The SNP has introduced additional tax bands since 2017 and Ms Robison said the decision to freeze rates means that the majority of people in Scotland will pay less income tax than those in the rest of ...

Angry North Ayrshire Labour have lashed out at lack of Scottish Government support for housing repairs, after it was revealed ...

Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says senior figures in the SNP fear the political impact of the police probe.

Ask any Medicare beneficiaries how they feel about Medicare Advantage plans. Tthey will respond that they either love or hate ...

Scottish Secretary Ian Murray says Holyrood ministers need to further develop the policy before it can progress.

With the SNP in a minority administration at Holyrood, Ms Robison and Mr Swinney need at least one other party to back the draft Budget for it to pass. If the Budget falls, the impact will not be ...

There are more levers which could be used to tackle child poverty than scrapping the two-child benefit cap, the Deputy Prime Minister has said as the Scottish Government seeks to mitigate it.

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Mr Swinney will still be keen to bring matters back to the budget wherever possible, given he feels it’s put the SNP back on the front foot in its tussle with Labour. There will doubtless be ...

Scottish Labour abstaining in the vote on the Scottish Government’s Budget amounts to the “cheapest” deal on the tax and spending plans since devolution, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives has ...

John Swinney’s door remains open for talks on his Government’s budget despite Labour’s plans to abstain in the final vote, the First Minister has said.

With the Holyrood election being held next year, Scottish Labour feared opposing such a populist Budget would lead to the party falling even further behind the SNP in the polls. Mr Sarwar’s ...