Budget 2014: Reaction across the nations
Across the nations, reaction to the chancellor’s budget yesterday has been lukewarm at best.
Scotland
Budget 2014: Devolved governments call on the chancellor to act
Ahead of today’s budget, the Welsh government has called on the chancellor to encourage and support investment in vital infrastructure projects.
Tories pledge to end free prescriptions in Scotland
The Scottish Conservatives has called for free prescriptions to be abolished in order to finance an extra 1,000 new nurses and midwives north of the border.
The fall-out from the carbon bubble bursting could devastate Scotland
Scotland might become the ‘Saudi Arabia of renewables’, as Salmond has promised, but that will mean little unless we stop being the Scotland of oil.
Could an independent Scotland really have a healthier credit rating than the UK?
Would Scotland really qualify for Standard & Poor’s “highest economic assessment”?
Salmond goes to London as the IFS goes to Scotland
Alex Salmond last night delivered a speech in London in which he declared that an independent Scotland would be good for the economy of the remainder of the UK.
Scottish referendum more than just about financial calculations, says new report
Scottish voters want the debate over independence to move beyond a somewhat cold and individual assessment of ‘what is in it for me?’, according to new research published today.
Why are the SNP so relaxed about dancing to the Kremlin’s tune?
Why are senior SNP politicians so relaxed about appearing on RT (Russia Today)?
Yes to independence campaign gains significant ground
The gap between those who support Scottish independence and those who oppose it has narrowed, according to a new poll.
Alex Salmond needs to woo, not bully, the rest of the UK
When voters go to the poll in September’s referendum they deserve to know how Scotland’s ministers will respond if they can’t get their way.