The graffiti highlighted potholes and defects on a street in Battlefield. It has been removed by a council power wash team.

The First Minister was speaking after Sir Keir Starmer’s UK Government was forced into a last-minute climbdown.

Peter Fotheringham, the former director of finance at Dundee University, was giving evidence to MSPs on Holyrood’s Education Committee.

Some departments, including the Home Office and Foreign Office, have lost out in the government's Spending Review.

On Wednesday, Shayela Hassan, a spokesperson for the N.N.S.A., said in an email that a version of the budget justification published earlier by the Energy Department on its website had incorrectly ...

The party did back an SNP budget back in 2021, having secured extra funding for mental health and local government. Those same asks are on their wish-list again, as is putting a stop to any spending ...

John Swinney declares SNP ‘healed’ a year after taking helm of ‘fractured’ party The First Minister took office in May last year at a tumultuous time for the SNP.

An SNP -led council could be forced into a U-turn on its second home tax raid after residents complained it would harm the local economy, reports say. North Ayrshire Council is said to be ...

While the SNP has not staged a dramatic recovery, the ruling party is now about 14 points clear in the first-past-the-post constituency vote. “They are going to pick up most constituency seats ...

The 2025-26 budget will see every Scots worker earning over £30,318 pay more income tax than elsewhere in the UK from April, adding £1,540 to the tax bill for a £50,000 salary.

UK SNP Budget plans approved with Greens, Lib Dems and Alba support Ministers highlighted record spending for the NHS and councils in the £63 billion budget settlement.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. The SNP’s Budget Bill is set to clear its final parliamentary hurdle, as MSPs prepare for the stage three vote on the tax and spending plans.