John Healey

Estate agents said there are signs that some buyers are encountering problems securing mortgages. Picture: PA

Housing experts have warned of a growing affordability crisis

Workers watch in the Dock in Rosyth as HMS Venturer rolls out the buildyard. HMS Venturer ventures forth as the First Type 31 frigate makes its debut

Babcock trying to 'contain' delays to warships being built in Rosyth

Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey holds up the traditional red ministerial box outside No 11 Downing Street before delivering his Budget yesterday (Picture: Dylan Martinez - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Readers Letters: Fifty years on, another Healey bungles Budget

John Healey leaves 11 Downing Street with (second left-right) Financial Secretary to the Treasury James Murray, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Emma Reynolds, Economic Secretary to the Treasury Lucy Rigby and Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Dan Tomlinson before delivering his first Budget to the Houses of Parliament

Analysis Healey’s standstill Budget highlights a debilitating fiscal status quo

David Lonsdale of the Scottish Retail Consortium

Analysis A raft of modest but useful measures for businesses and households

Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey

Budget 2026 RECAP: Chancellor's plans and what they mean for Scotland

SNP ministers to pass on funding to cut £100 off energy bills for those in council tax bands A-D

UK Budget 2026: Scots households to benefit from £100 energy payment

Scottish tourism bosses slam Healey for failing to address two major pressures

The Acorn project will be based at Shell's St Fergus gas terminal near Peterhead

'Hammer blow' for North Sea amid carbon capture funding row

John Healey gave his first Budget as Chancellor on Wednesday

Analysis Boring John Healey succeeds in making UK Budget low key event

Budget 2026: Chancellor’s U-turn on ISA allowance branded ‘backward step’

Chancellor John Healey ahead of delivering his UK Budget

Explainer What John Healey's Budget spending plans mean for Scotland and you

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Readers' Letters: PM must take responsibility and grant approval of Rosebank

John Healey will give his first Budget as Chancellor on Wednesday afternoon (Photo by Annabel Lee-Ellis/PA Wire)

UK Budget: Healey told to 'restore' Scots waters naval vessel patrols

The Grangemouth refinery

John Healey urged to deliver £200m Grangemouth money at Budget

Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey

The Budget 2026: What time is Healey speaking at? How can I follow it?

A scenic view across Edinburgh, taking in the business district, from Calton Hill

Exclusive Scottish business chiefs urge Chancellor to be 'bold' and cut taxes

John Healey’s first Budget will be a key indication of the Burnham premiership’s direction (Picture: Betty Laura Zapata/PA Wire)

John Healey needs to find some carrots for housing sector

Kemi Badenoch gave a speech in central London on Tuesday

Analysis Badenoch presents Tories as tax-cutting alternative ahead of UK Budget

Adrian Murphy, CEO of Murphy Wealth

Chancellor right to rule out changes to capital gains tax

Chancellor John Healey needs to retain the confidence of the markets, like his predecessor Rachel Reeves. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/pool

How Chancellor John Healey can avoid becoming the Labour Liz Truss Scotsman comment

Nearly 400 jobs are to be lost in Grangemouth as chemicals producer Syngenta prepares to cease operations in the town (Picture Michael Gillen)

Readers Letters: Syngenta shutdown shows Scottish government bad for business

Chancellor John Healey needs to deliver on his promise of 'fiscal discipline' in his Budget next month (Picture: Ian Forsyth)

SNP should learn from Chancellor's 'moral duty' to cut benefits Scotsman comment

John Healey speaking at Labour Party conference

Analysis John Healey's relaxed conference speech was engaging but lacked detail

The Petroineos refinery at Grangemouth has now closed - but funding promises for its future must be honoured, writes Barrie Cunning

Scotland 2050 calls for cross-party summit on Grangemouth

Jubilant Glasgow University graduates - but are too many young people going to university (Picture: John Devlin)

Readers' letters: Higher education needs a major rethink

We must pay no heed to latest Russian threats against UK Alan Young

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Readers' letters: We need to tackle rise in speeding offences

Prime Minister Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham: I will call out Donald Trump

Anas Sarwar

Analysis 'Bewildering' moment in Scottish Labour as Sarwar's bombshell dropped

First Minister John Swinney

Swinney urged to match Burnham's tax cut for pubs, clubs and venues

John Healey is prepared to be a team player, but not at the expense of his most strongly held beliefs (Picture: Henry Nicholls)

John Healey could be most consequential Chancellor since Gordon Brown Alistair Carmichael

Prime minister Andy Burnham must give Scottish business ‘breathing space’ and not tax his way to growth, a leading figure in the finance sector has warned (Picture: Dan Kitwood)

Exclusive Burnham must not tax his way to growth, warns Scots finance leader

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Readers’ letters: Piecemeal planning is not good enough for giant data centres

New Prime Minister Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham announces £850m VAT cut on energy bills

Andy Burnham waves with his wife Marie-France van Heel

Burnham's ruthless purge of cabinet as Starmer allies shown the door

Andy Burnham's victory rally at Ashton Town FC after being elected as Makerfield MP

Who will be in Andy Burnham's cabinet?

Former Armed Forces minister Al Carns, pictured at RFA Lyme Bay in Gibraltar.

Explainer Al Carns: The Scottish commando looking to challenge Andy Burnham

Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party Russell Findlay speaks during an inquiry into SNP finances at the Scottish Parliament Building on 10 June 2026 (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Scotsman Letters: Why didn't Opposition look into Murrell plea delay?

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Starmer needs to show his pledges on defence are more than words Scotsman comment

Soldiers from 16 Air Assault Brigade set up and fly military drones after jumping from a transport aircraft onto Salisbury Plain at Copehill Down training facility earlier this year (Picture: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Increasing defence spending is rational, not hysterical

Navantia UK took over the Methil shipyard in January last year (Pic: Submitted)

Exclusive MoD urged to award Faslane contract to Scottish shipyard

An American C-17 seen at Prestwick Airport in 2025 (Picture: John Devlin)

Row as Swinney admits he cannot ban US jets from Prestwick Airport

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PM: UK will 'get ahead' of price rises driven by Middle East conflict

HMS Duncan is set to head to Cyprus.

HMS Duncan: Everything we know about the Clyde-built Destroyer

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