First Minister’s Christmas card for 2019 unveiled
The First Minister has chosen a Christmas card designed by Annie Lennox OBE this year.The drawing depicts a polar bear on an iceberg...
Coronavirus – today’s figures
The Scottish Government has issued figures today of the number of people who have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.The...
Holyrood to consider Scottish Fiscal Bill
Legislation to put the Scottish Fiscal Commission on a statutory footing has today been published by the Scottish Parliament.The Bill, put forward by the...
Presiding Officer calls for Parliamentary reform
The voices of the people must be heard in Parliament following Scotland’s unprecedented voter turn-out at the Referendum, says Presiding Officer Tricia Marwick.Leading Time for...
Coronavirus – restrictions on travel to Manchester
Restriction on travel to protect public health in Scotland announced today.A rise in the prevalence of Delta variant cases has led to travel restrictions...
Coronavirus – route out of lockdown will be a cautious one
Today was a big news day for everyone in the country, but the The Scottish Government continues to urge a careful, steady approach...
The Smith Commission – submissions now closed
All comments to the Commission had to be submitted by 5pm on 31 October 2014.The Smith Commission reported that they have received over 14,000...
MSP encourages parents to get their children a flu vaccination this...
SNP MSP Gordon Macdonald has urged parents in Edinburgh to “trust the facts” and make sure their child is vaccinated for flu this winter.This...
Scottish Government support for Zambia
Local MSP Ben Macpherson is also the International Development Minister and he has today announced a package of support to assist Zambia in developing their...
Edinburgh MSP Hosts Parkinson’s UK at Holyrood
Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, last night hosted an event for Parkinson's UK at The Scottish Parliament in an effort to highlight the...
Coronavirus – UK agreement to reduce the alert level
This is an update from the Chief Medical Officers on reducing the alert level in the UK.This is separate from reducing lockdown restrictions. Scotland...
Holyrood will decide this evening on same sex marriage
Vote due on historic bill in Scottish Parliament.MSPs will tonight decide on the future of same sex marriage in Scotland, with Cabinet Secretary for...
MSP’s office becomes target for vandals
An Edinburgh MSP discovered that someone has covered the shopfront at his Leith office with paint on Tuesday.On ‘X” Ben Macpherson MSP said:...
Meeting convened to discuss pressures on health and social care
Although The Scottish Parliament only reconvenes for business on Tuesday the government held a meeting to discuss the pressures on the NHS last Friday.The...
Lothians MSP accuses the Brexit secretary of playing constitutional games
Gordon Lindhurst Conservative MSP for Lothians has criticised SNP Brexit Secretary Mike Russell saying that he continued to play constitutional games rather than committing...
Coronavirus – The way back for tourism
The Tourism Secretary, Fergus Ewing, made a statement to The Scottish Parliament today announcing the way out of lockdown for the tourism industry in...
Edinburgh MSP says Malleny 3G pitches will have to be locked
Gordon MacDonald MSP has written for us about the difficulties facing the new sports pitches recently unveiled in Balerno. A lot of hard work...
Home Rule for Scotland launched
The Campaign for Scottish Home Rule was launched yesterday in Edinburgh, claiming to bring together key figures from across Scotland’s political spectrum as well...
Coronavirus – today’s numbers
The Scottish Government has announced another 806 cases of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 in Scotland since yesterday.In Lothian 180 cases...
Ash Denham supports the #WearItPink campaign
Ash Denham MSP was wearing pink recently to raise awareness of Breast Cancer Now's #WearItPink campaign.The charity has raised over £33 million over the last...
Retail Workers Bill to be passed this week
The Scottish Parliament will debate and vote on the Protection of Workers (Retail and Age-restricted Goods and Services) (Scotland) Bill on Tuesday. The bill...
Scotland to get tough on tax
The Scottish Government announces plans to beef up the way devolved taxes are collected.An independent authority responsible for collecting devolved taxes in Scotland will...
Health Secretary reminds the public of the message to Stay at...
Today's media briefing at St Andrew's House was conducted by the Health Secretary, Jeane Freeman, along with National Clinical Director Jason Leitch and Chief...
Coronavirus – international students will be included in vaccination programme
International students are to be included in the national Covid-19 vaccination programme. Health Secretary, Humza Yousaf, has confirmed this will take place in line...
Government to spend £264million on broadband rollout across Scotland
Hundreds of thousands of households and businesses across Scotland are set to reap the rewards of high-speed fibre broadband thanks to a £264 million...
Coronavirus – changes made to self isolation and testing rules
Addressing a virtual session of parliament on Wednesday, the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has announced changes to the self-isolation rules which must be followed...
Coronavirus – today’s figures
The latest figures detailing the number of people diagnosed with Covid-19 in the last 24 hours in Scotland have been announced.The statistics in...
First Minister travelling to Brussels
First Minister Humza Yousaf will travel to Brussels this week for a series of trade, diplomatic and policy engagements.During his first overseas visit since...
Scottish Conservatives appoint new members of staff
The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party has appointed a new Director of the Party and Chief of Staff to Douglas Ross.The new Director of...
Cashback for Communities funding for basketball
Today The Scottish Government announced CashBack for Communities funding to help the development of basketball in Scotland with a new £600,000 funding boost adding to...
