The Scottish government has confirmed spending cuts of up to £500m. Finance Secretary Shona Robison said the "direct savings" were necessary to support the Scottish government's 2024/25 budget.

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SCOTLAND’s Finance Secretary Shona Robison has announced the Scottish Government will be making £500 million of spending cuts in a bid to fill a budget black hole. After warning the UK is facing a ...

The Scottish Finance Secretary has already hit out at Labour for a “whole new era of austerity” ahead of the statement. The First Minister has already warned that there are more “tough decisions” ...

Opposition figures pointed to a Scottish Fiscal Commission report that found much of the financial pressure on the public purse “comes from the Scottish government’s own decisions”.

The nationalism behind support for Scottish independence has a “rather different” concept of identity to the nationalism underpinning Brexit, research has found. Elections expert Professor Sir John ...

The Scottish Government has announced £500m in cuts to services as it tries to fill a budget black hole. Outlining the levels of savings, Scotland’s finance secretary said £188m will be found across ...

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EDINBURGH — It was a decade ago this month that Scotland came within a whisker of leaving the U.K. But only one thing was on Scottish nationalists’ minds as they gathered this weekend for the first ...