A five per cent charge will be levied on hotels, B&Bs, campsites and accommodation let through websites such as Airbnb ...

Controversial plans to impose Scotland's first 'tourist tax' have been given the go-ahead. The City of Edinburgh Council ...

At a special council meeting on Friday Edinburgh Council finally got their plans to charge a levy on overnight accommodation in the city across the line. The meeting was held online due to Storm Éowyn ...

JOHN Swinney has sent a Burns Night message to Scots around the world – as the SNP Government announced a series of grants for Scottish ...

Neil Cuthbert of the Scottish Conservatives and Labour’s Conor Savage were elected. The Scottish Tories picked up 2027 first preference votes while Labour picked up 1146. The LibDems meanwhile took in ...

A code of practice for getting a dog is to be drawn up in Scotland under a new law passed by MSPs. The Welfare of Dogs Bill ...

Just before Maree Todd stood up in the Holyrood chamber to announce the scrapping of the National Care Service (NCS), Tory MSP Craig Hoy got to ...

The justice secretary outlines the government's response to an inquiry into the deaths of two young people at Polmont YOI.

The far right is rapidly winning support in Scotland. In the 2021 Holyrood elections, Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party only received 5,793 votes. In the 2024 general election, Reform UK won 167,979. Like ...

The First Minister has said that tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump could be “very damaging to key sectors” of ...

The First Minister rejected calls from both Scottish Labour and the Conservatives to dimiss Gray from his post.