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Looking ahead and dealing with this year’s challenges
Last year brought with it immense challenges to Edinburgh’s residents, businesses, and community groups. As 2025 progresses, increased funding from Westminster offers hope for...
Councillor has sights set on Holyrood
With Holyrood elections just around the corner, more candidates are being selected every week in readiness for the campaign beginning in earnest.
Local councillor, Sanne...
Concerns about closure of bank in Wester Hailes
There are serious concerns regarding the upcoming closure of the Bank of Scotland branch in Wester Hailes, and local MSP Gordon Macdonald has warned of the...
Tories to demand Gray’s resignation over performance
The Scottish Conservatives will once again urge MSPs to back their calls for Health Secretary, Neil Gray, to resign in a Parliamentary vote on...
Government reaches agreement with other parties on budget proposals
The Scottish Government has made agreements with both the Scottish Liberal Democrats and also separately with the Scottish Green Party to support the proposed...
Storm Éowyn – advice is do not travel on Friday
The First Minister has urged people to follow Police Scotland advice not to travel on Friday 24 January.
The Scottish Government’s Resilience Room (SGoRR) has...
Cohousing to be highlighted at Holyrood reception this Tuesday
More than 100 people have signed up - with spaces still available - to attend a Scottish Parliament reception, on Tuesday, hoping to convince...
Greens renew demand over Trump
The Scottish Greens have renewed their call for an Unexplained Wealth Order to be issued relating to Donald Trump's investments in Scotland on the...
Call for an end to “quango culture”
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar says Scotland can end the culture of wasting public money and using quangos to cover up governmental failure.
Speaking before...
Greens want to ban unpaid trial shifts
Unpaid trial shifts are a shocking exploitation of workers, says Scottish Green Co-leader Lorna Slater MSP, who has called for the unfair practice to...
New licensing system for vapes needed
There are calls for The Scottish Government to introduce a robust licensing system for vapes as part of its plans to regulate the damaging...
A New Year message from the Scottish Greens
The Scottish Greens share their hopes for change for people and planet in the next year. The party is no longer in government but...
New Year messages from the party leaders in Scotland
The leaders of political parties in Scotland have issued their traditional messages this New Year.
Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay said: “2025 must be the...
ScotRail cuts would be “devastating” for disabled passengers
Proposed cuts to staffing hours in ticket offices across the ScotRail network will make it far more difficult for disabled passengers to travel.
The...
Christmas messages from Scottish politicians
Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay urges people to reach out to anyone who may be alone. He said: “In my first festive message to you...
Call for fair pay and conditions for all hospitality and retail...
There is a call for all hospitality and retail workers to receive fair pay and conditions as they face the rush of the Christmas...
Football would be the best gift this Christmas
A campaign to get all of Scotland’s national football games on free-to-view TV is urging the Secretary of State for Scotland, Ian Murray, to...
Greens urge landlords to avoid evicting tenants at Christmas
Scottish Greens spokesperson for housing, Ariane Burgess MSP, has landlords to avoid evictions this winter to ensure that nobody is left out in...
Scottish Government announce “increase in funding” for local authorities
The Scottish Government has announced that all Scottish councils will share a "record funding settlement of more than £15 billion subject to passing of...
New government investment in offshore wind
An investment of around £150 million in the offshore wind industry is announced by The Scottish Government on Thursday.
This is the second year the...
First Minister’s Christmas card revealed
First Minister John Swinney has revealed his official Christmas card in partnership with charity Children First.
Children and young people who are supported by the...
Internal Market Act must be scrapped
The European Movement in Scotland (EMiS) has said that The Scottish Government must lobby the UK Government to scrap the controversial UK Internal Market...
First Minister says the Scottish Budget will “progress people’s priorities”
Ahead of a visit on Tuesday to Edinburgh charity, Vintage Vibes, - an organisation working to support older people by tackling social isolation and...
St Andrew’s Day speech – creating conditions for every Scot to...
In the run up to St Andrew's Day on 30 November, the First Minister, John Swinney will make a speech in which he will...
Celebrating Book Week Scotland this week and beyond
This week we celebrate the thirteenth year of Book Week Scotland, a yearly celebration across the country of reading.
This celebration of books demonstrates...
First Minister hands out gift bags to Wardie pupils during Book...
First Minister John Swinney visited Wardie Primary School in Edinburgh to mark Book Week Scotland. He gave pupils in primaries two and three gift...
Sarwar says he would “reinstate the Winter Fuel Payment”
Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, announced today that he would reverse the UK Government decision to cut the Winter Fuel Payment for some pensioners...
Minister writes to UK Government about effects of voter ID
The Minister for Parliamentary Business, Jamie Hepburn, has written to Rushanara Ali MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government), asking...
Calls for government support for people with ME
It is "only a matter of time" before someone with ME dies in Scotland as a result of poor healthcare support.
The lack of healthcare...
The need for a new eye pavilion has never been greater
Sarah Boyack MSP writes about the need for a new eye pavilion after a visit there before its temporary closure for urgent repair.
For ten...
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