The Latest Breaking News from Scottish Government

THE number of patients at Scotland’s A&E departments waiting longer than four hours has grown to the highest on record, new figures show.

The Scottish Government has been called on to "sort out" the temporary timetable which is causing havoc for thousands of people heading to major events in Glasgow this week.

The data was revealed in a Freedom of Information request by the justice and social affairs magazine, 1919. On Friday, the Scottish Police Federation began what it called its "most overt demonstration of action" in 100 years as officers withdrew their goodwill in a pay dispute

EXCLUSIVE: The leaked finance presentation shows civil servants suggesting an option to save money would be from the flagship Scottish Child Payment

The findings come amid a pay dispute which has seen Police Scotland officers withdraw their "goodwill".

The Scottish First Minister told Boris Johnson the absence of a Section 30 order “will not mean Scotland is refused the democratic right to choose.”

NICOLA Sturgeon has told Boris Johnson that the Scottish Government is "ready and willing to negotiate a Section 30 order to secure a…

Critics have slammed the decision to scrap the Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce and replace it with another body that is answerable only to the Scottish Government.

Town hall bosses fear they may no longer be able to deliver community services if the National Care Service goes ahead, as it would see chiefs report to ministers rather than councils.

The standard carer's allowance is widely used, but there's also a little-known supplement payment that many could be entitled to

A POLICE station has reinstated the Saltire after flying the Union flag for more than a month – contrary to Scottish Government guidance.