The SNP Government Budget will be passed after Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said his party would not oppose the plans. Sarwar said Labour will abstain in the crunch vote next month and could ...
The SNP leader added that he did not have a “direct ... “John Swinney knows he has the vote to pass his Budget. “We’ll, of course, continue to engage with them in good faith, but I think ...
Sarwar has actually offered to vote for the Budget (whatever he perceives as its deficiencies) if the Scottish government speeds up its plans to end the two-child cap on access to benefits in Scotland ...
The Scottish Government published its draft budget in December, with record NHS investment and a pledge to scrap the two-child benefit cap among the headline announcements. But because the SNP ...
“Scottish Labour and its weak leadership are so disconnected from the Scottish people and communities that they are unwilling to vote against an SNP budget that once again fails to do anything ...
Tax increases on the whisky industry could hurt West Lothian jobs, councillors have been warned, as calls were made for the ...
The Tory MSP says he is pleased to say the animals are now safely in care and calls on the FM to condemn their release. John Swinney agrees with the Tory MSP and condemns the illegal release of the ...
With the Holyrood election being held next year, Scottish Labour feared opposing such a populist Budget would lead to the party falling even further behind the SNP in the polls. Mr Sarwar’s ...
A separate poll has put the Conservatives, Labour and Reform within one percentage point of one another in UK-wide ...