Shona Robison

The Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood in Edinburgh. Picture: PA

Third SNP Cabinet minister announces resignation from politics

The SNP's top team of Kate Forbes, John Swinney and Shona Robison will be relieved to see their Budget passed by the Scottish Parliament but the country will end up paying a heavy price (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

SNP Government's financial woes blamed on 'economic shocks'

University of Dundee

Decision still to be made on university's share of SNP's £15m fund

(Left to right): Finance Secretary Shona Robison and Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop will both retire from Holyrood next year

SNP ministers Shona Robison and Fiona Hyslop to quit Holyrood

A wind turbine on Orkney. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

The Scottish authority that has hiked council tax by record 15%

Finance Secretary Shona Robison and John Swinney (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

SNP accused of 'raiding' £8bn from councils' core funding

A local authority is proposing the highest council tax hike in Scotland

The Scottish council proposing an 'eye-watering' 13.7% tax hike

Shona Robison has described the Scottish Government's contribution to councils as 'fair'. Picture: Robert Perry/PA Wire

Readers' letters: SNP's years of council tax freezes are coming home to roost

First Minister John Swinney and finance secretary Shona Robison

SNP warned 'no evidence' higher public sector pay helping retain staff

The SNP has repeatedly promised to overhaul council tax

Exclusive SNP council tax reform consultation dismissed as ‘cynical fantasy’

The Scottish Borders Council headquarters in Newtown St Boswells

Scottish council plans 10% tax hike as SNP ministers announce reform push

Finance Secretary Shona Robison presents the Scottish Government's budget at Holyrood

SNP offer £144m to halt 'inflation-busting' council tax rises

Anti-Brexit campaigners take part in a torchlight procession to the Scottish Parliament on the third anniversary of Brexit in January 2023 (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

'The tide has turned': Why SNP MP says re-joining EU is ‘inevitable’

John Swinney

Analysis Why Swinney and the SNP should be quietly confident after Budget win

Finance Secretary Shona Robison

Senior SNP minister addresses 'leaving politics' question

SNP finance secretary Shona Robison

'Breathtaking hypocrisy': SNP's staggering' wages bill revealed

First Minister John Swinney and finance secretary Shona Robison

Exclusive Fears over SNP handing councils powers for wealth tax and new levies

SNP finance secretary Shona Robison

Exclusive SNP poised to draw up 'wealth tax plans amid £8.8bn benefits bill

Finance Secretary Shona Robison

Shona Robison suggests Scottish child payment may have reached peak

John Swinney and Anas Sarwar (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Analysis Sarwar turns tables on Swinney as SNP under pressure to deliver Budget

Shoppers out and about on the streets of Glasgow - Scotland's largest retail destination. Picture: Jane Barlow

Retail bosses praise pro-growth measures but make key demand for Scottish Budget

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?

Scottish Labour deputy leader Dame Jackie Baillie

Ministers urged to improve NHS estate after £4m spent on pest control

The SNP is planning to re-introduce free bus passes for asylum seekers.

Call to axe £2m re-introduction of free bus travel for asylum seekers

PR expert Jack Hope specialises in the built environment

Does the good news on housebuilding stand up?

Teacher in a classroom

Exclusive SNP minister privately warned teacher contracts are 'discriminatory'

First Minister John Swinney at Bute House in Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

John Swinney issues 'albatross' ultimatum to Labour over Scottish Budget

SNP finance secretary Shona Robison

Council tax rise admission made as 'difficult decisions' loom

Passengers at Edinburgh Airport

Exclusive Labour opens the door for SNP to roll out unused devolved tax power

First Minister John Swinney looks on as Finance Secretary Shona Robison presents the government's Budget. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

The key battlegrounds for Scottish Budget negotiations

Plans for an app to secretly record noisy neighbours shelved

Exclusive Double-digit council tax rises on table after end to rates freeze

How Scottish business hopes and confidence have been dashed - yet again Paul Waterson

SNP have craftily thrown Anas Sarwar a hand grenade with Scottish Budget Euan McColm

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Exclusive ‘Tsunami' of care home closures to come after Scottish Budget 'whammy'

Scottish Finance Minister Shona Robison has vowed to scrap the two-child benefit cap (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Why should responsible families pay for ever more children?

First Minister John Swinney walks alongside Finance Secretary Shona Robison ahead of the Scottish Budget being delivered. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

SNP warned tax rises and cuts needed to pay for scrapping benefit cap

First Minister John Swinney makes his speech at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Picture: PA

Analysis Inside John Swinney's thinking around scrapping two-child benefit cap

First Minister John Swinney

Analysis This Budget fired the starting gun on the 2026 Holyrood election

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Fresh blow as Scottish universities and colleges face real-terms cut

Analysis Budget shows SNP have lost direction, been reduced to unwise pet projects

WATCH: The Scotsman's politics team discuss the Scottish Budget

Public spending watchdogs are warning “difficult decisions” may need to be made about whether some NHS services can continue

Scottish Government warned NHS may have to withdraw some services

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton. Picture: Jane Barlow/AFP via Getty

Lib Dems warn SNP 'need to pull out all the stops' for budget support

Assessing lie of the land post-Budget

First Minister John Swinney and Finance Secretary Shona Robison.

SNP to prioritise the NHS in the Scottish budget, says John Swinney

Deputy First Minister and Finance Secretary Shona Robison. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Exclusive SNP warned not to use workers as 'scapegoats' for budget cuts

Fireworks light up the night sky in Edinburgh

Exclusive 'Make-or-break': 'Cultural catastrophe' for the arts hinges on Budget

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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

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