The Latest Breaking News from the Scottish Government

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

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

Sepa prosecutions of environmental rulebreakers plummet

COMPLAINTS about pollution in Scotland leapt over the past 10 years while successful prosecutions of polluters have fallen from 18 to zero, The…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 27, 2024

Scottish Government warns Labour Budget could cost NHS Scotland 2000 nurses

THE UK Government’s upcoming Budget could cost NHS Scotland “2000 nurses”, the Scottish Government has warned ...

The National (Scotland) · Oct 27, 2024

Strikes targeting John Swinney's constituency face key hurdles

IT remains to be seen how effective a union’s target of the First Minister’s constituency will be in achieving their aims, according to experts…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 27, 2024

SNP stalwarts question independence of ministerial code probe into Nicola Sturgeon

THERE are questions about whether the probe into Nicola Sturgeon and the ministerial code was ever truly independence, SNP figures have said ...

The National (Scotland) · Oct 26, 2024

Scottish Government publishes legal advice over Nicola Sturgeon probe appeal

THE Scottish Government has published legal advice it was given relating to the independent probe into whether former first minister Nicola…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 26, 2024

Lifeline Highlands flight becoming 'difficult to sustain', Loganair boss says

THE boss of Loganair has said a lifeline air route in the Highlands used by NHS patients is becoming “difficult to sustain” ...

The National (Scotland) · Oct 26, 2024

'Painful austerity': Scottish block grant 'worth £6bn less than in 2020', report says

LABOUR have been warned that Scotland “cannot afford even more cuts” after a new report found that Scotland’s block grant has fallen to its…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 26, 2024