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What to look out for in the Scottish Budget?

With the Scottish budget just weeks away, Holyrood looks at what could be in this year’s budget and how Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Statement may impact Shona Robison’s plans

by Ruaraidh Gilmour

All the colours, same conclusions

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have a polling problem

Angela Constance row shows a government so immersed in its own self-importance it doesn’t understand right and wrong

Council had ‘gaps in cybersecurity’ before ransomware attack

Local Government

Supreme Court gender ruling drove up complaints over Scottish politicians, standards chief says

Education See all

Education

Keir Starmer: Nigel Farage is a ‘disgrace’

Education

Council pulls adult classes at school campus after backlash leads to protests

Health See all

Health

NHS in Scotland ‘unsustainable’ despite record levels of investment

Health

Scottish healthcare needs a ‘fundamentally’ different approach in the AI era

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Justice

Russell Findlay: Angela Constance scandal shows the worst of the SNP

Justice

John Swinney defends Angela Constance amid accusations she misled parliament

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Green Pages

UK and Scottish Governments announce major investment in offshore wind farm