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All newspaper references refer to Scottish editions. Where there is a link to a newspaper’s website, the relevant page reference is blue and underlined. Economy Recession: There are signs that the recession could be beginning to bottom out.

All newspaper references refer to Scottish editions. Where there is a link to a newspaper’s website, the relevant page reference is blue and underlined. Economy Tighter Laws: Laws dealing with the failure of investment banks are to be…

Budget 2009: The Institute for Fiscal Studies in its analysis of this week’s Budget warned of ‘two parliaments of pain’ as taxes rose and public services were slashed up to 2018.

UK Budget: There is widespread coverage of yesterday’s Budget announcement by Chancellor Alistair Darling.

Deflation: The cost of living in Britain has fallen into the negative territory for the first time in almost half a century. The Retail Price Index dropped to minus 0.4 percent in March, according to the Office of National Statistics

Budget: In a speech to the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) the deputy Labour leader, Harriet Harman, appeared to distance herself from the Chancellor’s plans for spending cuts in Wednesday’s budget, arguing “you cannot cut your way out of…

All newspaper references refer to Scottish editions. Where there is a link to a newspaper’s website, the relevant page reference is blue and underlined. Education Education Spending: There is wide coverage of Reform Scotland’s latest bulletin…

Tourism: Philip Riddle, the chief executive of VisitScotland, is urging the UK and Scottish governments to create a tourism investment bank to pump cash into the recession hit sector.

All newspaper references refer to Scottish editions. Where there is a link to a newspaper’s website, the relevant page reference is blue and underlined. Economy Public Debt: It is expected that the Chancellor, Alistair Darling, is set to…

Further banking fears: Calls for requirements that banks should hold larger reserves in case of future economic problems, as proposed by Lord Adair Turner of the FSA, have caused senior bankers to fear that the Royal Bank of Scotland would be forced…

All newspaper references refer to Scottish editions. Where there is a link to a newspaper’s website, the relevant page reference is blue and underlined. Economy Unemployment: Traditional manufacturing areas are showing the highest increases in…

Patient Power: Reform Scotland’s health paper ‘Patient Power’, which has been launched today, has received wide coverage in the press. Director of Reform Scotland, Geoff Mawdsley, comments in the papers.

Alex Salmond comment: The First Minister, Alex Salmond, has stated during his current stay in China that while Scotland’s economy has been “badly shaken”, it still has “huge strengths” and the ability to rebuild growth and prosperity. One of the First…

RBS job cuts: The Royal Bank of Scotland is expected to cut nearly 1000 jobs in Scotland as part of a worldwide move to save £2.5billion. 4500 staff throughout the UK as a whole and 9000 globally are expected to be affected.

All newspaper references refer to Scottish editions. Where there is a link to a newspaper’s website, the relevant page reference is blue and underlined. Economy Public finances: The UK Government will have to find an extra £39bn by 2016…

All newspaper references refer to Scottish editions. Where there is a link to a newspaper’s website, the relevant page reference is blue and underlined. Economy Economic Downturn: The Chancellor, Alastair Darling, is expected to use his April…

All newspaper references refer to Scottish editions. Where there is a link to a newspaper’s website, the relevant page reference is blue and underlined. Economy G20 Summit: Gordon Brown yesterday claimed that the process of ending the global…

All newspaper references refer to Scottish editions. Economy G20 Summit: World leaders meeting today will try to reach agreement on a plan to tackle the current economic crisis. French and German premiers are said to be taking a regulatory…