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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

The SNP's budget pledge to give £20 million to examine inter-island transport connections on Shetland and Orkney could see a new tunnel opened in the area by the end of this decade and more built ...

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar says his party will abstain because he knows the Budget “will pass anyway” as the SNP has the support of at least one other opposition party. The Labour ...

Scottish Secretary Ian Murray says Holyrood ministers need to further develop the policy before it can progress.

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 ...

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 ...

Making his first speech of 2025, the SNP leader warned of the consequences to the NHS and beyond if opposition parties were to block the Budget Bill. With the First Minister leading a minority ...