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It is a hard road, but it leads to a better future — says Chancellor George Osborne
Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled the deepest cuts in public spending in living memory — measures that will affect every man, woman and child in the country. (...)
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Fears for 110,000 Scottish jobs
There were fears more than 110,000 Scottish jobs could go as a result of cuts announced in Chancellor George Osborne's Comprehensive Spending Review. (...)
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Defence review not simply a cost-saving exercise — says David Cameron
Prime Minister David Cameron has slashed defence spending, axed military projects and announced plans to cut army, navy and air force numbers — but insisted it is not a "simply cost-saving exercise." (...)
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RAF Kinloss closure 'will be devastating'
A quarter of service personnel stationed in Scotland will disappear as a result of the Strategic Defence Review, the SNP has claimed. (...)
Hopes for both aircraft carriers soar at Rosyth
Fervent hopes that vital aircraft carrier contracts would survive today's defence announcement soared when it emerged that senior UK cabinet ministers are set to visit Fife this morning. (...)
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Public spending plans in limbo until October 20
The opinions of the so-called "three wise men" who made up the panel of the independent budget review (IBR) are all very interesting if not entirely new, but need a reality check on two counts. (...)
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60,000 Scottish public sector jobs could be axed
Ministers should be prepared to axe one in 10 public sector jobs — around 60,000 — to help Scotland weather the tightest budget squeeze in living memory. (...)
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'Difficult decision' for John Swinney after North Tayside boundary changes
John Swinney — currently the MSP for North Tayside — has been selected as the SNP candidate for the new constituency of Perthshire North at next year's Scottish Parliament elections. (...)
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Cash demanded for Dundee video games jobs
Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray has demanded a £5 million cash injection for the video games industry in Dundee, still smarting from the UK Government's decision to pull the rug on vital tax breaks. (...)
More on: NHS | Scottish Government | Dundee | Iain Gray | Alex Salmond
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Ministers face Gathering storm
Ministers have been accused of "throwing public money around with gay abandon" by lending cash to a firm that folded after putting on last summer's The Gathering in Edinburgh — the centrepiece of the Scottish Government's Homecoming programme. (...)
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Swinney to lobby for video games tax relief
Scottish finance secretary John Swinney has pledged to press the UK Government to think again about abandoning plans for tax relief for the video games industry. (...)
More on: George Osborne | John Swinney | Dundee | Alistair Darling | Joe FitzPatrick
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Families £425 worse off after Budget VAT hike
The average British family will be £425 a year worse off from January after the Chancellor announced a VAT hike to 20% in his emergency Budget. (...)
More on: Harriet Harman | Dundee | George Osborne | Scottish Government
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Scotland should be braced for 'real cuts'
Scottish Secretary Michael Moore has warned MSPs of tough times ahead, during a visit to Holyrood. (...)
More on: Andrew Welsh | Scottish Parliament | Holyrood | Scotland | Michael Moore
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Blow for SNP minimum alcohol price plan
Plans to make Scotland the first country in Europe to bring in a minimum price for alcohol has nose-dived when the idea was rejected by the Scottish Parliament. (...)
More on: SNP | Scottish Parliament | Murdo Fraser | Scottish Government | UK Government
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Salmond pledges support for D. C. Thomson workers
First Minister Alex Salmond has pledged to support hundreds of workers facing possible redundancy at publisher D. C. Thomson in Dundee. (...)
More on: Alex Salmond | Joe FitzPatrick | Dundee | Scottish Government | Partnership Action for Continuing Employment
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Angus MSP Andrew Welsh to stand down at elections
The veteran politician Andrew Welsh is to stand down as MSP for Angus at the Holyrood elections next May, with First Minister Alex Salmond calling him "a champion for his beloved Angus." (...)
More on: Angus | Alex Salmond | Andrew Welsh | Scottish Parliament | GlaxoSmithKline
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Tory plans to move people into jobs branded 'fantasy island' politics
David Cameron's plan to get millions of people on benefit back into work has been dismissed as "fantasy island" politics. (...)
More on: Labour | GMB | Conservatives | Liberal Democrats | David Cameron
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SNP 'incompetence' to blame for cuts, claims Gray
Labour leader Iain Gray has accused the SNP of being responsible for tens of thousands of lost jobs through "incompetence and mismanagement." (...)
More on: Holyrood | Scottish Government | Westminster | Chris Eynon | Iain Gray
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Tayside and Fife to lose 200 NHS nurse and midwife jobs
Almost 200 nursing and midwifery jobs will be axed in Tayside and Fife as part of massive job losses across the health service in Scotland this year. (...)
More on: Fife | Lothian | NHS Tayside | Grampian | Murdo Fraser
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New Scottish secretary Michael Moore makes pledge for respect
New Scottish secretary Michael Moore has said that he is looking forward to getting on with the job. (...)
More on: Treasury | Coopers and Lybrand | Scottish Liberal Democrats | Strathallan School | Liberal Democrats
