Unaffordable 'pay more, get less' Budget that punishes aspiration
Taxpayers are yet again picking up the bill for the SNP's mistakes after another Budget where the Nationalists will continue ...
SCOTTISH DAILY MAIL COMMENT: A basket case of tax and spend profligacy, this woeful SNP Budget is a sure-fire blueprint for failure
Proposals for a real-terms cut to alcohol and drug harm prevention funding make no sense, given the SNP’s ‘national mission’ ...
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Alba and Greens concerned over no inclusion of independence in Budget
THE Scottish Greens and Alba Party have expressed concern over the lack of the Scottish Government's commitment to independence following ...
Our £1-a-month income tax cut is a ‘thank you’ to Scottish workers, says SNP
Finance Secretary offers ‘insulting’ gesture as she unveils rises in NHS spending and benefits in Budget package ...
Five key takeaways from the Scottish Budget
A vow to scrap the two-child benefit cap and changes to basic and intermediate tax thresholds are among the plans for the ...
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No more emergency Budget revisions due to pay awards, Shona Robison promises
The Scottish Government will not make any more emergency in-year Budget revisions, Finance Secretary Shona Robison has promised. She said her Government’s relationship with the Treasury has improved ...
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‘Transformational’: Scottish government boosts culture spend by £34m
SNP finance secretary Shona Robison said the increase – which is £9 million more than the government had promised – would be 'transformational for the sector' ...
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Scottish budget: Huge ‘relief’ that arts and culture funding will rise by £34m
The Scottish government has pledged to make a series of funding increases to the country’s arts and culture sector as part of ...
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SNP accuse Scottish Labour of 'distancing' themselves from UK party
There’s huge confusion in the Labour Party about the winter fuel allowance. “The Scottish Government is doing something ... The increase in spirt duty ‘is a hammer blow’. From the NFUS (National ...
SNP accuses Labour in Scotland of ‘distancing’ itself from Westminster party
Stephen Gethins asked Scottish Secretary Ian Murray if his party’s message north of the border is that voters should elect ...
Two-child benefit cap to be scrapped in Scotland under SNP's budget plans
Scotland's finance secretary called her proposals "a budget filled with hope for Scotland's future" as she unveiled the nation's draft budget for the coming year.