Kate Forbes says Rishi Sunak emergency covid funding for Scotland is not new money

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Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterThere have been another 1,307 cases of Covid confirmed in Scotland as the nation's virus death toll endured another substantial rise today.Figures have been published by the Scottish Government this afternoon as part of its national COVID-19 daily briefing.A further 76 patients, including six from the NHS Ayrshire & Arran health board region, have died after contracting Covid which means 5,704

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has called on the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to retain the £20 increase in Universal Credit ahead of a Westminster debate on Monday. New figures from the charity show that the proportion of benefits advice related to Universal Credit given out in Scotland between April and December 2020 increased by 10 per cent compared to the previous year.

Scottish Government has been accused by a Treasury minister of deliberately ignoring the financial coronavirus support it has received amid demands for more money to be released. Holyrood Finance Secretary Kate Forbes publicly called for the UK Government to release £21.3 billion of its financial reserves, an estimated £1.7 billion of which would come to Scotland.

Major League Soccer. Cadden signed for Columbus Crew last summer on freedom of contract move saw him leave Motherwell.

Covid-19 ward over Christmas Day and New Year says an Amazon oximeter saved her life.

The tour sparked controversy at the time, with both Scottish and Welsh politicians questioning its necessity as lockdown measures restricted travel across the UK.

Prince William and Duchess Kate’s royal train tour to thank frontline workers across the United Kingdom may have been executed with good intentions, but emails released by the Scottish government today reveal that aides working for the royal couple ignored requests to postpone travel during nationwide restrictions.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s three-day trip covered 1,250 miles across multiple stops in Britain, but it was their visits to Wales and Scotland that were heavily criticized by

Royal family ignored two warnings from the Scottish Government not to travel as part of a 1250-mile train tour of the UK at the start of December when the border was closed.The jaunt was condemned as 'highly irresponsible' and lacking in 'empathy' about sacrifices made by the general public', by fuming politicians.At the start of December, Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton, travelled to Edinburgh as part of a three-day tour of England, Scotland and Wales, to thank communities and key

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Prince Charles and Diana.Aberdeen taxi driver George Murdoch, 58, who was described as 'kind and gentle', was found brutally beaten and strangled outside his car in the leafy city suburb of Pitfodels having just picked up a fare.His family have been searching for answers for 37 years since the horrific murder in September, 1983.Now Aberdeen man Paul Murray has revealed conversations he had with a senior officer in the then Grampian Police.Paul said his friend, former Inspector Colin Clark, had

Scottish Government has announced. There were also 17,328 new tests for Covid that reported results and 15.2% of these were positive.

Scottish Government has announced. There were also 21,451 new tests for Covid that reported results and 10.8% of these were positive.

New Year babies weren’t as quick as normal to make their first appearance. The first baby thought to have been born in Scotland in 2021 arrived at 12.19am at Wishaw General Hospital but no details were available about the tot yesterday.

Scottish Government has announced.

horror crash on the M77 has left a car upside down on the busy motorway. Emergency services raced to the scene after the accident just before junction 5 on the northbound carriageway.