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Friday, March 29, 2024

Scottish Government confirms commitment to rights of trade unions

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Wellbeing Economy Secretary Neil Gray, will today focus on The Scottish Government’s collaborative approach to industrial relations and the rights of trade unions.He will...

COSLA and Holyrood moving forward on fiscal framework for local government

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COSLA and the Scottish Government have moved forward with discussions on the way local government is funded.The debate arose from the Verity House Agreement...

South Queensferry to get a new high school

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The Scottish Government has announced £230 million of funding for 19 new schools and one of these will be South Queensferry Community High School...

Bute House closing for repairs

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Just as the new First Minister, Humza Yousaf gets his feet under the desk, Bute House, the Official Residence, will be closed for repair....

Macmillan Coffee Morning held in Newhaven

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The two local politicians, Ben Macpherson MSP and Deidre Brock MP got together to hold a joint Macmillan coffee morning on Friday.Macmillan Cancer...

MSPs call for action over dangerous damp housing in Edinburgh

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Foysol Choudhury MSP secured a business debate on damp housing in Scotland in parliament last week.Speaking afterwards he said: "The tragic death of two-year-old...

Politics – comment on resignation of Richard Leonard

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Richard Leonard MSP stepped down on Thursday afternoon as Scottish Labour leader.The full story is here.Scottish Labour Scottish Executive Committee chair Cara Hilton...

Humza Yousaf – new SNP Leader and Scotland’s sixth First Minister

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The drama of the leadership saga and what to expect from our new FM.It has been two decades since an SNP leadership contest and...

Lothians MSP glad that cancer patient’s story retold

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Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar raised the case of the late Anne Sinclair at First Minister’s Questions on Thursday.Mrs Sinclair died in the summer...

Happy New Year from Douglas Ross

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Douglas Ross the leader of the Scottish Conservatives wishes everyone in Scotland a Happy New Year."As we draw 2023 to a close tonight,...

MSP support for SANDS comes from personal experience

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MSP praises local charity for their compassion towards grieving parentsJeremy Balfour MSP has marked Baby Loss Awareness Week by paying a visit to SANDS...

Local MSP pays a visit to Leith Academy

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Conservative MSP Miles Briggs today visited Leith Academy to talk with their S3 modern studies class. The visit was organised so that the pupils could...

Ash Regan quits SNP for ALBA

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Earlier today at the ALBA party conference, former SNP minister and contender for the leadership of the SNP earlier this year, Ash Regan MSP,...

Addresses in Lothian ‘red flagged’ by ambulance service

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The MSP for Lothian, Miles Briggs says he has discovered that there are 83 addresses in Lothian where Scottish Ambulance Service staff are not...

MSP backs new mental health service for children and young people

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A pilot service is being trialled in East Lothian aiming to tackle the mental health crisis facing children and young people.Developed by Edinburgh Children’s...

Holyrood says council funding has increased “in real terms”

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Edinburgh Council has received an increase of £48.5 million from The Scottish Government, which equates to five point two per cent from the £14...

MPs take oath to new King at House of Commons

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The Speaker and selected MPs took the oath and swore allegiance to the Crown, His Majesty King Charles III, in the House of Commons...

Government make statement on RAAC

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The Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville made a statement to The Scottish Parliament on Thursday afternoon about the problem of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete...

Scottish Government awards funding for Granton Gasholder

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The Scottish Government has announced awards totalling £10 million for projects to transform vacant and derelict land all over the country, and that includes...

Scottish Labour leader splits from fiancée

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Lothians MSP and Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has split from her fiancée of only six months, Louise Riddell.The Edinburgh College lecturer announced their...

Additional interim Deputy Chief Medical Officer appointed

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An Honorary Professor of University of Edinburgh, Professor Marion Bain, has been appointed as an additional interim Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Scotland.She...

First Minister asked to backdate the uplift in pay for social...

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The First Minister Humza Yousaf was in Craigmillar on Wednesday morning to speak to people who work for and who receive care for themselves...

Call for first aid project to be rolled out in schools

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A Scottish Green MSP is calling for a pilot project teaching first aid to children in schools to be extended and made available permanently...

Macdonald welcomes findings of Social Justice Commission

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SNP MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Gordon Macdonald has welcomed the findings of its Social Justice and Fairness Commission, set up by First Minister, Nicola...

Cap on private rents to be retained in Scotland for further...

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The Scottish Parliament has decided that a cap on rents will be extended for up to six months.Measures to protect tenants while prices and...

Douglas Ross addresses the Conservative party conference

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Speaking to a Scottish Conservative event at party conference on Sunday, Leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Douglas Ross, said the party is building ‘the...

Ukrainians will celebrate St Nicholas Day today

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Ukrainians living in Scotland are preparing to spend their first Christmas here and Neil Gray MSP, Minister with special responsibility for Refugees from Ukraine...

All displaced Ukrainians have now left MS Victoria in Leith

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The MS Victoria, which was commissioned by The Scottish Government to offer temporary accommodation to displaced Ukrainian people in Edinburgh, is now empty. The...

Brave@Heart Awards for sixteen heroes

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Sixteen people received a Brave@Heart Award at a ceremony held at Bute House.Fourteen emergency response workers and two members of the public have been...

Greens say it is time for a national debate on the...

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With the Coronation just days away, the Scottish Greens say this is exactly the time to be questioning the future of the Monarchy.Speaking ahead...