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WHEN it is generally recognised that the currency question

INTEREST rates have risen to 3 per cent as the Bank of England announced the biggest hike for three decades.

Glasgow City Council has warned it is facing massive cuts next year to meet its biggest ever budget deficit.

PEOPLE could be facing tax rises for years to come as Jeremy Hunt and Rishi Sunak look to address a black hole of up to £50 billion in the p...

It came as BP confirmed it will be hit by the windfall tax on its UK operations this year, unlike rival company Shell.

GEORGE Kerevan is to be commended for his article in Monday’s paper for highlighting the lack of coherence shown by the government in Edinbu...

THE excellent and unique National occasionally runs ads and articles concerning alcohol production, sale and popularity.

THE thought of more cuts saddens and distresses me. The problem is that this country is a bankrupt basket case. The hard question is, where...

A RECORD number of Scots are being paid the real living wage, according to the latest figures.

IN talking about the problem of dealing with the known knowns, the known unknowns, and the unknown unknowns, Donald Rumsfeld accidentally pr...

A MAJORITY of people in Britain think Brexit has had a negative impact on the UK, a new poll has revealed.

THE Tories are reportedly preparing tax hikes and public spending cuts worth up to £50 billion in what would be a return to post-financial c...

WE don’t really need any more examples of the topsy-turvy priorities of the economic system which governs our lives, but the World Bank cert...

FOUR top experts on European politics speak to The National about the claim an independent Scotland would need to adopt the euro to join the...

THE prices of staple foods in UK supermarkets have gone up by as much as 65 per cent in the past year, according to new data from the Office...

THE prices of staple foods in UK supermarkets have gone up by as much as 65 per cent in the past year, according to new data from the Office...

CHANGING banks is a faff, isn’t it? It means a new card, a new PIN, new log-in details and ensuring your direct debits and standing orders a...

A demonstration is planned for Glasgow this week to protest against Rishi Sunak being appointed Prime Minister.

SIGNIFICANTLY higher taxes on the average person would be needed to finance higher public spending in the UK, according to a former Bank of...

ALL is not well in the longstanding alliance between the United States and Saudi Arabia. Earlier this month, the Saudi regime sided with Rus...

PLEASE forgive me for being confused with Professor Murphy’s reported statements that he is no longer for independence and is now a Unionist...

TESCO has put the price of a meal deal up for the first time in over a decade, with the change set to come into force in days.

SUPPORTERS of Boris Johnson are backing the former prime minister to make an extraordinary political comeback following the dramatic resigna...

SCOTLAND’S governments must make it clear how businesses will be supported as a recession looms, the Scottish Chambers of Commerce

THOM Cross from Carluke (Letters, Oct 15) falls into the familiar trap of claiming that Adam Smith coined the phrase “the invisible hand of...