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THE COST of living has soared once again, putting further strain on families under pressure across the UK.

POLICE officers in Scotland have agreed to an improved pay offer just weeks after they rejected an “derisory” offer of £565.

THE unemployment rate in Scotland has dropped by 1.1 percentage points across the past year, figures have shown. 

REGULAR pay fell at the sharpest rate on record between April and June, official figures have shown.

“TAKE Back Control”, the mantra of this sovereignty-obsessed UK Government, is now needed more than ever

IN the northwest of Scotland, which has endured poor weather while much of the rest of the country swelters, the activity sector has been pa...

ONE in five visitor attractions in Scotland are concerned about their long-term survival.

THE “can’t pay, won’t pay” campaign didn’t single handedly derail the much reviled poll tax, but it did spell a victory for people power; fo...

THERE is much in Peter Kerr’s letter I agree with, but I think there is a flaw in his hypothesis (Tory supporters won’t admit they are wrong...

THE UK Government is looking into giving more energy bill help to businesses even as it refuses to commit to helping households more, it has...

THE UK’s economy shrank over the last three months in what may be the beginning of the predicted recession.

I HAVE done a number of media interviews over the last week, and they all suggest that the message I have been trying to impart about the co...

THE UK Government is coming under more pressure than ever before to get its act together and take action over the ever-growing energy bill c...

LIKE the majority of people in the country, the cost of living escalating without any checks is impacting on me, particularly as a pensioner...

HOUSEHOLDS in the UK already owe £1.3 billion to their energy suppliers – two months before bills are set to soar by more than 80%.

YOU have to be careful when offering money-saving tips these days. People are anxious. Some are frightened. Many are angry. Faced with the p...

YOU have to be careful when offering money-saving tips these days. People are anxious. Some are frightened. Many are angry. Faced with the p...

ACROSS Edinburgh it is Festival time again and the city is pulsating with the throb of arts, culture, performers and visitors.

AS Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak battle it out to

IN my letter “Mass action required to save our planet” (Aug 2), I argued that we could not rely on our elected governments or multinationals...

YOU reporting BP profits tripling for the second quarter, the government raking in enormous increases in taxes from energy (reason for sayin...

THE debate around the economics of independence has failed to focus enough on the costs of Scotland staying in – rather than leaving – the U...

"THE limits of devolution are tight, Westminster could do more, we do need independence. These are truisms. But that is not an excuse for in...

THE cap on energy bills might soar by several hundred pounds more than nightmare forecasts predicted earlier this week, new analysis has sho...

AS the cost of living statistics become more and more like a reject JG Ballard novel, and the party-political responses become ever more fat...