Benefits

Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Celeste Holm star in the 1956 film High Society. Scotland's high society receive a surprisingly large amount of state benefits (Picture: Film Publicity Archive)

Why are we paying £1.3bn in benefits to highest-earning households? Ian Johnston

John Swinney is allowing Scotland's benefits bill to spiral out of control (Picture: Andy Buchanan)

How Scotland's benefits cheats are being allowed to keep the cash Murdo Fraser

Chancellor John Healey needs to deliver on his promise of 'fiscal discipline' in his Budget next month (Picture: Ian Forsyth)

SNP should learn from Chancellor's 'moral duty' to cut benefits Scotsman comment

Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville (Peter Summers/PA)

Ministers no further forward with collecting £36m benefits debt

Construction of Dogger Bank offshore windfarm - which will have 277 turbines once complete - will be supported by jobs at Nigg.

180 offshore windfarm jobs created at Highland port

Exclusive Council launches probe into chestfeeding group 'safeguarding concerns'

The Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games has pushed accommodation prices higher.

Exclusive Commonwealth Games pushes Glasgow hotel prices up 150 per cent

Elaine Stewart is the Labour MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock

Exclusive Scottish Labour benefit cuts rebel U-turns to back welfare reforms

Employers are to receive support to hire young people who have been out of work, with additional incentives for small businesses to take on apprentices (Picture: Christopher Furlong)

I was a Labour benefit cuts rebel. Here's why I've changed my mind Elaine Stewart

Disused North Sea oil rigs stacked up in the Cromarty Firth during a downturn in the sector in 2018

Jackdaw bosses call for 'timely approval' from Miliband before winter

A primary pupil take part in Bikeability

Exclusive Impact of pandemic sees drastic drop in children able to cycle

Edinburgh North & Leith Labour MP Tracy Gilbert

'I was given up for adoption in Kirk mother and baby home', reveals MP

Alison Pearson of Acumen Employee Benefits

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The Tartan Army has taken over Boston

Tartan Army's charm offensive of USA sets up tourism boom back home

Future finances

Scotland’s pensions timebomb: over-40s too reliant on benefits

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Benefits of free trade with India potential boon for Scots’ spirits

Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth

Swinney's new deputy denies benefits spending is 'too high'

Loch Katrine supplies drinking water for over a million people in and around Glasgow.

Peatlands above Loch Katrine restored to protect water for millions

Former Olympic cyclist Sir Chris Hoy is living with terminal prostate cancer

Prostate cancer test 'saves lives' but risk of overtreament remains

Rail Sidings Limited managing director Gary Draisey aboard shunting locomotive “Charlie” at the Eastriggs site

Ambitious rail hub plan on site of 'devil's porridge' munitions plant

Benefits of a financial education

Susan Smith, left, and Marion Calder, directors of campaign group For Women Scotland, celebrate after the Supreme Court ruled on April 16 last year that the words 'woman' and 'sex' in the Equality Act 2010 refer to a 'biological woman and biological sex' (Picture: Dan Kitwood)

Women's charities open to males are 'flouting Supreme Court ruling'

Deidre Brock

Deidre Brock: SNP candidate calls education criticism 'ridiculous'

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay with his party’s manifesto.

Tory manifesto 'may not survive contact with reality', say economists

Navantia UK took over the Methil shipyard in January last year (Pic: Submitted)

Exclusive MoD urged to award Faslane contract to Scottish shipyard

Energy bills are set to rise

Energy bills predicted to surge by nearly £300 a year from July

Apomeds operate as regulated digital healthcare providers, acting as a bridge between patients and UK-registered physicians

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Moni Jitchell

Under the Radar: Moni Jitchell

Veda Stewart (right), a regular class member of the Dance for Parkinson's class in Perth, with teacher Carmen Carmen Berbel-Lapaz and other participants. Pic: Lisa Ferguson

Parkinson's ballet class gives power to patients in treatment tonic

Elliot Jackson, National Convenor of Children’s Hearings Scotland, says changes to the volunteer-led system are an opportunity to make a difference to young people and families - but others fear the reforms go to far. PIC: John Devlin

Scotland's unique children's hearings system set for radical change

The programme will empower early creators and members across the UK to help grow the platform and build communities.

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Up to 500 skilled jobs would be created by the factory (Picture: Ashley Cooper/Construction Photography/Avalon)

Major wind turbine factory set to create 500 Scots jobs

(Picture: Ashley Cooper/Construction Photography/Avalon)

UK net zero strategy 'wearing thin' with public, says report

Genesis Scottish Open tournament director Rory Colville, left, and Scottish Government Business Minister Richard Lochhead pictured at The Renaissance Club in East Lothian on Wednesday

£6.3m backing boost for Genesis Scottish Open from Scottish Government

More than 75 percent of organisations are not practicing disaster recovery plans in the recommended six-month timeframe.

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SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn and Sally Donald

Exclusive Ex-SNP candidate Sally Donald 'told to repay £20,000' in benefits

Sally Donald quit as an SNP candidate on Wednesday

Swinney only aware of SNP candidate benefits probe 'in recent days'

Hunterston B nuclear power plant in North Ayrshire (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Exclusive Mothballed nuclear site 'could still be revived', says energy minister

Fishing boats in Peterhead Harbour, Aberdeenshire

Scottish fishing industry warns UK against slipping back into EU rules

The Scottish Fiscal Commission highlighted a number of financial challenges

One million Scots set to receive disability benefits by 2031

Pupils at Fife’s Woodmill and St Columba’s High Schools are staying cosy

Energy use cut by 50% at Fife's 'too flipping hot' Passivhaus school

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Gayle Maxwell, who says a smear test saved her life after detecting cancer, has urged others not to delay having the check

Woman who says smear test saved her life urges others get screened

The town of Paisley in Renfrewshire was named in an impressive 6th place in the Scottish rankings and 86th in the UK rankings. According to Rightmove, house prices in Paisley have an overall average of £160,352 over the last year

Exclusive Paisley and Perth politicians eye bid for £3m UK Town of Culture

Finance Secretary Shona Robison and First Minister John Swinney

Recap what happened at the SNP Scottish budget 2026/27

Finance Secretary Shona Robison answers questions as she delivers the budget at the Scottish Parliament on January 13, 2026.

Scottish Child Benefit Payment Rise: Who gets it, how much is it?

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