The Latest Breaking News from the Scottish Government

ScotRail drivers to be balloted for strike action amid ongoing dispute

SCOTRAIL drivers will be balloted on strike action amid a pay disagreement ...

The National (Scotland) · Jul 16, 2024

Trust in Scottish Government falls to lowest level recorded

TRUST in the Scottish Government to work in the country’s best interests has fallen to the lowest level recorded since a regular survey of public…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 16, 2024

Minister denies affordable housing projects being abandoned due to budget cuts

SCOTLAND’S housing minister has denied work on affordable homes has ground to a halt because of budget cuts from the Scottish Government ...

The National (Scotland) · Jul 15, 2024

Joanna Cherry: Poor election vindicated my concerns – but all is not lost for SNP

IT’S a brutal business being sacked from your job in public in the early hours of the morning. But as I have learned from bitter experience,…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 12, 2024

Scottish Government to 'keep taxation under review amid business concerns'

THE Scottish Government will keep taxation under review, Kate Forbes has said, after a survey suggested concerns around tax and recruitment could…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 11, 2024

Alba use Holyrood motion to pressure SNP to mitigate Labour's two-child benefit cap

THE Scottish Government must mitigate the two-child benefit cap to help pour pressure on the Labour UK Government to scrap it ...

The National (Scotland) · Jul 10, 2024

GB Energy risks wasting money on new nuclear, warns leading campaigner

ONE of Scotland’s leading environmental campaigners has warned that Labour’s GB Energy plans risk wasting resources on nuclear power.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 10, 2024

Asylum seekers set for free bus travel in Scotland with new pilot scheme

The Scottish Government will “develop and deliver” a pilot giving asylum seekers free bus travel in the next year, an official document has said.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 10, 2024

Scottish Government to award contract for section of A9 to construction giant

THE Scottish Government will award a contract for the dualling of a section of the beleaguered A9 to a construction giant.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 9, 2024

SNP 'must be remade after damage done by Stalin-esque Nicola Sturgeon', grandee says

THE SNP must be restructured to undo changes which “shifted all power to a leadership cult, with the party then run by Stalin’s wee sister”,…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 9, 2024