Chief Secretary to the Treasury Emma Reynolds spoke out amid concerns over funding for the Acorn project in Scotland’s north east.

A Labour minister has accused the SNP leader of trying to make "cheap political points to scare pensioners"

UK Government pensions minister Torsten Bell said the Scottish First Minister was ‘trying for cheap political points to scare pensioners’.

The SNP’s Westminster economy spokesperson Kirsty Blackman called for action from the Prime Minister to help families in the cost-of-living crisis.

Scottish First Minister John Swinney spoke out ahead of Chancellor John Healey’s first UK Budget on Wednesday.

Environmental campaigners reacted angrily to the Scottish Government’s decision to approve a power station at Peterhead.

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SNP energy spokesman Graham Leadbitter wants the Government to remove the VAT on petrol and diesel during the current fuel price crisis.