In 2023-24, the town centre rate in Scotland hit 12.3 per cent after rising for the second consecutive year. The worst hit area was South Ayrshire, with a staggering 35.3 per cent of town centre shops ...

The SNP Government is facing fresh criticism over its failure to upgrade Scotland’s most dangerous road, where more than 300 ...

Musing on Scotland's future at a recent conference, John Swinney waxed lyrical about 'taking charge of our own destiny, with ...

Students unfurled flags and banners, with slogans including, “Fund teaching not genocide” and “No graduates in Gaza”, before ...

Support for Scotland to join the EU ranged from just under two-thirds (63 per cent) to three-quarters (75 per cent).

Labour claimed the continued reliance on the devices proved the SNP Government was failing to equip the NHS for the 21st ...

The SNP and Labour governments need to listen to small businesses’ concerns and take steps to help them ...

For years, the SNP 's failures in government were shielded by the prospect of a second independence referendum.

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EXCLUSIVE: Labour warned the Nationalists' response to the housing crisis will be remembered as "one of this Government’s ...

A majority of Europeans favour an independent Scotland being allowed into the European Union – though a third of Britons would be opposed to ...

Statistics released to the Scottish Conservatives under freedom of information legislation showed 2,718,922 hours of overtime ...