The First Minister said he would not comment on what would be in the upcoming budget but added that investment in public ...

The discussions have begun two months before the Scottish government has to publish its spending plans.

Shanks said using the cash in this way was a “missed opportunity” and suggested the auction could have generated more ...

the Cabinet Secretary for Finance confirmed to the Scottish Parliament that the Scottish budget will be presented on the 4th December. Nowadays, the Scottish budget is a complex process governed ...

Scottish Greens MSP Ross Greer: "The SNP will need to convince us that the package we agree will actually be delivered. The Scottish ...

The Greens have extended a hand to the Scottish Government which would see its budget pass – if ministers are “able and willing” to deliver an agreement. Parliamentary arithmetic means ministers need ...

The Scottish Government has now had to use a large proportion of the money to plug gaps in its budget. A ship passing wind turbines at RWE's Gwynt y Mor, the world's 2nd largest offshore wind farm ...

But the Scottish Government’s budget this year – a draft of which will be published in December – is expected to require swingeing cuts to be made to public spending in response to financial ...

John Swinney has not dismissed the possibility of freezing tax thresholds as a means to boost the Holyrood Government's ...

John Swinney has refused to rule out freezing the tax thresholds in the Scottish Budget later this year. The First Minister ...

They have started the discussions two months before they actually publish their draft budget for the year ahead because the Scottish government needs some help from their political rivals to get ...