S Robison News Today

Local authority leaders have reacted angrily to an attempt by Humza Yousaf’s government to strong-arm them into implementing his keynote pledge to freeze council tax.

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has rejected demands she apologise for Nicola Sturgeon’s self-ID gender laws after announcing legal action against a UK Government veto is to be dropped.

The Scottish budget comes against one of the most challenging fiscal backdrops in the history of devolution.

The Deputy First Minister said Mr Yousaf’s cabinet will look and feel ‘quite different’.

Social justice minister Shona Robison warned public spending cuts from the UK government could mean difficulties across all public services.