Kate Forbes

The latest news and opinion on Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer

Jackie Baillie: 'Keir Starmer is not a liability'

Failure to win contract 'a red herring for Ferguson Marine's survival' Alastair Dalton

The Dunbar plant is owned by Tarmac, a CRH company.

Over 40 jobs at Scotland’s only cement plant under threat

India and Scotland ramp up regional approach to business ties

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes and Scottish Secretary Ian Murray.

Ian Murray and Kate Forbes to head up business growth group

First Minister John Swinney

Scots critical of SNP record but 'little enthusiasm' for alternative

Audience members at a Converge programme event. Picture: Converge

Converge: Record £400,000 prize pot for Scottish academic enterprise programme

Sorcha Groundsell stars in murder mystery An t-Eilean (The Island).

Success of record-breaking thriller sparks funding boost for Gaelic TV

The Scottish Government will not revise its flawed gender recognition laws

Exclusive SNP will not bring forward revised gender recognition laws

Jimmy Williamson, executive director, net zero, Scottish National Investment Bank; Laura Fidao, investment director, net zero, Scottish National Investment Bank; Jon Machin, executive director, Subsea Micropiles; Derek Robertson, CEO and founder, Subsea Micropiles. Picture: Nick Mailer

Offshore wind specialist nets £9.2m to build Scottish plant and support 100 jobs

Sandie Peggie, a nurse at Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline, has taken Fife Hospital Board to tribunal over Dr Beth Upton, a trans woman, being permitted to use a female changing room while transitioning.

Keir Starmer's 'follow the law' message over transgender doctor row

John Swinney branded 'very cowardly' over single-sex spaces row

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes said the message from this government was an end to constant tax rises

Kate Forbes hints at end to SNP tax rises

The Port of Grangemouth plays a key role in the Forth Green Freeeport project

Exclusive Workers rights row over Scotland's freeports amid 'tax haven' fears

Delayed ferry Glen Rosa 'could be completed nearly eight years late'

Heathrow could be expanding

UK Government backs third Heathrow runway

Scottish EDGE 2025 Trophies

Scottish EDGE launches new £150,000 Mission EDGE Award

Celtic Renewables chairman Brett Simpson, Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes, Celtic Renewables CEO Mark Simmers and Scottish Enterprise CEO Adrian Gillespie.

Scottish biorefinery with global growth ambitions welcomes Deputy First Minister

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes learns more about Celtic Renewables from CEO Mark Simmers. Pic: Michael Gillen

Grangemouth's new era - from whisky waste to green chemicals

Scottish Financial Enterprise said public-private partnerships could kickstart economic growth

Scots lack confidence in SNP's business policies, poll suggests

Chris Stark, the UK Government’s head of “mission control” at the department for energy security and net zero, addresses the conference

Scotland’s offshore wind plans grind on amid Donald Trump headwinds

Police Scotland told drivers to avoid the area after vehicles overturned

Major road closed in both directions after vehicles overturn

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes

Exclusive Kate Forbes on Gaelic in An t-Eilean, Fourth Wing and Outlander

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes and First Minister John Swinney.

What the Scottish Government will do in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes

Exclusive Rachel Reeves does not have a mandate for austerity, says Forbes

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes.

'Urgent clarification' needed on Forbes two-child benefit cap claims

First Minister John Swinney and Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes outside Bute House with the Scottish cabinet.

Have Swinney and Forbes reset the relationship with business?

First Minister John Swinney 'worried' about the future of the economy

Workers in the hall of the Harland & Wolff construction yard in Methil, east Scotland

Harland & Wolff rescue deal saves 350 jobs at Scottish shipyards

The use of WhatsApp by politicians and officials has been an ongoing source of controversy

Scottish Government bans use of WhatsApp for official business

The Scottish Hospitality Group urged SNP ministers to rethink their plans

Exclusive Larger hospitality firms 'hung out to dry by SNP Budget'

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes spoke at an Alba Partners roundtable event

Why Kate Forbes says entrepreneurs are 'lifeblood' of Scottish economy

Kate Forbes

Kate Forbes tells of 'relief' over tax breaks for businesses

Teaching in the classroom

Exclusive Charity cuts 17 jobs weeks before Christmas after SNP funding axe

Kate Forbes

Kate Forbes: Labour's national insurance hike 'could prove disastrous'

The Glen Sannox at Greenock

Ferries fiasco ship Glen Sannox finally delivered by shipyard

Campaign to stop arms sales in Israel over the summer

Scottish Government turning 'blind eye' to arms sales in Gaza

There are still doubts in the Scottish Parliament about the SNP’s pledge to dual the A9.

The politics behind A9 delays and the 'wasted years'

Stephen Flynn is the SNP's leader at Westminster

Stephen Flynn Holyrood bid: SNP yet to decide on two-job MPs- Swinney

More than 18,000 school and college students last year were helped through Young Enterprise Scotland programmes

SNP U-turn to save Scottish charity from immediate closure

The Grangemouth oil refinery is to close with the loss of hundreds of jobs as the UK Government strives to achieve its net-zero goals (Picture: Jane Barlow)

Exclusive Petroineos poised for tax breaks despite refinery closure

Trade in Space is one of the firms to benefit from the funding

Firms including space coffee coordinators secure £200m investment

Wood burners and open fires are the second biggest source of small particle air pollution in the UK

Wood burner ban U-turn as SNP confirms 'climbdown' on stoves

Gaelic roads signs in the Western Isles

Exclusive Ministers accused of 'four wasted years' amid Gaelic crisis

Torness could be considered as the site for a new nuclear reactor in Scotland. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Exclusive SNP told to rethink nuclear opposition after Grangemouth jobs losses

Kate Forbes

SNP aim to finally woo oil and gas sector with 'pragmatic' strategy

First Minister John Swinney listens as Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes delivers her address at the SNP Annual National Conference at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Flynn makes bold Greens declaration, opens up on SNP's 'self-inflicted wounds'

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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