The Scottish Government

A group who have tried to fight off plans for a 544-bed super-hostel in Atholl Crescent at the West End say the approval of...

Jenny Young, MSP for Central Scotland and Lothians West, has asked for a meeting with Transport Secretary, Stephen Flynn, to find out whether or...

The latest figures detailing the number of people diagnosed with Covid-19 in the 24 hours to 11 April in Scotland are shown below. The...

Public Health Scotland has published the latest data on Covid-19 in Scotland. The number of cases in Scotland is 6,815 which is just slightly lower...

Lothian MSP, Miles Briggs, has called for former Powderhall railway line to be made a green corridor. This would link up with the network...

Big Noise Wester Hailes has around 850 children signed up for the new term. New Edinburgh South Western MSP, Simita Kumar, visited to see for...

Dr Scott Arthur, MP for Edinburgh South West, has said there is still "much more to be done" in Scotland, following Commonwealth swimmer Archie...

Rennie to stand aside as Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats.  Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie has today announced that he will stand aside...

The MSP for Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith, Ben Macpherson has stepped back from government for health reasons. Mr Macpherson was appointed Minister for Innovation,...

First Minister, John Swinney has made a new appointment to his cabinet. He has announced that former MEP and MP, Alyn Smith, will be...

The First Minister has chosen a Christmas card designed by Annie Lennox OBE this year. The drawing depicts a polar bear on an iceberg...

The Rt Hon Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Robert Aldridge and the Lord Provost Consort, Colin Cunningham had pride of place in the parade on...

Jenny Butler has been involved in politics since 2009, and is hoping to take a 15-year SNP stronghold for the Scottish Lib Dems in...

Edinburgh children starting P1 in the 2027-28 academic year will join pupils across Scotland in receiving a free backpack filled with school essentials in...

THE SNP have told voters “Other parties are trying to stop us” from lowering bills with a large new billboard on Leith Walk. The billboard aims to...

First Minister John Swinney has condemned what he called a "heinous" suspected anti-Muslim attack in Edinburgh on Friday. Along with government ministers he received an...

Today was a day of coming and going at Bute House and appointments to the Scottish Cabinet. Here is the final list of those...

Their Majesties the King and Queen visited The Scottish Parliament to celebrate with MSPs the quarter century of devolved government in Edinburgh. Scottish soldiers...

THE SCOTTISH Government has suggested that financial support could be on the way for Edinburgh Council as they continue to deal with the fall-out...

The Scottish Government has announced £500,000 funding of digital development for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes made the announcement about...

The newly elected Presiding Officer, Kenny Gibson, has already made some changes in his first few days in the job. The outgoing Presiding Officer, Alison...

At the daily media briefing earlier today, Health Secretary Jeane Freema, confirmed that car parking will continue to be free for staff, visitors...

Queen Margaret University (QMU), Edinburgh welcomed Ben Macpherson MSP, the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Minister for Innovation, Technology and Tertiary Education, to campus on Friday meeting staff supporting prospective...

An Edinburgh MP has written to the First Minister demanding an immediate halt to £258,000 in executive bonus payments at Scottish Water, branding the sums unacceptable while...

Urgent action needed - leaders call for dedicated Muslim cemetery at Scottish Parliament meeting. A community meeting hosted by Lothian MSP, Foysol Choudhury, has reignited...

Edinburgh charity, Dance Base, has secured grant funding to protect its studios from the impacts of climate change. The venue will use the grant of...

Scottish Lib Dems leader, Alex Cole-Hamilton, is hoping to continue balancing his duties at the head of the party alongside those in the new...

The former leader of the SNP group on Edinburgh council, and recently elected MSP for Edinburgh Southwestern, Simita Kumar, is now a junior minister...

Scottish Greens have announced the three candidates who will contest city constituencies in Edinburgh. The party has confirmed it is also aiming to return...

The Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer has given his unequivocal backing to a campaign to secure Covid-19 vaccine priority for terminally ill patients. Sir...