Sousa, Deputy Director of the Fraser of Allander Institute, said: "This was a Budget with an eye on the election, but storing up risks.

We asked National contributors to give their take on the Budget delivered by Shona Robison on Wednesday. Here's what a handful of them had to say.

ALL eyes are on Holyrood as the Scottish Government presented its £60 billion budget to the Scottish Parliament this afternoon. The ...

Holyrood Culture Secretary Angus Robertson has hailed the £34 million promised for culture in the Scottish Budget as being ...

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Scots will no longer face year-long waits for NHS treatment, the SNP has claimed, two months after ministers spectacularly ...

The Scottish Government will not make any more emergency in-year Budget revisions, Finance Secretary Shona Robison has ...

SNP finance secretary Shona Robison said the increase – which is £9 million more than the government had promised – would be 'transformational for the sector' ...

The Scottish government's Budget Statement made no changes to Scottish income tax rates and there were no new tax bands this ...

The Scottish government has pledged to make a series of funding increases to the country’s arts and culture sector as part of ...

The SNP stands accused of “government failure of the highest order” as figures reveal eight Scots with learning disabilities ...