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An under-pressure Chancellor will welcome the news that the annual rate of consumer prices index (CPI) inflation fell to 2.5 per cent last month from 2.6 per cent in November. Most analysts had been expecting the inflation rate to remain unchanged but a fall in hotel prices helped offset a jump in the cost of fuel last month.

Analysis Truth about December’s inflation dip - and why it might not last long

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes

Exclusive Rachel Reeves does not have a mandate for austerity, says Forbes

Readers' Letters: Labour MPs not prepared to stand up for Scotland

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Tulip Siddiq resigns as Labour minister after ethics investigation

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has defended her handling of the economy

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Keir Starmer could replace Rachel Reeves with Gordon Brown as Chancellor by elevating the former Prime Minister to the Lords (Picture: Leon Neal)

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Making Britain better off will be "at the forefront of the Chancellor's mind" as she visits China, the Treasury has claimed

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Tractors are lined up outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, during a protest by farmers over the changes to inheritance tax

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John Swinney has written to UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves to call for more funding

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves flanked by Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Labour already out of ideas on economy

First Minister John Swinney 'worried' about the future of the economy

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Economy heading to 'worst of all worlds' with decline expected in 2025

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Analysts say food and drink inflation, added to fuel rises, have driven this bump in inflation.

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Regulator Ofcom has fined Royal Mail £10.5 million for missing its post delivery targets in the 2023-2024 financial year.

Why Royal Mail has been fined £10.5 million - has public trust eroded?

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Exclusive ‘Tsunami' of care home closures to come after Scottish Budget 'whammy'

Harper Macleod said its corporate and M&A (mergers and acquisitions) team advised on 42 transactions in October, as business owners and acquiring companies acted ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ eagerly-awaited, maiden fiscal statement.

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will set out a "plan for change" and milestones he expects his ministers to meet in key policy areas

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves she won't raise taxes or borrow more but circumstances could always change... (Picture: Leon Neal)

SNP to blow chance to undo damage done to business by Labour's Budget John McLellan

SNP social justice secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville (Pic: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

All pensioners in Scotland qualify for winter fuel payment

Finance Secretary Shona Robison will outline the Scottish Budget on December 4 (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Scottish Budget must ease burden on businesses and boost growth - Ross Stupart

Drive-through Covid vaccinations at Queen Margaret University on the outskirts of Edinburgh in February 2021 (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Readers' Letters: Scotland can take a lead globally in pandemic preparedness

The Fitness Group was launched in 2018 by Steven Dick and Scott Agnew who met playing football at school and have remained friends ever since.

Football friends duo take Scottish fitness venture global with Dubai expansion

Kate Forbes

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Labour is in a hole and Chancellor Rachel Reeves is the one doing most of the digging (Picture: Jonathan Brady)

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Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes, First Minister John Swinney and Finance Secretary Shona Robison.

Analysis Headaches as ministers short on options to plug National Insurance gap

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Exclusive One in three families with children need to borrow for emergencies

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Scotland's NHS is under the microscope (Picture: Jane Barlow - Pool/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Claims Scottish NHS is best of four nations need examining

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The timing of possible gifts and the passing of assets should be given careful consideration following Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget (Picture: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire)

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The Labour government has been accused by the rural sector of being ‘out of touch’ with farming given its latest decision on farm taxes

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Calls to U-turn on farmer tax as petition exceeds 100,000 signatures in two days

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