GERS, which stands for ‘government expenditure and revenue Scotland’, is usually published at this time every year.

Parents say Edinburgh Council’s nursery funding cuts leave cross-border families paying thousands, breaching policy and ...

Loch Long on the Clyde has been contaminated by radioactive waste from the UK’s nuclear bomb store, official files reveal.

An arms lobby group urged the UK and Scottish Governments to crack down on Palestine Action more than a month before the ...

Mowi will stop using lumpfish to remove sea-lice from salmon, after we revealed that tens of thousands of the so-called ...

A company linked to Rupert Murdoch, a US arms maker, and a Clyde port owner accused of tax avoidance got £77m in public funds ...

A ban on a salmon farming company dumping toxic pesticides in a Highland loch following 273 environmental breaches over six months has been strongly defended.

A migrant mother says cultural bias in Scotland’s child protection system led to her family’s separation. Campaigners call for urgent reform.

A ban on a salmon farming company dumping toxic pesticides in a Highland loch following 273 environmental breaches over six months has been strongly defended.

A meeting between the Scottish Government and Israel’s deputy ambassador sparked protests and division. The Ferret reveals what ministers said behind closed doors ...

The Scottish Government’s investment bank gave £50m to a forestry scheme that has now been bought out by a New York finance giant – sparking claims the bank is failing to support Scotland’s economy ...

A legal challenge by by law firm Just Right Scotland means the Scottish Government will back date financial assistance and review support for hundreds of trafficking survivors.