Political News Archive

AN agency funded by the Scottish Government is to spend up to £2.5 million on a team of international public relations experts to help promote Scotland abroad.

A COUNCIL leader has been reported to the standards watchdog after he helped approve up to £25,000 of funding for a subsidiary company of his employer.

AN SNP councillor in Alex Salmond's constituency has defected to the Liberal Democrats after losing confidence with his group.

HELP for women and older people will be at the heart of the Queen's Speech tomorrow as the UK Government denied proposed changes to pensions for overseas claimants were in response to the political threat from UKIP.

Smartphone users and owners of tablets such as the iPad will be entitled to refunds for poor-quality downloads under new plans expected to be set out in Wednesday's Queen's Speech.

An SNP minister has said she will write to two fellow MSPs to apologise after she branded them evil in a Scottish Parliament bar.

CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save three day centres for people with learning disabilities took centre stage at the annual May Day rally in Glasgow.

UKIP has started mobilising in Scotland following its surge in the English local elections, unveiling the first of its frontline team ahead of next year's European poll.

'David Cameron is going to have a terrible time," one Conservative MP said this week, adding: "But we did try to tell him.

The Coalition Government has been accused of cuts by the back door after figures showed the Scotland Office underspent its budget by three times the amount saved last year.

Finance Secretary John Swinney has been accused of quietly "raiding" the police budget to fill a hole in Government spending.

THE Tory-LibDem Coalition's controversial press regulation plans have been delayed, Downing St confirmed last night.

MSPs are furious that the Treasury Secretary Danny Alexander has again pulled out of giving evidence to the Holyrood Finance Committee.

The Tory-LibDem Coalition has spent nearly £90 million – including £4m in Scotland alone – making staff in just one government department redundant, figures show.