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Prescription charges will fall again in April after SNP proposals to cut the costs to £3 and to scrap them completely next year won Holyrood backing.

Scotland's local Post Offices will benefit from a £1 million fund set up by the SNP Government to support local communities.

The Scottish Government's budget for Scotland will include new measures to support businesses, improve home insulation and invest in a scrappage scheme for old an inefficient boilers.

SNP Westminster Leader and Defence Spokesperson, Angus Robertson MP described former Prime Minister Tony Blair's failure to express any regret over the Iraq war as 'chilling'.

SNP Westminster Leader and Defence Spokesperson, Angus Robertson MP, has welcomed the constructive tone of talks at a summit of world leaders who met in London to discuss Afghanistan's future but warned that a fundamental reassessment of the UK’s mission in the region was still massively overdue.

The SNP has urged Scots to make their own decision at the General Election after Labour, joined the Tories in disregarding Scots voters, echoing the actions of broadcasters who are currently ignoring Scotland’s views in the General Election debate.

SNP Treasury Spokesman, Stewart Hosie MP, has seized on comments made by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown at his monthly press conference today (Monday) where he warned that removing stimulus from the economy risked a double-dip recession.

The SNP today surpassed an election pledge to match the previous Executive’s school building plans “brick for brick”.

SNP MSP Michael Matheson has today (Monday) welcomed the news that Tennent’s, one of Scotland’s leading alcohol brands, supports the Scottish Government’s minimum pricing plan.

Welcoming research which reveals four out of five people back a cut in the drink-drive limit, the SNP repeated calls for the immediate transfer of powers to control drink driving and speed limits to be transferred to the Scottish Parliament – as recommended by the Calman Commission.