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Tories: Labour abstention means 'cheapest Budget deal' since devolution
Scottish Labour abstaining in the vote on the Scottish Government’s Budget amounts to the “cheapest” deal on the tax and ...
SNP and Tories accuse each other of being populist parties at FMQs
Elsewhere, First Minister John Swinney apologised "unreservedly" to islanders affected by delays in building two ferries to serve off Scotland's west coast. It also emerged Scotland's NHS is facing ...
Labour abstention means ‘cheapest budget deal’ since devolution – Findlay
Scottish Labour abstaining in the vote on the Scottish Government’s Budget amounts to the “cheapest” deal on the tax and ...
Almond Valley MSP blasts Labour’s proposed plans for social security spending at Holyrood
Almond Valley SNP MSP Angela Constance has expressed concern over Scottish Labour’s proposed plans for social security ...
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Is begging for Budget support the best John Swinney can do?
THE main points of John Swinney’s recent speech had already been published in Monday’s National accompanied by the headline “Swinney to ...
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We'll judge you on what you deliver, Mr Swinney, not what you promise
Be grateful for small mercies. We have been spared this year’s edition of the Scottish Budget faux drama in which a bit player emerges from ...
SNP's bloated benefits bill to soar by £700million
Scotland's benefits bill could soar by £700million under SNP plans to scrap the two-child cap - with fears 'benefits tourists ...
John Swinney accused of being 'obsessed' with independence as SNP first minister brands it an 'urgent priority' despite healthcare and economic crisis in Scotland
John Swinney came under fire for saying he remains 'committed' to breaking up the UK and suggested the Yes campaign nearly ...
Benefit claimants 'may move from England to Scotland' for extra handouts as they exploit SNP plans to scrap two-child cap on Universal Credit, report warns
Holyrood's independent budget watchdog, the Scottish Fiscal Commission, says the SNP's move would be worth around £3,600 per ...
Opinion
Gutless Sarwar's hopes of being FM are surely now in tatters
What a weak and gutless announcement from Anas Sarwar that the Labour Party will abstain in the vote for the Scottish Budget because “it will ...
Why John Swinney's warning about medicine rationing was actually a threat
As the leader of a minority government, John Swinney has a duty to negotiate with other parties to enable key legislation, ...