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The Chancellor has been adamant she will not turn to tax rises as part of the Government’s efforts to fund its policies.

The service has pulled appliances from the scene due to night setting in.

Officers have established a silver five-door VW Golf with tinted rear windows was in the area at the time.

Holyrood announced it had passed the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill on Tuesday.

The UK Government says 184 workers have already begun training.

Police Scotland said 17 people have been charged and four others have been reported in connection with various offences.

Analysis by the party found spending by the Scottish Government fell by £70 million in real terms, while council spending dropped by £80 million.

The First Minister spoke out after meeting representatives from sectors which could be impacted by UK Government immigration reforms.

Justice minister Lord Ponsonby said he would ‘encourage’ Peter Sullivan, 68, to seek a payout.

David Lammy announced new measures against Israel but Labour and Tory backbenchers urged him to go further.

The gang travelled from Italy to the UK last year to ‘commit carefully planned burglaries targeting high value properties’.

The trial of loyalist activist Jamie Bryson, former Sinn Fein MLA Daithi McKay and Thomas O’Hara has got under way.

The youth is also charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice, and carrying an offensive weapon.

Just over a fifth of shareholder votes backed proposals for more disclosure on how increasing LNG production meets Shell’s environmental commitments.

Police said they are investigating possible links to the ongoing gang feud in Scotland’s central belt.

Scottish Enterprise’s £9 million investment comes months after £20 million from the Scottish National Investment Bank.

The Princess of Wales gathered with guests at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday afternoon.

The number of food parcels – half of which were given to households with children – represent a 10% decrease on the year before.

It had been announced in February that the tower will be brought down to ground level in a process likely to take two years.

Jack MacKenzie was said by his club to have suffered a ‘serious facial injury’ in the incident at Tannadice Park in Dundee.