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The proposed closing of the Ability Centre and Eliburn Support Services in Livingston has been rejected by West Lothian Councillors. The proposed cuts would...

A third of criminals handed community payback orders fail to complete the punishment, new figures have revealed. The drop in successful completions of CPOs...

Scotland should create an environmental court, which would allow communities to contest government decisions on major windfarm applications and quickly resolve...

Nicola Sturgeon has refused to rule out the prospect of future tax hikes – this time in the form of a Green-inspired council tax raid. At First Minister’s...

The SNP has been accused of “rubbing salt in the wound” after it emerged a deal struck with the Greens will hit nearly 400,000 taxpayers. Finance secretary...

Ruth Davidson will this evening call for a positive approach to the challenges and opportunities thrown up by Brexit – and a renewed focus from the SNP...

The Scottish Conservatives have called on Michael Matheson to resign after it was revealed that his department tried to interfere over the release of a Police...

The justice secretary must clarify whether he misled parliament, and whether he took legal advice before making an intervention in the decision to allow Chief...

Evidence given in the Scottish Parliament today reveals justice secretary Michael Matheson was “instrumental” in stopping Scotland’s most senior policeman...