Politics

U-turn likely

Starmer ‘willing to scrap green target to cut bills’

Starmer and wind turbine

Leadership hailed

Forbes demands oil and gas tax reform in budget

Kate Forbes SNP conference

Tax demand

Badenoch stamp duty call turns focus on LBTT

Kemi Badenoch at Tory conference 2025

Independence paper

Swinney puts case for two-stage central bank

John Swinney at Fresh Start (pic: Scot gov)

Training call

Tories demand 10,000 more apprenticeships

Murdo Fraser

Statement

Robison announces earlier Scottish Budget date

Shona Robison budget address 4 12 24

Tory pledge

Stride would axe business rates for shops and bars

Waitress with victory sign

Letter to Badenoch

Mone has ‘no wish to return as Conservative peer’

Michelle Mone

Energy dismay

Oil workers call for Unite to disaffiliate from Labour

Michael Shanks (DBMS)

Weak links

Company bosses feel disconnected from Holyrood

Scottish Parliament Holyrood