A review of possible improvements to the A96 connecting Aberdeen and Inverness has concluded that smaller interventions would deliver better outcomes that full dualling of the road. The appraisal, ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves ended universal entitlement to the Winter Fuel Payment, worth up to £300, in a move backed by MPs ...

Judges have retired to consider their verdict in a landmark case about the legal definition of “woman”. The UK’s highest ...

John Swinney has defended Neil Gray’s use of a ministerial car to see a film premier, claiming it was “relevant” to the ...

He added: “Opposition for opposition's sake is all well and good where governments have comfortable majorities, but put ...

First Minister John Swinney will pledge to bring policy-making closer to communities in a major speech ahead of next week’s ...

Highland women’s aid groups claim the awarding of such a contract could mean their refuges will be forced to close. They say ...

David Hamilton said he is still seeing “unconventional messaging” – such as WhatsApp and Microsoft Teams – being used ...

When MSPs recently voted to scrap annual targets for reducing carbon emissions, Sarah Boyack was on the other side of ...

Scotland has a long history of pumped-storage hydropower, but there has been a 40 year wait in the UK for a new major ...

The IFS said the extra £1.5bn day-to-day resource funding had significantly improved the short-term funding outlook for ...

The Scottish Government has been asked to act over safety fears after emergency services were called to an industrial estate ...