First Minister John Swinney will pledge to bring policy-making closer to communities in a major speech ahead of next week’s ...

First Minister John Swinney has urged the opposition parties to engage with his government on the budget ahead of its publication next week. Speaking in Edinburgh, he said this budget was an ...

Women’s Aid could be wiped from the map in the Scottish Highlands under council plans to adopt a single provider covering men and women, it is claimed. In an unprecedented step, four local groups ...