A Scottish government claim that it had EU backing for plans to introduce minimum unit pricing for alcohol is denied by the European Commission.

Referendum on Independence Now that we know that a referendum will definitely be held on Scottish independence, I am committed to working with the Scottish Government to ensure we have one that is fair, legal and decisive. A few weeks ago I launched a consultation to seek views on how we could achieve this and

The Scottish government is launching a "changing attitudes" campaign to encourage women to drop a drink size.

Appeal judges have rejected a bid by a major tobacco firm to challenge Scottish government plans to ban the open display of cigarettes.

The Scottish government's Finance Secretary John Swinney announces £33m extra cash for housing, job programmes and roads.

A minimum alcohol price would have a slightly smaller effect on consumption than first estimated, academics tell the Scottish government.

The Scottish government is to unveil how it will tackle youth unemployment which is at its highest for a generation.

Answering a question on a Scottish piece of writing is to become compulsory in Higher English under plans from the Scottish government.

The Scottish government is preparing to drop its opposition to the UK Electoral Commission supervising an independence referendum.

In trying to follow the Scottish Independence referendum debate, there is one strain of argument that confuses me. It is the argument where Unionists (usually) ask questions about the policies that an Independent Scottish Government would follow, which are sometimes answered, quite authoritively, by Nationalists. Questions like: What sort of currency would an independent Scotland have? What