A HOLYROOD committee has been told that Tory mismanagement of the economy has cost the taxpayer £40 billion in just six months.

GRANTS will only be given to organisations in Scotland who pay the real living wage from next July under new requirements.

SNP members fear the absence of a coherent policy on currency could sink the Yes movement and accused the party of failing to properly equip them to answer voters’ basic policy questions.

ALMOST half of adults in Scotland are estimated to have cut back on household spending because of energy costs, according to new analysis by a charity.

GRASSROOTS campaign machine Believe in Scotland launched the second edition of Scotland the Brief to activists in Glasgow this week.

HSBC has said that around 100 staff could leave the bank as a result of plans to axe 114 UK branches from April next year.

I WAS somewhat encouraged

A SCOTTISH firm has revealed how it was forced to abandon all trade with Europe after Brexit hammered the “nail into the coffin” of his export business.

ELIGIBILE families will begin to receive automatic payment of certain benefits from this week, following the expansion of the Scottish Child Payment.

AMID widespread travel disruption last week, the Scottish Affairs Committee was convened in Westminster with a skeleton contingent of three MPs – Douglas Ross, who represents Moray; Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith) and Sally-Ann Har...

A TOOLKIT that will help local authorities move towards a wellbeing economy has been announced by the Scottish Government.

IT’S no secret that Scotland is facing a skills shortage at a time of extreme economic volatility due to Brexit, recovery from Covid and war

SCOTLAND is being hit “particularly hard” by the cost of living crisis, with cities north of the Border facing some of the highest inflation levels in the UK, according to a

NICOLA Sturgeon has said Scotland’s Budget for next year will be a “difficult balancing act”.

A CONSERVATIVE MP has been caught out live on air after she claimed the UK economy is doing better than the rest of the G7.

THE UK Government has been accused of “failing Scotland’s young people” after newly released statistics showed a surge in benefit sanctions.

Follow live updates here as we bring you all the latest updates from the autumn Budget.

JEREMY Hunt is set to announce the autumn Budget in which he is expected to unveil spending cuts and tax rises.

THE UK Government is under increasing pressure to overhaul the energy system in a plan that proponents say would save £18 billion a year.

WITH the prospect

ENERGY giant SSE has seen its profits balloon as high electricity prices saw its gas generation arm make a killing a day before the government is expected to hit companies with an extra windfall tax.

MHAIRI Black has told Alister Jack she "won't take advice from a soon-to-be unelected Baron" after the Scottish Secretary accused the SNP of not respecting democracy.

NEWS that London has lost its crown as Europe’s largest stock market to Paris should hardly come as a surprise. The French capital has successfully closed a trillion-dollar gap since the 2016 vote on Brexit. This was further hastened by rec...

THE Scottish public’s confidence in the UK economy has dropped further as the cost-of-living crisis deepens, according to a new poll.

SOARING energy bills sent UK inflation to its highest level for 41 years in October as the cost-of-living crisis continues to hit households, according to official figures.