Scotland's benefits bill could soar by £700million under SNP plans to scrap the two-child cap - with fears 'benefits tourists ...

Be grateful for small mercies. We have been spared this year’s edition of the Scottish Budget faux drama in which a bit player emerges from ...

John Swinney came under fire for saying he remains 'committed' to breaking up the UK and suggested the Yes campaign nearly ...

THE main points of John Swinney’s recent speech had already been published in Monday’s National accompanied by the headline “Swinney to ...

The Prime Minister was asked why he ‘declined to instigate a prosecution for rape’ against the former owner of luxury ...

THE other day I was walking past the site of a once thriving colliery that employed 1800 people and was the beating heart of the local ...

Follow live coverage of the first Prime Minister's Questions of 2025 as Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch in the wake of a grooming gangs row involving Elon Musk.

After Donald Trump suggested he might take over Greenland by force, the consensus among the island’s population appears to be bewilderment and anxiety. By Jeffrey Gettleman and Maya Tekeli ...

GDP figures for October released this morning showed the economy had shrunk by 0.1% in the month of the chancellor's tax-hiking budget. It was the second month of contraction in a row, after a 0.1 ...

Fast-growing wildfires raging in Los Angeles killed at least two people on Wednesday, destroying hundreds of buildings, scorching hillsides and prompting officials to order some 70,000 people to ...