Scotland’s two Green MSPs are on the brink of a remarkable deal with the SNP government that could provide 1.8 million homes north of the border with a free insulation scheme over the next decade.for more click here
ALEX SALMOND was told last night to take his hands off the Saltire and stop treating it as the SNP’s “exclusive property”.
Annabel Goldie, the Scottish Tory leader, accused the first minister of attempting to monopolise the national flag for his party and over-using it during the Glasgow East and Glenrothes by-elections. for more click here
Alex Salmond’s risks leading the SNP to defeat in an independence referendum unless he changes tactics, influential party members have claimed. for more click here
Persistence has paid off for Donald Trump in Scotland. Less than a year after the local government narrowly shot down his plan to build two golf courses, a hotel and more than 500 homes on the coast near Aberdeen, the Scottish government overruled the locals and approved the plan this week. for more click here
Alex Salmond was attacked yesterday over his claims that if Scotland were independent he would have ordered a Scottish central bank to pump £100million into HBOS to prevent its takeover by Lloyds TSB.
The First Minister’s comments, reported at the weekend, were described as “palpable nonsense” by Tavish Scott, leader of the Lib Dems. for more click here
GORDON Brown yesterday backtracked from comments made last week supporting more tax-raising powers for Holyrood. for more click here
GORDON Brown yesterday backtracked from comments made last week supporting more tax-raising powers for Holyrood. for more click here
THE post of Scottish Secretary is set to be scrapped at Westminster as a consequence of the IRA being declared redundant as a paramilitary organisation.
The post – which was created in 1703 and even pre-dates that of prime minister – will be replaced by a Secretary of State for the Nations, for more click here
Young Scots could be banned from buying alcohol in shops, retailers forced to sell cigarettes under the counter and the council tax scrapped in a series of controversial reforms outlined by Alex Salmond yesterday.
Scotland’s first minister said the measures, among the most significant in 15 bills announced at Holyrood, were central to his plans to build a “safer, greener, healthier, wealthier and fairer” society. for more click here
Gordon Brown will hold discussions today with local Labour Party officials about the timing of the Glenrothes by-election, with some in the party believing that a case can be made for holding the crucial poll as early as September 11. for more click here