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Scotland’s councils to get extra £120m in funding, Forbes announces

Scotland’s 32 local authorities will be given an extra £120 million next year, Finance Secretary Kate Forbes has said. The increase, which can be provided as a result of an increase to the current year’s Budget stemming from UK Government spending, ...

27 Jan 2022 at 17:25

Scotland

Scottish Tories to hold debate on ‘wasteful spending’ at Holyrood

The Scottish Conservatives are to hold a vote in Parliament over “wasteful spending and economic ineptitude” from the Scottish Government. A debate is to scrutinise spending by the SNP-Greens coalition Government after it emerged around 17,000 ...

08 Jun 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Public inquiry urged into disgraced neurosurgeon

A Conservative MSP is demanding a public inquiry on behalf of patients who suffered at the hands of a disgraced neurosurgeon. Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, has written to Health Secretary Humza Yousaf calling for an independent ...

03 Nov 2022 at 16:31

Scotland right not to copy says Sturgeon as Hunt scraps Kwarteng’s tax cuts

Nicola Sturgeon has said “thank goodness we didn’t act so rashly” after Jeremy Hunt announced most of his predecessor’s tax cuts were being scrapped. The First Minister tweeted in response to the new Chancellor’s emergency announcement on ...

17 Oct 2022 at 13:01

Liz Truss has ‘days left to turn this round’, warns senior Scottish Tory

Under-fire Prime Minister Liz Truss has just “days” to turn her situation around if she is to stay in power at Number 10, a senior figure in the party in Scotland has warned. Liz Smith, finance and economy spokeswoman for the Scottish ...

17 Oct 2022 at 11:27

Businesses fear energy price hike after support scheme ends

A group representing Scottish businesses has voiced concerns over sharp energy price rises after the end of a new Government scheme. UK Energy Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg announced on Wednesday plans to slash the cost of wholesale gas ...

21 Sept 2022 at 12:55

Swinney calls for better cross-party working in final frontbench speech

Deputy First Minister John Swinney has called for parliamentarians to work better with those in other parties, in what is expected to be his last speech on the government’s frontbench. Mr Swinney announced last month he would ...

22 Mar 2023 at 18:42

Scotland

Ministers urged to drop ‘vanity’ indyref2 spending in budget statement

Ministers should drop “vanity” independence spending and instead prioritise the cost-of-living crisis in the upcoming budget statement, the Scottish Conservatives have said. Deputy First Minister John Swinney, who has ...

14 Dec 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

MSPs urged to back ‘meaningful and progressive’ budget

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has urged MSPs to back the Government’s “meaningful and progressive” tax and spending plans ahead of the first debate on the budget. The draft budget – the first step in the process ...

02 Feb 2023 at 00:01

Publish modelling showing impact of post-independence border checks, say Tories

The First Minister has been urged to publish any economic modelling done of the impact of border checks with England after independence. Nicola Sturgeon outlined her Government’s proposals for the economy in a ...

18 Oct 2022 at 19:04

John Swinney: Energy support scheme for businesses may be ‘inadequate’

The UK’s new support scheme for business energy bills may be “inadequate” without reform of the energy market, Scotland’s Deputy First Minister John Swinney has said. He responded to UK Energy Secretary Jacob ...

21 Sept 2022 at 15:46

Scotland

Tory MSP pushes for schools to be required to provide outdoor activities

The benefits of residential outdoor education “cannot be overstated”, a Scottish Conservative MSP has said, as new legislation on the provision of such experiences moves a step closer. Liz Smith highlighted ...

29 Apr 2022 at 01:25

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