Shipyards boost as Navy moves work to the Clyde The future of Scotland’s shipyards was placed on a firm footing yesterday after work destined for England was transferred to the Clyde. Part of the work on the £4.2bn contract to build the Royal Navy’s two biggest-ever aircraft carriers had been due to be carried out by BAE

When was the last time Britain’s public spending was slashed by more than 20 per cent? Not in my mother’s lifetime. Not even in my grandmother’s lifetime. No, it was in 1918, when a Conservative-Liberal coalition said the best response to a global

Ed Balls said the eurozone problems were the "biggest political crisis of our lifetime" as he was quizzed over what Labour would do if it was in charge.

Following on from Boris' idea of "earned citizenship", Iain Duncan Smith is pushing the idea that council tenants who seek work and "keep their families in good order... could earn a share of the equity in their homes... Social housing often acts as a block against people getting back to work, with lifetime tenure and lack of mobility" he told the Today show this morning. Equity should be offered ...

From a new reader in Scotland... I have just discovered your blog this week-end, excellent stuff. I am not sure if you are aware it is also very educational, an aspect of some blogs which is often missed. I have supported Labour for over forty years but since Blair and Brown I have moved further and further away. I live in Scotland and if you wish to observe the real evil of Brown at work (and I m...

OFFENDERS across Scotland will be offered the chance to carry out unpaid work as an alternative to appearing in court, the Solicitor General has signalled.

Who Cares Scotland is voluntary organisation which works with children and young people in care. This year, it's marking it's 30th birthday with a fundraising trek to Nepal. Cathy Jamieson used to be the Director of Who Cares Scotland before entering the Scottish Parliament back in 1999. She'll be taking part in this once in a lifetime trek alongside some young people who've ha...

I am not a natural Chaplin fan, (although I do like The Great Dictator and Limelight) but I also beleive he more than deserved his Lifetime Achievement Oscar in 1972. Here is the film of the event from the Oscars Channel on YouTube. It was emotional for two main reasons. The first because he was literally just about the Godfather of filmaking as we know it, the other reason, simply because it was ...

Lord Bilimoria predicts there will be an Asian PM in his lifetime, saying many Asians were breaking through the glass ceiling and taking top posts in Britain.

AS SWATHES of southern England turned Tory blue on Thursday, the electoral map in Scotland remained resolutely red, with Scots sticking to the habits of a lifetime and returni