A vow to scrap the two-child benefit cap and changes to basic and intermediate tax thresholds are among the plans for the Scottish government for the next financial year. The announcements were made by Finance Secretary Shona Robison as she revealed her tax and spending plans for 2025/26.

SNP ministers must end their era of “high tax and free spending” in Wednesday’s Scottish Budget and finally start reforming the country’s struggling public services, opposition parties have argued. Shona Robison,

Families must be protected from further punishing tax rises in today's Budget, SNP ministers have been warned.

The Scottish Government faces tough spending decisions to fix struggling public services despite an increase in funding from Westminster.