging letter to Deputy First Minister John Swinney about the pressures facing local authorities

Daily Record

Expansion work now complete on a Cambuslang primary school

Newton Farm primary school has had an additional seven classrooms added

Daily Record

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Successful claim for new £25 weekly child payment could automatically award parents two more benefits

Best Start Grant Early Learning and School Age Payment to be made automatically from this week.

Daily Record

Scottish Government 'could raise half a billion pounds' by taxing the wealthy

The research, published on the eve of the Scottish Government's Budget, was carried out by the IPPR Scotland think tank

Daily Record

Action urged as student survey finds high levels of depression and food poverty

A LEADING mental health charity has called on the Scottish Government to provide more support to colleges after a survey found “alarming”…

The National (Scotland)

'Abysmal' ambulance waiting times sees longest wait for most critical in Ayrshire at 79 minutes

Tory MSPs have called on the Scottish Government to act to reduce the waiting times.

Daily Record

Tory MSP calls for government action to halt decline of Lanarkshire's town centres

Graham Simpson's call follows the publication of a report by the Scottish Parliament’s Economy and Fair Work Committee

Daily Record

SNP MSPs raise 'significant concerns' with National Care Service plans

A cross-party group of MSPs say they have “significant concerns” about the lack of detailed costs for the planned national care service (NCS).

The National (Scotland)

"I am sorry" - Health Secretary Humza Yousaf apologies for ambulance and treatment waits for Scots

Yousaf told the Record in an exclusive interview that the waiting lists are "unacceptable" - and apologised

Daily Record

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Record

Action urged as students suffer high levels of depression and food poverty

Mental health charity demands greater government support after survey shows more than half of all students suffer some form of depression

Edinburgh Live

Rate of housebuilding in Edinburgh needs to double to meet new target

Recent analysis of City Plan 2030 - which councillors have agreed to send to the Scottish Government for examination - suggested the new target will not be achievable.

The National (Scotland)

How this Brexit bill could undermine devolution and see key laws vanish overnight

MSPs have backed a call for the UK Government to scrap a key Brexit bill, with concerns it will undermine devolution and threaten key protections…

The National (Scotland)

Racially motivated bullying increasing in Scottish schools, report finds

ANTI-BULLYING policies are failing to address racism in Scotland’s schools, according to a new report.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The National (Scotland)

Refugees must get equal access to mental health services, demand Scottish Greens

EQUALITY of access to mental health services for refugees and asylum seekers is essential in preventing wellbeing crises, the…

Daily Record

NHS Forth Valley admit 'lack of data' on how over-stretched GPs impact hospital

The board was recently placed in special measures by the Scottish Government over concerns about waiting times at the accident and emergency department.

The National (Scotland)

Teachers set for further strike action as unions reject latest pay offer

ALL teaching unions in Scotland have rejected the latest pay offer as strike action looks set to continue.

The Independent UK

Teachers in Scotland set for further strike action as unions reject pay offer

The Scottish Government has said no more money is available.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish women's groups hit back after UN official's trans law reform warning

WOMEN’S groups in Scotland have hit back at an intervention from a UN official who called on the Scottish Government to pause its transgender law…

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon confronted by protester as First Minister forced to halt speech

The First Minister was speaking at an event Edinburgh when the unidentified heckler accused her of stirring up a culture against women "standing up for women's rights".

Daily Record

Terminally ill OAP left without washer and dryer after signing up for government-funded scheme

Margaret Phillips took part in The Warmer Homes Scotland scheme in early September to have a new heating system installed.

1 … 102 103 104 105

People

ShirleyAnne Somerville

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Social Security Scotland

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.