The SNP does not govern as a majority meaning that it needs another party to back or abstain its budget plans before they can be passed in Holyrood.

"If the budget doesn't include at least £4.7bn for climate and nature. If there is not a fair deal for local government. If there ...

ALEX Salmond’s signature political talent was his ability to build coalitions of the unwilling. This was what enabled him to ...

The First Minister called on other parties to support the SNP’s spending plans – which can only pass with the help of the opposition. It comes after a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) ...

EXCLUSIVE: SNP deputy Westminster leader Pete Wishart said the Scottish Labour MPs who voted against a motion to stop the payment being cut should apologise in the House of Commons and ask the Speaker ...

Writing in his Daily Record column, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar says it is clear that Scots are 'sick and tired with ...

Concerns about the ‘toxic culture’ at a rape charity were ignored by SNP ministers, it has been claimed. The Scottish ...

Scottish households are braced for record hikes to council tax with the SNP poised to scrap Humza Yousaf’s freeze on bills.

Despite leaving office in 2023 and remaining under investigation, calls to reverse her exit can be heard from Scottish journalists who believe "the SNP should ask her back".

It seems like there’s been a re-set to the 1970s. Scottish nationalism used to be a fringe phenomenon confined to the back-rooms of pubs and the electoral margins, glorying in ...

Handing millionaire pensioners £100 to help them pay for fuel bills is “fair”, the SNP’s social justice secretary has ...

Social Justice Minister Shirley-Anne Somerville refused to confirm if the Budget on Wednesday would bring an end to the ...