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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt addressed the House of Commons with his Spring Budget 2023 on Wednesday - Credit: Getty Images

Key announcements from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2023

A cap on Scottish students is 'reducing opportunity', an education expert has said.
A cap on Scottish students is 'reducing opportunity', an education expert has said.

Cap on Scottish students resulting in a 'reduction of opportunity'

Texel sheep in the judging ring at the Royal Highland Show in Ingliston.Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire
Texel sheep in the judging ring at the Royal Highland Show in Ingliston.Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Sturgeon says indy Scotland would have greater say in agricultural policy

EU farmers are set to receive a one-off emergency payment to help cover increases in costs.
EU farmers are set to receive a one-off emergency payment to help cover increases in costs.

Emergency payment for EU farmers

A homeowner turning down the temperature of a gas boiler.
A homeowner turning down the temperature of a gas boiler.

Ofgem propose plans that could drastically alter energy price cap

Edinburgh and Benetton players line up for a minute's applause in memory of Siobhan Cattigan, the Scotland Women's international whose death at 26 was announced this week. (Photo by Paul Devlin / SNS Group)
Edinburgh and Benetton players line up for a minute's applause in memory of Siobhan Cattigan, the Scotland Women's international whose death at 26 was announced this week. (Photo by Paul Devlin / SNS Group)

Edinburgh Rugby takeaways: Things we learned from bonus point win over Benetton

Farmers to win £337m loans

Bell rings the changes at STFA

STFA chair, Christopher Nicholson
STFA chair, Christopher Nicholson

Lease restrictions could hamper tenant farmers

The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Unity flies high above New Mexico on its way to the edge of space (Picture: Patrick T Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Unity flies high above New Mexico on its way to the edge of space (Picture: Patrick T Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

Billionaires' 'Space Race' is a grotesque display of wealth – Laura Waddell

Farming - Time to refocus after end of CAP

Jeremy Moody of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers
Jeremy Moody of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers

Magic climate change route for farming policy

A poll of 1,016 Scots found that money concerns impacted the sleep of 55 per cent of those aged between 16 and 34 who had debts.
A poll of 1,016 Scots found that money concerns impacted the sleep of 55 per cent of those aged between 16 and 34 who had debts.

More than half of young adult Scots in debt lose sleep over their finances

Farming: Technology is key to transforming post-CAP agriculture - Andrew Arbucki...

Scotland will move to a new rural subsidy payment system after 2024. (Picture: Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
Scotland will move to a new rural subsidy payment system after 2024. (Picture: Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Public interest key to billionaire land subsidies – Martyn McLaughlin

The Duke of Buccleuch's firms have received nearly £5m in EU subsidies since the EU referendum.
The Duke of Buccleuch's firms have received nearly £5m in EU subsidies since the EU referendum.

Leading aristocratic families paid £14m in EU subsidies since referendum

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum's firm received more than a quarter of a million pounds in EU funding. Picture: Alan Crowhurst/Getty
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum's firm received more than a quarter of a million pounds in EU funding. Picture: Alan Crowhurst/Getty

Dubai ruler and Russian oligarchs among recipients of nearly £7m in subsidies

JK Rowling's company, which owns swaths of land at Shepherdscleuch in the Scottish Borders, received more than three quarters of a million pounds in EU subsidies last year. Picture: Lisa Ferguson
JK Rowling's company, which owns swaths of land at Shepherdscleuch in the Scottish Borders, received more than three quarters of a million pounds in EU subsidies last year. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

JK Rowling's forestry firm paid more £750,000 in EU subsidies

The Common Agricultural Policy has been a lifeline to Scottish agriculture for decades, but debate is raging over a new system of subsidies. Picture: Lisa Ferguson
The Common Agricultural Policy has been a lifeline to Scottish agriculture for decades, but debate is raging over a new system of subsidies. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Analysis: Future of rural subsidies in Scotland remains unclear

Lord Palmer's Manderston estate, which includes a 109-room country house with the world's only silver staircase, received more than £400,000 in subsidies. Picture: Ian Rutherford
Lord Palmer's Manderston estate, which includes a 109-room country house with the world's only silver staircase, received more than £400,000 in subsidies. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Peers across Scotland paid nearly £3m in EU subsidies since Brexit vote

Alister Jack, the secretary of state for Scotland, has a shareholding in a firm which received more than £350,000 in EU subsidies since 2016. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images
Alister Jack, the secretary of state for Scotland, has a shareholding in a firm which received more than £350,000 in EU subsidies since 2016. Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Revealed: £2.8m in EU subsidies received by Tory politicians in Scotland

Scottish farmers may stick with EU route on policy

Benefits to be capped for thousands of struggling families - here's why

Andrew Stark, Land Use Policy Officer, RSPB Scotland
Andrew Stark, Land Use Policy Officer, RSPB Scotland

Agriculture Bill at Holyrood now can be strenghtened to help planet – Andrew Sta...

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Humza Yousaf speaks after being elected as new SNP party leader
Humza Yousaf speaks after being elected as new SNP party leader

Humza Yousaf faces ‘full in-tray’ as half of Scots think country on wrong path

Humza Yousaf pictured after being elected as the new SNP party leader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Humza Yousaf pictured after being elected as the new SNP party leader (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Why unionists should not celebrate Yousaf's election as SNP leader

A man drops flowers to a makeshift memorial where baloons and Teddy bears are left on the outside the Covenant School building at the Covenant Presbyterian Church, in Nashville, Tennessee, March 27. -(Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
A man drops flowers to a makeshift memorial where baloons and Teddy bears are left on the outside the Covenant School building at the Covenant Presbyterian Church, in Nashville, Tennessee, March 27. -(Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Three children and three adults killed in Nashville elementary school shooting