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Letter to Treasury

Mackay expecting Scots boost from Belfast funding deal

Derek Mackay
Derek Mackay: ‘clearer criteria’ Finance Secretary Derek Mackay wants the Treasury to spell out what the extra funding offered to Northern Ireland will mean for Scotland’s budget. He has writtenRead More

Appeal from minister

Forbes backs rates lobby and urges MSPs to reject council switch

Kate Forbes, SNP digital minister
Kate Forbes: ‘unequivocal support’ (pic: Terry Murden) Public Finance Minister Kate Forbes has pledged the SNP’s commitment to retaining the uniform business rate and urged other parties to drop theirRead More

Decision to go early

Mackay to deliver Scottish Budget ahead of Chancellor’s statement

Derek Mackay
Clarity: Derek Mackay (pic: Terry Murden) Derek Mackay has announced that the Scottish Government’s Budget will be published on 6 February, five weeks before the Chancellor delivers his own BudgetRead More

Labour leader setback

Leonard’s indy debate call snubbed by party executive

Richard Leonard in Airdrie
Richard Leonard: authority undermined (pic: Terry Murden) Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard’s call for a special conference on the party’s position on independence has been rejected by his own executiveRead More

Timetable issue

Mackay: ‘I may deliver Scottish Budget before 11 March’

Derek Mackay
Derek Mackay: going early is an option (pic: Terry Murden) Scotland’s Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has revealed that he may deliver the Scottish Budget before Chancellor Sajid Javid makes hisRead More

Date for statement

Javid sets tough test for Mackay with 11 March Budget

Sajid Javid
First statement: Sajid Javid Chancellor Sajid Javid will hold his first Budget on 11 March when he will lay the foundations of the Tories’ ‘union dividend’ with a pledge toRead More

Only a fifth stay in job

Fair Start jobless scheme ‘failing miserably’ says Lockhart

Dean Lockhart: ‘thousands have been let down (pic: Terry Murden) A flagship Scottish government scheme to get people into work is “failing miserably”, according to a senior Conservative MSP. MinistersRead More

Concern over vote

22 groups oppose switching business rates to councils

David Lonsdale
David Lonsdale: ‘alarming and retrograde step’ (pic: Terry Murden) Handing control of Scotland’s £2.8 billion business rates to local councils is now opposed by 22 trade associations and industry groups.Read More

President charged

Markets unmoved as Congress votes to impeach Trump

Donald Trump: not worried Markets in Asia were largely unmoved as the news of Donald Trump’s impeachment filtered out of Washington. Mr Trump became only the third US president toRead More

Address to parliament

‘Work has to be done’ to win over independence doubters

Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon: ‘we demand the right to choose’ Nicola Sturgeon has set out her case for a fresh vote on independence while accepting that “work has to be done” toRead More