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First Minister John Swinney (Jane Barlow/PA)

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Analysis Spring statement will be 'policy lite' - but all eyes on the forecasts

Chancellor Rachel Reeves with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Chancellor told to axe energy profits levy and boost Holyrood funding

Cosla demands next Scottish government 'scrap and replace' council tax

Scottish health and social care services may need to be cut amid fears over financial sustainability

SNP warned health services 'cannot be sustained' amid £450m black hole

Gordon Drummond, owner of Cairngorm Lodges, and Katie Long, publican at Brown and Blacks

Exclusive Businesses warn they will 'bleed to death' amid 'Victorian-era tax'

Finance Secretary Shona Robison (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

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Finance Secretary Shona Robison

SNP budget 'increasingly detached from reality', top economist warns

ScotRail fares are to be frozen for the next year.

ScotRail fares to be frozen for the next year

Shona Robison's budget could deprioritise funding for parts of the NHS

NHS could 'deteriorate' as hospital and ambulance funding set to dip

John Swinney has confidence in Fiona McQueen

Swinney has confidence in police chair despite 'Disneyland' comments

Sir Tom Hunter (Picture: Lesley Martin)

Sir Tom Hunter calls for pub ban for all Scottish Government ministers

Exclusive SNP 'ignored vital warnings' at QEUH after bug alert over ceiling leak

Andrew Bowie, Kemi Badenoch and Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay

Tories launch campaign to save Scotland's pubs 'hammered' by SNP

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Exclusive Arts bosses demand support now as SNP future funding pledge revealed

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay has warned that Scotland 'cannot afford to keep spending on social security as we are' (Picture: Ian Forsyth)

Scottish Tories vow two-child limit for Scottish Child Payment

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SNP MSP warns over council tax hikes amid extra Westminster funds hope

Nicola Sturgeon denies putting pressure on NHS chiefs to open QEUH

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Hospital deaths 'the biggest scandal in the history of Holyrood'

First Minister John Swinney and Finance Secretary Shona Robison unveiling the 2026/27 Scottish budget.

Council taxes will rise because of the SNP budget settlement- Cosla

Tech surge: Why Scotland saw record tech firm incorporations in 2025

Rural experts say stalking can help bring in financial support for deer management on estates (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell) (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Changes to sporting rates relief risks repeat of farm tax 'mistakes'

The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow

Hospital in fatal water contamination scandal 'opened too early'

SNP ministers have only enough allocated funding for a 1 per cent pay deal for public sector workers next year, a real-terms pay cut

Clash over public sector pay as workers dragged into higher tax bands

The construction of the CalMac ferry MV Glen Rosa has been continually delayed and cost much more than expected (Picture: John Devlin)

Exclusive SNP's top civil servant insists 'not everything is broken'

Investors in sectors like marine renewables can help boost economic growth in Scotland (Picture: Andy Buchanan)

Exclusive £300m raided from ScotWind revenues to prop up SNP's Budget

There are warnings about what the budget means for police numbers and training.

Exclusive Scottish budget: 'Tough decisions' on emergency service, say unions

Exclusive SNP's new aviation charge a 'potential tax hike for millions of Scots'

First Minister John Swinney listens to Finance Secretary Shona Robison announcing the draft Budget for 2026-27

Number of Scots paying higher income tax rates to reach almost 950,000

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Shona Robison announcing the draft Budget for 2026/27

Analysis SNP's pre-election Budget favours soundbites over substance

Finance Secretary Shona Robison and First Minister John Swinney

Recap what happened at the SNP Scottish budget 2026/27

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Analysis No big bombshells but nothing much to cheer for retailers

HIE and council were able to support key infrastructure projects likes roads and causeways, but they have been stripped of that opportunity through stringent budget cuts. Pic: Nick Smith

Scottish Budget: Fresh focus fixed links between Scottish islands

Some income tax thresholds changed in Scotland

Lower and middle earners get Budget boost but wealthy homeowners hit
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Danish clothing tycoon Anders Holch Povlsen is now Scotland’s single largest private landowner after buying up a vast swathe of land covering around 90,000 hectares across 13 estates in Sutherland and the Cairngorms, including Glen Feshie (above), with plans for nature restoration and rewilding on a grand scale

Scottish budget: Nature restoration funding triples in two years

A boost for colleges was pledged in today’s Scottish Budget (Picture: John Devlin)

Scottish Budget: £70m more for colleges and breakfast clubs in schools

Finance Secretary Shona Robison

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One of the proposed art stores at The Art Works complex which is due to be created in Granton by the National Galleries of Scotland.

Scottish Budget: £11.6m to protect Scotland's art collection

Scottish Budget: Private jet tax introduced and peak ferry fares axed

Shona Robison has delivered her draft Scottish Budget

Scottish Budget 2026: 100,000 Scots 'clobbered' by SNP tax tweaks

Finance Secretary Shona Robison

Exclusive Higher tax has not delivered better public services, say half of Scots

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, speaking ahead of the Scottish Budget in Coatbridge. Photo by Lisa Ferguson/The Scotsman

Exclusive Sarwar in demand to 'unleash housebuilding' for cost of living support

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

Scottish Budget: What to expect in Shona Robison's spending plans

SNP Finance Secretary Shona Robison

Economists warn capital projects face axe over SNP's £1bn budget hole

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

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