The UK Spending Review fails to deliver for Scotland, Finance Secretary Shona Robison has said. Spending levels for public services will fail to offset the impact of proposed cuts to welfare support and the rise in National Insurance contributions, the Finance Secretary warned in response to the Chancellor's statement.
The assumption that all economic growth is good is clearly misplaced. But how do we convince politicians and economists who are obsessed with growth that this is the case?.
Monthly construction output is estimated to have grown by 0.9% in April 2025; this is the third consecutive period of positive growth, following an increase of 0.5% in March 2025. The increase in monthly output in April 2025 came from increases in both new work and repair and maintenance, which grew by 1.4% and 0.3%, respectively.
The latest figures show that suspected drug deaths in Scotland have risen by 33% in the first three months of 2025, with 308 deaths recorded between January and March. This marks an increase of 76 deaths compared to the last quarter of 2024.
The value of goods exports decreased by £2.7 billion (8.8%) in April 2025, with falls in exports to both the EU and non-EU countries. Exports of goods to the United States fell by £2.0 billion in April 2025, likely linked to the implementation of tariffs on goods imported to the United States.
The Fraser of Allender Institute looks the spending Review announcement and what it means for Scotland. The ups and downs set out.
The NHS has again grabbed the lion's share (90 per cent) of the extra funding for day-to-day public services allocated at the Spending Review, with inflation-adjusted per-person spending flat or falling for most other departments, leaving little to rebuild other public services, the Resolution Foundation said. After two fiscal events dominated by tax rises and welfare cuts, Spending Review 2025 was finally an opportunity for the Chancellor to deliver good news by allocating an additional £149 billion of day-to-day public service spending (RDEL) and £115 billion of capital spending (CDEL) relative to plans inherited from the last Government.
Deputy First Minister, Kate Forbes, has officially opened Aurora's pioneering Renewable Energy Training Centre in Inverness - the only facility of its kind serving the Highlands. The £1.2m training centre has already demonstrated its importance to Scotland's net-zero ambitions, training to more than 1,000 people in its first year and gearing up to train more than 2,000 workers annually who will be central to the country's renewable energy future.
10,000 jobs, including 1,500 apprenticeships, to be created as the government announces multi-billion investment to build Sizewell C. Chancellor to confirm funding at the GMB Congress ahead of Spending Review, as Energy Secretary vows ‘golden age' of nuclear.
The CNC has welcomed new legislation which will prevent disgraced officers from re-joining the police service. The Civil Nuclear Constabulary has welcomed new legislation which will introduce measures preventing CNC officers dismissed for gross misconduct from being employed again elsewhere in law enforcement agencies and local police forces.
Typhoid and paratyphoid cases reach record high while Malaria cases remain high despite small dip in cases. The latest UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) provisional data shows an increase in travel-associated enteric fever cases (typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever cases) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with 702 cases in 2024, an 8% rise from 2023 (645 cases).
Energy Minister Michael Shanks asks the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to explore clean energy at Moorside. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Cumberland Council to explore clean energy development in Cumbria - protecting billpayers and supporting new jobs as part of government's Plan for Chang.
The National Policing Capabilities Unit came to ACE to explore a high-level operating model for how an in-house AI lab could enable greater innovation. Artificial intelligence (AI) will play a significant role in shaping the police service of the future, bolstering capabilities by making investigations more sophisticated and efficient as well as freeing up officers' time.
The Government has confirmed it will repeal the outdated Vagrancy Act 1824 by Spring next year, to ensure rough sleeping is no longer a criminal offence. Government scraps 200-year-old law making rough sleeping a criminal offence in England and Wales.
Scotland's Chief Statistician today (10 June 2025) released the main findings of the 2023/24 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS). The Scottish Crime and Justice Survey shows that most adults in Scotland (80.1%) were not victims of any SCJS crime in 2023/24, including fraud and computer misuse for the first time.
An update on the work being done to implement the Automated Vehicles (AV) Act 2024. I wish to provide the House with an update on steps the government is taking to implement the Automated Vehicles (AV) Act 2024 and kickstart economic growth, a top priority in the government's Plan for Change.
Rachel Reeves' record as Chancellor has not been good. Today provides her with another opportunity to get everything wrong..
Plans to transform social care across Scotland will be progressed after the Scottish Parliament approved the Care Reform (Scotland) Bill. Thousands of people with experience of accessing, delivering and receiving social care, social work and community health services have helped co-design the legislation, putting people at the heart of reform.
The jobs market weakened further in April, losing 55,000 jobs on the previous month and nudging down the employment rate, the Resolution Foundation said in response to the latest ONS labour market statistics. Early data for May looks worse still, pointing to a fall of 109,000 jobs - but this data is prone to revision, with last month's initial data especially uncertain due to earlier-than-normal data collection.
The latest quarterly Scottish Government Workforce Information statistics have been published today by Scotland's Chief Statistician. These statistics cover the numbers of workers, staff sickness rates, and the diversity of staff up to the most recent quarter ending March 2025.
