The Scottish Government froze council tax last year, angering local government leaders facing financial pressures.

Sinn Fein leaders have insisted their party’s performance in Ireland’s General Election is not a setback for the campaign for Irish reunification. Party leader Mary Lou McDonald had vowed to deliver a ...

Stephen Gethins, the SNP MP for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry, asked Scottish Secretary Ian Murray whether his party’s message north of the border is that voters should elect Labour “to stop Labour”. It ...