The Latest Breaking News from Scottish Government

Increase capital cash in Budget, Robison tells Chancellor Reeves

The Chancellor will lay out her Budget on Wednesday.

Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2024

Views sought on reforms to energy infrastructure planning

The Government says the changes will make the system for considering large energy projects more efficient.

Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2024

Scots would be 'perfectly happy' to see end of free prescriptions, Tory leader says

SCOTS would be “perfectly happy” to see the end of universal free prescriptions from the NHS, the Scottish Tory leader has claimed ...

The National (Scotland) · Oct 28, 2024

Scottish river project creating 113 miles of walking routes receives £10m funding

AN AMBITIOUS project to create more than 100 miles of walking and cycling routes along the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders has been backed…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 28, 2024

Bannockburn battlefield race track plans condemned as 'fatally flawed'

PLANS to build a controversial horse racing track on the Bannockburn battlefield have been condemned as “fatally flawed” by Scotland’s largest…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 28, 2024

Ministers ‘misled’ on environmental impact of new power plant, campaigners claim

Ministers have been “misled” over the environmental impact of a proposed new

The National (Scotland) · Oct 28, 2024

What are the alternatives to council tax? These are the options ...

BACK in 2015, the Commission on Local Tax Reform set up by the Scottish Government argued that the current council tax system must end and a fairer…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 28, 2024

Ministers must tax ‘planet-wrecking private jets’, campaigners urge

The Scottish Government is being urged to turbo-charge talks with UK ministers so it can introduce a tax on private jets – with environmental…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 28, 2024

Greens will 'push SNP to end funding for firms arming Israel' in Budget negotiations

THE Greens will push for the Scottish Government to end funding for firms arming Israel in Budget negotiations ...

The National (Scotland) · Oct 27, 2024

Scottish Greens reveal ‘minimum needed' for party to support SNP Budget

THE Scottish Greens have set out the "very minimum" the party needs to support the forthcoming SNP Government Budget.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 27, 2024