First Minister Humza Yousaf has accused Labour of planning to “raid the north east” after Anas Sarwar accused the SNP of siding with oil and gas giants.
First Minister Humza Yousaf has accused Labour of planning to “raid the north east” after Anas Sarwar accused the SNP of siding with oil and gas giants.
The SNP’s pledge over a council tax freeze has unravelled after councillors in Argyll and Bute agreed to hike the charge by 10%.
Deputy First Minister Shona Robison will hand over an extra £62.7 million to local authorities after admitting the funding she offered for a council tax freeze was “not sufficient”.
Scottish ministers need to produce a “clear national strategy for health and social care”, public spending watchdogs said as a report highlighted growing pressures on the NHS.
How did it come to this? Point scoring between the SNP and Labour is being played out by politicising a harrowing and deadly conflict in the Middle East.
Scotland’s Health Secretary has blamed the “twin challenges” of budget cuts from Westminster and soaring inflation for putting plans to build new hospitals and treatment centres on pause.
Deputy First Minister Shona Robison has insisted that local authorities have been treated “reasonably fairly” in her budget as she warned hiking council tax and keeping funding earmarked to freeze the charge “will not wash” with the public.
Oil bosses held an urgent Bute House meeting with Humza Yousaf after comments made by the First Minister had a “negative impact” on the energy sector and workforce, lobbying records have revealed.
The CEO of Scotland’s largest gas distribution company has called for the UK and Scottish government to algin their policies and not shut the window on transforming Scotland into the “battery of Europe”.
