The First Minister said the UK Government has not based ‘a single offshore patrol vessel, frigate or destroyer’ north of the border.

Concerns were raised in Holyrood over the impact a threatened hike in tariffs by the US president would have on Scotland’s crucial whisky sector.

Ministers have published legal arguments on the issue ahead of a hearing at the Court of Session in Edinburgh next month.

Scottish First Minister John Swinney said tariffs would be ‘deeply damaging’ and were the ‘wrong thing to do’.

The Scottish Medicines Consortium has approved zolbetuximab – to be used together with chemotherapy – to treat those with advanced stomach cancer.

The company had taken Scottish ministers to court after the initiative was shelved.

Cyclists will race from the Scottish capital to Carlisle on day one of the event next July.

Patricia Ferguson, chair of the Scottish Affairs Committee, spoke out as the UK Government reaffirmed it would end the levy by 2030 at the latest.

The Tory leader met nurse Sandie Peggie in Edinburgh on Thursday – and afterwards called on the UK Government to issue updated gender guidance.

The Prime Minister refused to say if his job could be on the line if Labour performs poorly in May.

The First Minister was challenged at Holyrood over income tax proposals in this week’s Scottish Government Budget.

Nigel Farage said May’s Holyrood poll is a contest only between his Reform UK party and the SNP.

The Scottish First Minister has hailed his Government’s tax and spending plans for 2026-27, which were unveiled at Holyrood on Tuesday.

Finance Secretary Shona Robison has announced her Budget for 2026-27.

The First Minister said the Iranian regime has a ‘disregard’ for human rights.

The Scottish First Minister spoke out as the SNP at Westminster prepared to table a Bill seeking to remove the former minister’s peerage.

While Labour has already indicated it will not block the Scottish Budget, the First Minister said his Government is still in talks with other parties.

The Scottish Finance Secretary will set out her draft tax and spending plans on Tuesday.

The Government said Information Commissioner David Hamilton ‘erred in relation to the law’ over the issue.

The First Minister made the plea as he hailed the ‘incredible job’ of those involved in clearing roads in the north east of the country.