Social Security Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said the Chancellor of the Exchequer must use his Budget statement to make changes to Universal Credit and prevent more people and families being pushed into poverty.
Opportunities to invest in nine projects worth more than £2 billion to Scotland’s economy were announced by Economy Secretary Derek Mackay.
2017 saw only one recorded incident of illegal bird of prey poisoning in Scotland, according to new maps published by the Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime (PAW) Scotland.