MODEST GROWTH IN FUNDING SINCE LAST SCOTTISH BUDGET, BUT SIGNIFICANT PRESSURES ON SPENDING. The Scottish Fiscal Commission has today published its latest economic and fiscal forecasts.
Highland, Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Moray Councils are today announcing that EasyGo has been awarded a 20-year contract to provide EV charging infrastructure for the north of Scotland. The contract is estimated to be worth £300 million, with Highland Council acting as the lead authority.
Michelle, a mother of three from Edinburgh has shared the impact Scottish Child Payment is having in her daughter's life. Michelle, a mother of three from Edinburgh has shared the impact Scottish Child Payment is having in her daughter's life.
There is mounting scepticism and alarm at the impact of green, clean energy, and no sign of a slowdown. But an apparently-ceaseless series of applications for wind farms, battery storage facilities, hydro and transmission infrastructure is currently reaching, for some, a tipping point.
Members of Highland Council's Economy and Infrastructure Committee have today agreed to the principle of the Council endorsing proposed environmental scheme sites in advance for new infrastructure projects. Economy and Infrastructure Committee Chair, Councillor Ken Gowans said: "Developers delivering major infrastructure projects often find it challenging to quickly secure sufficient land for their environmental scheme obligations.
Interest rates in the UK and the USA are way too high, as a comparison with the Eurozone proves. That's because of their incompetent economic leaders..
Members of the Highland Council's Economy and Infrastructure Committee have today agreed a Regional Coastal Change Adaptation Plan. This will enable coastal communities to become more resilient to the impacts of climate change over time.
The block grant for the Scottish Government this year is £50 billion following Main Estimates 2025-26 published on Thursday. The Scottish Government already had the largest real terms spending review settlement in the history of devolution of £47.7 billion.
The Chief Statistician has released 2024 figures on total income from farming, the official measure of the profit (output minus costs) of the agricultural industry in Scotland. These initial estimates predict a strong recovery of agricultural industry profit from its 5-year low in 2023.
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, Minister of State (Minister for Energy, Security and Net Zero) made a statement on 21 May 2025. My hon.
UKAEA and Space Solar have collaborated on a robotics demonstration unit to pave the way for space-based data centres, solar farms and other megastructures. A collaboration between the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), the UK's national organisation responsible for the research and delivery of sustainable fusion energy, and space-tech innovator, Space Solar, has shown that robotic technology could build infrastructure in space without human intervention.
New reservoirs will supply three quarters of a million homes and unlock the building of tens of thousands more as part of the Plan for Change. In a significant intervention to speed up delivery of much-needed reservoirs, the Environment Secretary Steve Reed has seized control of the planning process to build two major reservoirs for the first time since the 1990s.
Employers who have left workers over £7.4 million out of pocket by failing to pay the National Living and National Minimum Wage named. More money put into the pockets of hardworking people, as government delivers the biggest upgrade to worker's rights in a generation, as part of the Plan for Change.
Millions of workers are set to retire with bigger pension pots as the Government confirms plans to double the number of UK pension megafunds by 2030, unlocking billions to invest in Britain's future. Move secures over £50 billion investment in UK infrastructure, new homes and fast-growing businesses, as pension funds reverse decades of declining domestic investment.
Lena Petrov sets out what is happening on the dollar..
Defence Secretary announces new Cyber and Eletromagnetic Command and £1 billion investment in pioneering battlefield system. More than £1 billion to be invested in pioneering ‘Digital Targeting Web' to spearhead battlefield engagements, applying lessons learnt from Ukraine to the UK Armed Forces.
The Labour government claims that it cannot afford to pay benefits for the elderly, children in poverty, and people with disabilities. That is nonsense.
A US court has blocked Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports in a major blow to the president's economic plans. The ruling from a three-judge panel came after several lawsuits arguing Trump has exceeded his authority, leaving the country's trade policy dependent on his whims.
The U.S. national debt is spiralling out of control, currently standing at an astonishing $36.2 TRILLION and climbing fast.
Bounce Back Loan fraudster also produced false invoice to liquidator. Shohid Ahmed applied for three Bounce Back Loans using his wife's name, receiving £100,000 his Indian restaurant was not entitled to.
