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Andy Burnham needs more than good vibrations to win back voters’ trust (Picture: Jonathan Brady/WPA pool)

Burnham risks repeating the mistakes made by Starmer and Sunak Brian Monteith

Protesters against data centres may have a point but we are going to need them (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

AI's importance to UK economy is already huge and only going to grow Scotsman comment

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Public spending in Scotland £2,720 higher per person than UK average

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The World Cup provided a boost in June

Resilient economy set for another quarter of growth

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No peace deal could leave UK economy in dire Strait Scotsman comment

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UK economy contracts for first time since last August

Petrol prices have soared

How will soaring fuel prices impact April’s GDP data?

Tony Blair's views on net zero are at odds with those of the leading economist Professor Nicholas Stern, left, who carried out a landmark review of the economics of climate change for the UK Government in 2006 (Picture: Peter Macdiarmid)

Why Tony Blair is completely wrong about net zero and economic growth Ian Johnston

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Bank of Scotland owner Lloyds posts £2 billion profit but warns over war impact

First Minister John Swinney launches the SNP Manifesto in Glasgow yesterday (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: SNP vow to peg food costs just another daft idea

Ciaran McGuigan, Chief Executive of Zero Waste Scotland (Picture: Peter Devlin)

‘Circular’ jobs are vital for the Scottish economy

With pubs closing at a shockingly high rate, John Swinney needs to do more to help the hospitality industry (Picture: Jane Barlow/pool)

Tax hike on pub on Swinney's doorstep shows how SNP is ruining economy Murdo Fraser

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Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaving 11 Downing Street, London, for the House of Commons to deliver her spring statement to MPs

How will Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement affect Scots?

Scotland's economy is changing with more people appearing to prioritise healthier activities like going for a run over nights out (Picture: Ben Stansall)

Scotland risks building economy on fundamentally fragile foundations Susan Murray

The UK Government plans to increase defence spending.

Exclusive Scots MP calls for increased defence spending 'as fast as possible'

The Scottish Government this week paid £392,500 in legal costs to For Women Scotland, whose co-directors are (from left) Susan Smith, Marion Calder and Trina Budge (Picture: PA)

Scotsman Letters: Does no one in government ever take a breath and think?

Agentic AI acts more like a virtual general manager than a digital filing clerk (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Agentic AI offers a huge chance to grow our GDP

Ming Yang Smart Energy hopes to invest up to £1.5 billion in Scotland's largest wind turbine manufacturing facility, subject to UK government approval

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The result of the Scottish elections will help determine the future of the housing sector (Picture: Michael Gillen)

All parties need positive, dynamic housing policies for the coming election

SSEN transmission has committed to £10bn of investment to upgrade the electricity network infrastructure across the north of Scotland (Picture: Stuart Nicol)

Grid investment and planning reform must go hand in hand

Scottish business confidence drops 15 points, despite UK rise

UK GDP: Third-quarter growth confirmed at 0.1% but where now for interest rates?

The Scottish Retail Consortium said “it will be a long winter for Scotland’s shopkeepers” without an “unashamedly pro-growth Scottish Budget”.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves under pressure after UK economy shrinks

Economist believe the Bank of England, above, is poised to move on interest rates.

GDP: Dire data to trigger pre-Xmas interest rate cut for millions of borrowers

Call for ‘plan of action’ to boost Scottish productivity ahead of 2026 election

The Scotch whisky industry's hopes that alcohol duty would at least be frozen were ignored with an increase imposed instead (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Whatever happens to Rachel Reeves, this was a bad Budget for Scotland Murdo Fraser

A general view of the Houses of Parliament,

Reeves fails to show mettle - but watch out for Scotland's 'guddle' John McLaren

UK GDP: Grim figures ‘pave way’ for interest rate cut just days before Christmas

A view of Edinburgh

Scottish economy 'stuck in doom loop' as low growth weakens tax impact

Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

Readers’ letters: Reeves should cut government spending, not increase taxes

Why Scotland is seeing more firms in financial distress than the rest of the UK

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes speaks to the SNP conference in Aberdeen.

Kate Forbes: Rachel Reeves must scrap and replace the windfall tax

People walk past the Bank of England and the Royal Exchange in London, the centre of the UK's financial services industry (Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: UK should be more like Switzerland

71 per cent of private businesses are exploring new markets (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Businesses are bullish on growth – but how do they keep up momentum?

A view of the Halo HQ building in Kilmarnock lit up at night.

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10 Scottish regions with the lowest business survival rates

An oil rig in the North Sea

Scotland's public spending deficit rises by more than £5 billion

Readers' letters: Israel's war in Gaza is not an act of 'self-defence'

Buchanan Street in Glasgow's city centre. The Fraser of Allander Institute has said Scotland's economy has experienced a 'weaker recovery' from Covid compared to the rest of the UK. Picture: John Linton/PA Wire

UK economy unexpectedly shrinks in 'disappointing' outcome for Reeves
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has described the latest figures show a contraction of the UK economy as ‘disappointing’.

Motorists are being warned about possible restrictions on the Queensferry Crossing.

How transport will boost Scotland's GDP - and is changing under a SNP Government

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The Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, home to many a public servant (Picture: Neil Hanna)

Readers’ Letters: It’s past time to do something about bloated public sector

The private sector will see a boost in funding, says Andrew Brydon

Plans to boost UK defence will have knock-on effects

First Minister John Swinney

John Swinney urged to cut taxes amid £1.1bn economic performance gap

British currency, pound coins and banknotes. The UK's economic outlook is improving, but trade challenges remain.

UK economy sees light at the end of the tunnel – but tade tensions still loom

HMS Artful an Astute-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine at His Majesty's Naval Base Clyde

UK to build up to 12 new attack submarines and spend £15bn on warheads

The governments of Keir Starmer and John Swinney need to have a proper working relationship (Picture: Andy Buchanan/WPA Pool)

SNP's reaction to 'disappointing' growth figures should worry us all Scotsman comment

Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Murray sits inside a rescue submersible during a visit to defence contractor JFD Global in Renfrew in March

Exclusive SNP 'spent decades selling Scotland to Scots rather than world'

Liz Kendall MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has said welfare changes are 'never easy and rarely popular' (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Labour reforms will only harm disabled people's work prospects

The UK's GDP figures for April to June should shed more light on whether Labour's policies are the right ones for the economy (Picture: Peter Cziborra/WPA pool)

Labour right to talk Britain up after some good news on the economy Scotsman comment

Swinney must explain how he'll get steel plants back in operation Ian Murray

Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump have met numerous times in the build-up to a trade deal being announced between the US and the UK

Trump announces 'comprehensive' UK US trade deal on 'special day'

Factories showed a particular turnaround in activity in the latest GDP data.

UK GDP: Surprise growth spurt likely to prove calm before tariff-induced storm

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