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The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has squandered £610,000 on legal fees and financial settlements during a two-year procurement process for firefighter...

A moratorium should be introduced to halt the decline in hospital beds, the Scottish Conservatives have said. At First Minister’s Questions today, leader Ruth...

Waiting times performance in Scotland’s casualty departments sank to a new low between Christmas and New Year, latest figures have revealed. The 21.6 per cent...

The number of assaults on emergency service workers has reached a three-year high, new figures have revealed. In 2016/17, a total of 6509 common assaults were...

The SNP’s mismanagement of enterprise policy has resulted in a loss of nearly £100 million through failed businesses over the past decade, the Scottish...

The SNP’s plan to abolish jail sentences of less than 12 months has been attacked after it emerged £5 million worth of fines are unpaid. If the Scottish...

Hundreds of Scottish-trained nurses every year are seeking work abroad, new statistics have revealed. Since 2012/13, 1609 nurses who qualified here have filled...

More than 10,000 ambulances have been dispatched with only one crew member on board in the last four years, even though the SNP promised to end the practice...

The number of start-up firms receiving support from the Scottish Government’s Business Gateway scheme has dropped to an eight-year low. New figures have...