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RISHI Sunak declined to rule out real-terms cuts to benefits amid suggestions the move could be taken to free up cash for tax cuts ahead of...

IT looks like we’re at the start of a deep cultural shift about the role of work in our lives.

A NEW report has explored the impact of Brexit on the EU families who decided to leave the UK following the referendum in 2016.

I AGREE with Kirsty Hughes (‘Serious’ questions for independence as EU ‘ready to expand by 2030’, Aug 29) that the prospect of further EU ex...

NO new offshore wind farms have been commissioned in a key auction, dealing a blow to the UK Government’s hopes of decarbonising electricity...

The BBC's disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring has been accused of lying on her CV.

 WHEN, in the last week, the Financial Times has noted that the idea that government should "do less and tax less" is running out of support...

YOU wait for big political developments, then a whole stack appear at once, in parliaments on both sides of the Border ...

AFTER half a century as members of the EU, Scots know what membership means and almost two out three people voted Remain. A post-independenc...

A 13-year-old Ukrainian boy was stabbed and two other Ukrainian teenagers injured in a racially aggravated attack.

THE potential for exporting green hydrogen via a pipeline linking Scotland to Germany has been explored in a new report.

I’m sure we’re all encouraged by the excellent turnout and spectacle of the march for independence in Edinburgh on Saturday. However, while...

SCOTLAND has retained its status as one of Europe’s leading financial centres and second largest financial hub in the UK.

Disposable vapes will soon be banned in France as part of a national anti-smoking plan, the country’s prime minister Elizabeth Borne has sai...

DWAYNE “The Rock” Johnson and Oprah Winfrey have tag-teamed to raise funds for those affected by the wildfires in Hawaii. At least 115 peopl...

SCOTLAND is continually beating the UK on foreign direct investment, but experts are urging the country to diversify investment origin – and...

I READ Michael Russell’s article titled “The time to turbocharge land reform” (Aug 26). What Mr Russell proposes is the adoption of well-tro...

Just imagine this scenario. You wake up on the morning of November 6, 2024, a day after the US presidential election to the news that Donald...

AFTER a week where Labour has been criticised for its “shameful” move to rule out a wealth tax if it wins the next election, we’re hosting a...

“THE thinking at that time was there was still the possibility there could be a referendum in October 2023, before we had the Supreme Court...

THE number of mortgage approvals plummeted by more than a fifth in July compared to the same month last year as soaring interest rates take...

THE Scottish onshore economy flatlined for two months in a row, according to official estimates, which also showed a small dip in growth ove...

LOCAL businesses play a vital role in the life of our communities. Yet the past few years have seen them operate in uniquely difficult circu...

THE UK Government has quietly admitted that post-Brexit checks at the UK’s borders will increase inflation – despite Prime Minister Rishi Su...

I’m very much of the opinion that working with someone within a coalition of mutual agreement is better than shunning them because you might...