Finance Secretary Derek Mackay should deliver a “Budget for all of Scotland” rather than yielding to pressure from the Greens, the Scottish Conservatives have said today.

Three in every 10 children who leave primary school are doing so without hitting the required levels of literacy, new figures have shown.

Scottish GPs are still facing a crisis according to the latest figures released today.

The UK Government has given the Scottish government the third highest cash increase out of all the spending areas across the UK, according to the Scottish Conservatives.

Following numerous claims that 10,000 Scottish people will be left ‘penniless’ at Christmas due to the implementation of Universal Credit link, Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, wants to set the record straight regarding Universal Credit claims.

The SNP has been branded the ‘pay more get less’ government by the Scottish Conservatives in advance of the Scottish budget next week.

Only a quarter of reported crimes of drink spiking for sexual purposes are being detected, according to the latest figures obtained by the Scottish Conservatives.

Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to resist hiking up taxes even further on workers and businesses ahead of next week’s Holyrood budget.

This week Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, is calling for the Scottish Government to intervene to improve roads and potholes in East Lothian.

The number of doctors in training in Scotland has sunk to a five-year low, sparking fears the country’s GP crisis is set to worsen.