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THE maker of the famous Killie pie fears people may stop buying rolls, cakes and tattie scones as prices soar and energy bills threaten to b...

LOCAL government staff striking over pay made their voices heard in Glasgow as it emerged social care workers are requesting to be balloted...

FOR a good faith discussion on independence and economics, it is important that we accurately represent our opponents views ...

THE UK Government has been accused of abdicating its responsibility after no Tory minister was willing to speak to the media following Ofgem...

A COALITION of campaign groups, including one focused on the Scottish Highlands and Islands, has announced plans to sue Ofgem over the energ...

ENERGY regulator Ofgem confirmed that the average household’s yearly bill would rise from £1971 to £3549 from October ...

OFGEM has confirmed an 80.06 per cent rise in the energy price cap, sending the average household’s yearly bill from £1971 to £3549 from Oct...

A SPACEPORT in Shetland hoping to host rocket launches next year is aiming to become part of the North East Scotland freeport.

BRITISH Gas has pledged to donate 10% of its profits during the energy crisis to help people struggling with rising bills.

WHILE all eyes are on the GERS figures and Scotland’s balance of payments, another measure of success is also worthy of attention – the worl...

FIRST Minister Nicola Sturgeon telling us we

THE annual GERS figures have been published, bringing a mixed bag of news for Scotland’s economic outlook.

It's GERSMas day, the day of the annual present gifted to anti-independencecampaigners by the British state. We need to stop any pretence th...

NICOLA Sturgeon has said there is a "real case" for civic mobilisation amid ongoing pay disputes, as she spoke of her Government's budget li...

NEXT year’s GERS figures may be “fortuitous” for the pro-independence movement, painting a “relatively rosy picture” of Scotland’s finances...

WEDNESDAY will mark one of the most notorious days in the Scottish political calendar: GERS.

SCOTS not getting what they have paid for could be contributing to the cost-of-living crisis, Trading Standards officers have warned, after...

I HAVE been writing about Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) since 2014. I had no plan to do so, but once I had looked at wh...

FIRST comes the mess: an overflowing bin; bags on top of bins; bags on the ground beside the bins. Then comes the mayhem: a ripped-open bin...

INVESTMENT bank Citi has predicted that UK inflation is on course to rise to 18.6% in January – the highest peak in almost half a century.

I THINK the current energy crisis highlights exactly why energy companies should be renationalised either now or in an independent Scotland....

THERE’S no driver, there’s no obvious destination, nobody knows who, if anyone, has ultimate control, and the legal and ethical implications...

ONE day I will be able to think about something other than the economic crisis that is coming our way this winter, but right now it dominate...

NEW analysis by Citizens Advice has shown that 1 in 4 people will be unable to afford their energy bills in October.

SCOTTISH retail sales flatlined in July as a slight rise in their value was cancelled out by the impact of record rising inflation, figures...