Thousands of skilled UK jobs have been secured for years to come as the UK and Türkiye sign a deal worth up to £8 billion for 20 UK Typhoon fighter jets - the biggest fighter jet exports deal in a generation. £8 billion deal struck with Türkiye for first new orders for UK Typhoons since 2017, as the Prime Minister visits Ankara for the first time.
The Government should keep but reduce ‘qualifying periods' for unfair dismissal protection says a Resolution Foundation report published on 26 October 2025. The Government's Employment Rights Bill is important and welcome.
Expert says Scotland's school holiday pattern leads to loss of learning and fatigue, and harms the welfare of vulnerable pupils. A change in holiday patterns would cost nothing and benefit teachers and pupils, especially the poorest Overall number of days at school would remain the same.
Local communities are to get new opportunities to benefit from renewable energy developments under a pilot scheme announced by the Scottish Government. Community groups, from South Lanarkshire to the Highlands, will be given the chance to lease one of 10 publicly-owned Forestry Land and Scotland (FLS) sites with windfarms as they approach repowering.
Efforts to tackle homelessness, reduce poverty and support women who have experienced domestic abuse are being bolstered by an additional £1.6 million this year. This includes: A further £1 million investment in Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) for local authorities to help people move from temporary accommodation into settled homes.
World-first Tritium Fuel Cycle virtual control room installed at UKAEA's Culham Campus to train engineers in the handling and management of tritium. World-first Tritium Fuel Cycle virtual control room installed at UKAEA's Culham Campus.
From next month, survivors of violence and domestic abuse will no longer have to pay over £300 to ensure their abuser cannot track them down via public records. Person at Risk of Violence (PARV) Order fees will be scrapped, saving victims hundreds of pounds.
Measures to help re-engage young people from low-income backgrounds with school and address anti-social behaviour have been announced by Higher and Further Education Minister Ben Macpherson. Third sector organisation Youth Scotland will deliver a £100,000 investment in grassroots youth work to secure safe spaces for young people, helping them overcome barriers to learning and develop skills.
The current system of delivering health care and social care in Scotland is unsustainable, often stretched beyond capacity, overly complex, and does not always meet people's needs. At the same time, data shows our health is deteriorating, inequalities are widening, and that we have an ageing population with growing demand for NHS and social care services.
In the UK, healthcare is devolved — meaning Scotland, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland each run their own NHS systems independently. Scotland (NHS Scotland) NHS Scotland is publicly owned and operated — the vast majority of healthcare is provided directly by the NHS, not by private companies.
Rapid rent increases since Local Housing Allowance has been frozen. This means the gap between the support low-income private tenants receive and the 30th percentile of local rents is already at 14 per cent (£104 a month for a typical two-bedroom property).
The September 2025 inflation rate in the UK was 3.8%, marking a significant decrease from the 6.7% rate recorded in September 2023. This lower inflation figure will influence the uprating of pensions and benefits in the 2026-27 financial year.
The housing shortage and waiting-lists in the Highland Council area seem stuck on the high side. According to a 2024 annual allocations report, the number of households on the housing register in Highland was 8,338 as at 31 March 2024 — this was down from 8,951 at 31 March 2023.
A new report - ‘Too young to count' - reveals that, despite rising hunger and poverty, most children in childcare are excluded from free meal support. Nearly 300,000 young children in poverty will miss out on free meals in nurseries and childcare settings, according to a new report.
The UK Autumn Budget, scheduled for 26 November 2025, is expected to introduce significant fiscal measures aimed at stabilising public finances, addressing economic challenges, and funding public services. Who can really predict but with a crystal ball and looking at what is being rumoured.
it is quite likely that the UK Government who control targets in England will fail (or at least come up well short of) meeting its stated target of building 1.5 million new homes over the next five years (roughly 300,000 homes per year). The government has committed to building 1.5 million new homes over five years, across England, under its "Our plan to build more homes".
Donald Trump announced on 25 October 2025 that he will raise U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports by 10% in direct response to a television advertisement funded by Ontario which aired during the World Series and criticised U.S.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland marts Ltd, (October 24th) sold 650 rams at its Great Annual Show and Sale of North Country Cheviot Hill Rams generously sponsored by D.R. Alexander Trailers, Keoltag.
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd, (October 24th) sold 238 Rams at it's Second Continental Ram Sale. Suffolk Aged Ram (6) sold to £1,000 gross Twice both from Mr R.
Councils are spending less on culture and leisure services, reviewing the services they offer and increasing or introducing charges. Yet gaps in the data collected at a local and national level means we don't have a full understanding of the impact of these decisions on health, wellbeing and prevention.