The SNP’s Car Park Tax is facing yet more criticism as the Scottish Conservatives reveal that, if passed on to employees, the tax would be subject to VAT.
 
This would take the cost to almost £500 for each taxpayer driving to work.
 

The SNP’s car park tax will hit lower paid workers significantly, new analysis has confirmed.
 
Finance secretary Derek Mackay wants to impose a charge on people who take their cars to work, which could amount to more than £400 a year.
 

Finance Secretary Derek Mackay was bailed out by the UK Government 6 days before his Budget deal with the Greens – but concealed his windfall from parliament, the Scottish Parliament’s finance committee has heard.
 

The Scottish Government must not “sneak through” its Car Park Tax, the Scottish Conservatives have said today –  as it revealed that SNP Ministers failed to consult with anybody about the controversial proposal before pushing it through.
 

At this weeks Council Executive Councillor Charles Kennedy, Conservative Councillor for Bathgate tried to save the Council premise at Majoribanks Street for Community use.

Over 4,000 newly qualified Scottish teachers have quit since 2012, according to figures published by the Scottish Conservatives.
 

Thanks to our investment of £20.5 billion a year in real terms by 2023-24 the plan will transform patient care and make sure every penny of taxpayers’ money is spent wisely.

The Scottish Ambulance Service was forced to pay record amounts in overtime costs to paramedics last year, new figures have revealed.
 
A shortage of staff meant more than £6.3 million was spent paying paramedics to work extra shifts as pressure intensifies on ambulance workers.

Three in every 10 children who leave primary school are doing so without hitting the required levels of literacy, new figures have shown.
 

ISD figures this week revealed that CAMHS waiting time in NHS Lothian are the longest in Scotland.