The Scottish government has unveiled its draft budget for 2026-27. Finance Secretary Shona Robison set out the SNP administration's spending and tax plans for the coming year in a speech at Holyrood on Tuesday.

The first minister explains that is only possible because of the arrangements he has put in place. The Independent Scottish Fiscal forecasts show most Scottish tax payers are expected to pay less income tax this year than they would if they lived in the rest of the UK, he says.

The SNP has launched a secret legal bid to keep biological men in women’s prisons by forcing a change to the Equality Act.

The Scottish Government wrongly withheld information that was part of an investigation into whether former first minister Nicola Sturgeon breached the ministerial code, the Information Commissioner has ruled. The decision by Scottish Information ...

Hospitality bosses have called for business rates in Scotland to be brought in line with south of the border to avoid the “severe” impact of job losses and a lack of investment.