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THE vast majority of parents in the UK are struggling to cope with the soaring costs of raising their children, according to a recent study.

A MULTI-MILLION pound contract for the construction of the Stornoway Port Authority’s new multi-purpose deep water terminal has been awarded...

IMPOTENT fury is the worst kind. When there’s nothing to be done but bang your head off the desk or kick a bin, the most you’ll achieve is a...

A FACT-CHECKER has found a Tory government minister made a false claim about employment figures in the UK – despite Boris Johnson having bee...

IMPOTENT fury is the worst kind. When there’s nothing to be done but bang your head off the desk or kick a bin, the most you’ll achieve is a...

WRITER and poverty campaigner Jack Monroe has torn into a Tory supporter on Twitter after he appeared to mock a single mum who said she was...

WRITER and poverty campaigner Jack Monroe has torn into a Tory supporter on Twitter after he appeared to mock a single mum who said she was...

BEFORE April 1’s 54% rise in energy bills for those on the price cap, some 43 per cent of people in the UK were already struggling to pay th...

THERE is a lot said about how we don’t have enough renewable energy sources to not rely on nuclear when the wind doesn’t blow. However there...

A £5 million fund will help develop new technology to harness CO2 and use it for commercial purposes, the Scottish Government has announced.

"LIFE-CHANGING” help from Citizens Advice Bureaux across Scotland has helped thousands of Scots make gains worth an average of £4400 since t...

AN MSP who “grew up in poverty” and visited food banks says the UK Government has shown tackling the cost-of-living crisis is “not a priorit...

A 20-YEAR fight for a large-scale wind farm on the Western Isles could fall at the last hurdle because of the failure to reform “unfair” cha...

CALLING an organisation “These Islands” suggests a moment of nostalgia, entirely appropriate for a Union-supporting think tank.

TRADERS hoping to pass goods through the UK’s busiest port have been hit by further trouble after the Government's post-Brexit IT system wen...

Should Cornwall be given similar self-governance powers to Wales or Scotland?

FOLLOWING reports that Akshata Murthy, wife of Chancellor Rishi Sunak, has taken "non-domicile" status as recently as April 2020, it is wort...

A TEN per cent rise in the National Insurance rate comes into effect on Wednesday, creating yet another burden on the already strained walle...

BORIS Johnson has defended the decision to hike up national insurance for millions of workers from today, arguing that the manifesto-breakin...

BORIS Johnson's Brexit deal has hammered Britain’s trade with the largest economy in Europe, analysis has found.

FLORA Murray, the suffragette and medical pioneer who helped care for thousands of injured First World War veterans, will feature on Scotlan...

FURTHER to Brian Lawson’s long letter on Mar 31 about standing charges, let me share the response I received from my electricity supplier wh...

THE UK Government has moved closer to bringing cryptocurrency into the mainstream as it unveiled plans that would allow so-called stablecoin...

The Scottish Government has encouraged applications for funding from projects which celebrate Scotland’s local sourced and produced food and...

GLASGOW city centre is set to benefit from almost £2 million in Scottish Government funding to help the area recover from the pandemic.