£5bn of business rates appeals outstanding Scottish business rates appeals statistics have been published today showing that around £5 billion worth of appeals by 68,000 businesses ar
Decline in deprived students going to university The number of entrants to university from the most deprived areas in Scotland has continued to decline according to the Scottish Government
Speech from Ruth Davidson: ‘Building a stronger Britain’ Please see below a copy of Ruth Davidson’s speech to Glasgow University this evening on ‘Building a Stronger Britain’. “Good evening a
Anti-social behaviour incidents increase to almost 1,000 per day Scottish Conservative analysis of Police Scotland crime statistics shows that anti-social behaviour rose by 5 per cent over the last year.
Sturgeon talks down importance of UK market again Scotland’s First Minister has again talked down the importance of the UK market, hinting that she valued custom with other EU countries more
SNP “dragging Scotland back to the arguments of the past” Ruth Davidson has today reacted to the publication of the SNP’s independence blueprint, saying it is time for the Nationalists to move on fr
Schools suffer while SNP drags Scotland down indyref ‘rabbit hole’ The education of Scotland’s youngsters will suffer if the SNP drags Scotland “back down the rabbit hole” of another independence debate.
Subject choice crisis hits early school leavers hardest The dwindling number of subjects pupils are able to take hits those who wish to leave school at an earlier age the hardest, the Scottish Con
SNP cause ‘Scotland-specific economic shock’ The economy is facing a ‘Scotland-specific economic shock’ – a term enshrined in law, used to describe a set of poor economic indicators tha
Job creation under SNP lags behind every single UK nation and region Jobs growth in Scotland has lagged behind every single region in the UK since the SNP came into power, according to new analysis of ONS empl