Gordon Brown has signalled that the Scottish parliament could be given more tax-raising powers, flatly contradicting statements made by one of his ministers last week.

Senior labour figures have claimed the party's Scottish leader, Wendy Alexander, is being subjected to a continued "smear campaign".

Big supermarkets are selling food that is unhealthy, unjust and unsustainable - and they should be tackled head on by the Scottish government. That is the uncompromising message being delivered to ministers this weekend by their high-level environmental adviser, the Sustainable Development Commission.

The cost of last year's Scottish election fiasco soared by £9 million more than the previous election to £25m, figures released today reveal.

Child-trafficking in Scotland is set to rise dramatically as organised crime gangs turn from drugs to the more lucrative illegal movement of children into the UK.

The Scottish government has set up an expert group to investigate how best to get rid of nuclear weapons