Scotland’s Finance Secretary has urged local authorities to avoid big increases in council tax as she gave them an extra £1 billion. Shona Robison laid out the Scottish Government’s draft Budget in ...

Sinn Fein leaders have insisted their party’s performance in Ireland’s General Election is not a setback for the campaign for Irish reunification. Party leader Mary Lou McDonald had vowed to deliver a ...

Finance Secretary Shona Robison also outlined record NHS and local government funding in her tax and spending plans for 2025/26.

The National Assembly said the no-confidence motion requires at least 288 of 574 votes to pass. The left and the far right ...

The King and Queen have waved off the Emir of Qatar and his wife at the end of their two-day state visit to the UK. Charles and Camilla stood on the steps of Buckingham Palace to watch Sheikh Tamim ...

Campaigners have welcomed money for affordable homes in the Scottish Budget, but say it merely reverses cuts in previous years. Living Rent said the scale of the housing shortage means the £768 ...

Officers based in Richmond Park have asked for help tracing the owner of the pet after the attack near Sheen Cross on Monday.

Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed the Emir of Qatar to Downing Street, amid pressure to raise the Gulf state’s human rights record with its leader. The meeting comes at the end of a two-day state visit to ...

Brian Thompson was outside the New York Hilton Midtown hotel on Wednesday, where UnitedHealthcare was due to hold an investor ...

Scotland’s Finance Secretary Shona Robison unveiled her tax and spending plans for 2025/26 to MSPs at Holyrood on Wednesday.

The Queen warmly embraced France’s first lady at a literary award ceremony, as she continues her recovery from pneumonia.