An estimated 260 to 390 inmates are expected to be eligible for release, with the Scottish Prison Service managing the liberations in three tranches over six weeks.

The JRF’s annual poverty barometer, which analyses information from the Office for Budget Responsibility, indicates Scotland will be the only place in the UK in which child poverty will fall over the next five years. This has been attributed to Scotland-specific policies relating to welfare.

Flagship policy to create national care service overhauled after significant opposition in Scottish Parliament and from local government

Scotland will cap rent increases at CPI+1% up to a maximum of 6% within a rent control area, a more relaxed policy compared to a previous 3% rent cap. The Housing (Scotland) Bill was introduced on 26

Scottish Conservative finance secretary Craig Hoy accused the Lib Dems and Greens of "falling over themselves" to back "a bad Budget". "We're standing up to the SNP as the only political party in Scotland representing common sense," he said.

The BBC’s director general has said the corporation is not trying to “game a number” on the amount of production spending in Scotland, as he was quizzed by MSPs about the hit show The Traitors.

Ministers have refused to reveal the names of civil servants who had access to files of James Hamilton's investigation into whether Nicola

The caps and zones are at the heart of the Housing (Scotland) Bill now going through the Scottish Parliament. The legislation will require local authorities to study rent levels at least once every five years and will grant powers to Scottish Ministers to implement rent controls and issue limits on rent increases.

Audit Scotland and the Accounts Commission said there has been a lack of leadership and no clear plan for meeting the target.

Neil Gray has clung onto his job as health secretary despite having 'no vision, no leadership and no ideas' for saving the NHS

Hundreds of prisoners including violent and dangerous thugs are set to be freed early in a 'shameful betrayal of victims'.

AS best I understood the situation, the SNP Scottish Government did not need the support of either the Greens or the Liberal Democrats to