The Scottish government has confirmed that it will provide Pension Age Winter Heating Payments to pensioner households from 2025/26 onwards, providing a vital lifeline to older and disabled people ...

Scotland's First Minister has formally apologised to the gypsy traveller community for the decades of trauma they suffered during the so-called "tinker experiment". John Swinney said the "unfair and ...

UK Scottish government minister says UK welfare reforms should be abandoned The Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill passed its first legislative hurdle at Westminster.

Efficient government can have a very real effect on the quality of vital public services like education and, in the case of the NHS, may prove to be a matter of life and death for some people.

The Scottish Gamekeepers Association has since warned that wildfires are “becoming a danger to human life” and they are leaving “stretched” firefighters unable to attend other incidents.

The Scottish Government is a devolved government. It oversees important day-to-day matters such as health, justice, and education for the people of Scotland. The current First Minister of Scotland and ...

The Edinburgh International Book Festival has secured a £300,000 lifeline from the Scottish Government to plug a budget gap created by the dropping of its headline sponsor Baillie Gifford after ...

Scottish Government pledges £100K match-funding to accelerate a crucial new vaccine to protect sheep against the deadly Louping Ill virus.

A new campaign celebrates Scotland’s soft fruit growers, blending heritage, science, and sweet success across the berry-rich nation.

The UK Government must abandon its “unfair” welfare reforms in the wake of its late climbdown on a key plank of the proposals, Scotland’s Social Justice Secretary has said.

More than a quarter of Scottish Labour MPs have joined a rebellion against UK government's controversial welfare reforms. Ten of the party's 37 parliamentarians, including the chair of the ...