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IN recent years it has become fashionable in predominantly English-speaking “progressive” circles and establishments to feign bewilderment a...

The Finance Secretary also said that the pandemic "strengthened the case" for independence as the Scottish Government is restricted in its p...

NICOLA Sturgeon has responded to the annual GERS figures report, saying having a deficit is no barrier to "any country in the world being in...

THIS morning sees the release of the Scottish Government's latest Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) report.

SO, we have another GERS statement, and with it the collective disbelief that this statement continues to be published in 2021. GERS is, of...

UK RAIL passengers could be hit by the largest fares rise in a decade.

THIS morning sees the release of the Scottish Government's latest Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) report.

IN the political culture of the Middle East, there’s a name to describe the creep of western values. Loosely translated, “Gharbzadegi” is th...

THE median age of the UK population is almost 40 years. That means Britain has been actively engaged in Afghanistan for half the time the av...

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners have said the Scottish Government must include climate change experts on its economic advisory council.

IN my opinion the possibility of running a humane basic income pilot without the buy-in of the Department for Work and Pensions and HMRC doe...

THREE times as many people with terminal conditions could receive benefits as Scotland rewrites welfare rules, The National can reveal.

IT’S often said you don’t appreciate what’s on your own doorstep and despite my years in Pakistan and Bangladesh, I never did get to visit A...

DOMINIC Raab felt a feeling. It was a feeling he'd felt before, he felt.

I HAVE been a customer of one of the major Scottish banks for more than 40 years. Long enough to remember the days when there was a local br...

SCOTLAND'S unemployment rate dropped slightly in the last quarter, according to the latest figures.

WHAT’S THE STORY?

TIME was when we used to find Scots fatally embroiled in the sort of military confusion and disorder we now see unfolding in Kabul.

NIGEL Farage has been condemned by a charity for his “divisive” rhetoric on refugees as the “world watches in horror” at the resurgence of t...

LORRY driver shortages are having a knock-on effect on Scotland's hospitality sector as businesses are reporting delays and cancellations of...

LORRY driver shortages are having a knock-on effect on Scotland's hospitality sector as businesses are reporting delays and cancellations of...

Chaotic scenes have unfolded at Kabul airport as thousands of people attempt to flee Afghanistan.

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab was returning from a holiday abroad last night after defying advice not to go amid the situation in Afghan...

IN our last two articles we have focused on banking regulation and made some proposals relating to banking resilience (to prevent bank failu...

IVORY Coast in West Africa has declared its first outbreak of Ebola in more than a quarter of a century after its Ministry of Health confirm...