Scottish Politics News

13/02/2025

GRANGEMOUTH workers have slammed Labour's £1 billion pledge to INEOS chairman Jim Ratcliffe to redevelop Old Trafford while he closes the…

13/02/2025

THE UK economy unexpectedly eked out growth in the final three months of last year – but a key measure showed living standards actually fell,…

13/02/2025

CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves lied about the amount of time she spent working for both the Bank of England and the Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) ...

13/02/2025

NEW: A former leader of Scottish Labour has been inducted into the House of Lords as her party has been accused of 'shamelessly' ennobling a new generation of 'unelected cronies'

🗣️ 'A job for life and she will have a role in deciding the laws of this land'

13/02/2025

Our NHS is at the heart of the Scottish Budget.

If approved by the Scottish Parliament, we will invest a record £21 billion for health & social care.

This will help to:

🔵cut waiting times and increase capacity
🔵support GPs to deliver more services
🔵improve the availability of procedures

13/02/2025

NEW: The UK Government has systemically edited documents or suppressed evidence of war crimes so it can continue selling weapons to Israel, a former Foreign Office official has said in a series of bombshell allegations

Read the full story: https://trib.al/6YU9BAB

13/02/2025

Social security is an investment in our people.

We’re delivering a system based on dignity, fairness and respect.

Our Budget funds a new universal Winter Fuel Payment, not available elsewhere in the UK, which will help every pensioner in Scotland heat their homes next winter.

13/02/2025

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 Good to meet EU Ambassador Pedro Serrano today.

Scotland is a proud European nation and our best future lies in the EU. In the meantime, we will keep building stronger ties and working together for a better future.

13/02/2025

🟥 UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves produced a “growth” plan last week which was disappointing to say the least for Scottish business.

🟪 The plan focused on infrastructure spend in the south of England with barely a thought for Scotland.

🟦 The Westminster government is selling Scotland short. Here are five ways in which Reeves’ growth plan underlines the fact that Scotland would be better off independent: https://bit.ly/4gr8vyt

13/02/2025

🚜 The UK government’s attack on the future of farming which is causing huge anger across the sector and saw tractors massing in London & Edinburgh recently was based on dodgy numbers.

🔎 Here are three key points about the farm tax that you need to know: https://bit.ly/40VSpXF

04/02/2025

Finance secretary Shona Robinson announced that an additional £114m will be given to councils.

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04/02/2025

The head of the new agency could not say in an interview on Monday when energy bills would reduce.

04/02/2025

🟥 Child poverty is on course to increase in the UK by the end of this parliament, with only Scotland bucking the trend, according to analysis by a poverty charity.

🟦 But child poverty in Scotland is still too high - An independent Scotland could do better: https://bit.ly/40Y5Ibp

04/02/2025

Polls: Labour Vote 'imploding'

04/02/2025

THE British nationalist media is really scraping the bottom of the SNP-bad scare story barrel.