Brave@Heart Awards for sixteen heroes
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...
Local MSP pays a visit to Leith Academy
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...
MSP accused of bike bus hypocrisy
A Lothian MSP has been accused of hypocrisy after she suggested a school ‘bike bus’ was set up as a political exercise to prove that cycle...
Short term lets – Conservatives’ bid to stop legislation fails
The Scottish Conservatives lodged a motion for debate about short term lets at The Scottish Parliament earlier on Wednesday but when put to the...
Dynamic Earth saved from going bust
In October 2003 Dynamic Earth had to be rescued by The Scottish Government. This issue was discussed with the Deputy First Minister Jim Wallace...
South Queensferry to get a new high school
The Scottish Government has announced £230 million of funding for 19 new schools and one of these will be South Queensferry Community High School...
Kate Forbes steps aside to allow Swinney a coronation as leader
As widely expected after the announcement of John Swinney as a contender for the SNP leadership, Kate Forbes MSP has announced that she will...
Ash Regan says she will address the democratic deficit on independence
Ash Regan has announced that she is standing in the SNP leadership contest.Ms Regan is the MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, and was a...
All displaced Ukrainians have now left MS Victoria in Leith
The MS Victoria, which was commissioned by The Scottish Government to offer temporary accommodation to displaced Ukrainian people in Edinburgh, is now empty. The...
Keep the Promise – second round of funding announced
The Scottish Government has announced a second round of funding for the Promise initiative first established in 2020.A fund of £4 million will be...
Social Security Committee visits Wester Hailes
The Scottish Parliament's Social Security Committee visited Wester Hailes Education Centre today as they continued their inquiry into benefit uptake.The Committee met with...
Government put £5 million into start up businesses
Extra investment to grow and nurture high-growth businesses and entrepreneurs has been announced.The £5 million package will help deliver end-to-end support for Scotland’s start-up...
Government publishes the latest in series of independence papers
The Scottish Government has launched the latest in its series of independence papers and the latest deals with putting Scotland in place on the...
MSP supports group championing children with additional support needs
Foysol Choudhury MSP is following up support for children with additional support needs. Mr Choudhury hosted the ASN Reform Scotland Group’s drop-in session for MSPs at The...
Happy New Year from Douglas Ross
Douglas Ross the leader of the Scottish Conservatives wishes everyone in Scotland a Happy New Year."As we draw 2023 to a close tonight,...
Ross warns Conservative party about the reckless First Minister
In a speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, Douglas Ross, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, insisted that Humza Yousaf’s proxy referendum proposal...
MSP backs new mental health service for children and young people
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...
Scottish Government awards funding for Granton Gasholder
The Scottish Government has announced awards totalling £10 million for projects to transform vacant and derelict land all over the country, and that includes...
Changes made to Scottish Conservative shadow cabinet
The Scottish Conservatives have announced changes to the shadow cabinet, and the appointment of two vice chairs.The update follows the resignation as leader of...
Long term housing problems need to be fixed
Sarah Boyack MSP writes about Edinburgh's longstanding housing crisis. She has long campaigned against party flats and in favour of more housing for locals."We...
First Minister asked to backdate the uplift in pay for social...
The First Minister Humza Yousaf was in Craigmillar on Wednesday morning to speak to people who work for and who receive care for themselves...
Yousaf is now First Minister designate
Humza Yousaf MSP was nominated to become the sixth First Minister of Scotland, following a parliamentary vote today.Mr Yousaf also announced his intention to...
Boyack tired of government ‘flip flopping’ over the Eye Pavilion
A meeting organised by Sarah Boyack MSP with the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Michael Matheson, to discuss the delayed Edinburgh Eye Pavilion has left...
First Minister to lay out priorities for government
First Minister, John Swinney, will lay out the priorities that will underpin the work of his government on Wednesday, and as he has already...
First Minister freezes council tax next year
The First Minister, Humza Yousaf, has frozen council tax in Scotland next year.He said at the SNP annual conference in Aberdeen: "Council tax...
Lothians MSP glad that cancer patient’s story retold
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...
Scottish Government confirms commitment to rights of trade unions
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...
Happy Birthday messages for the First Minister
Today is First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon's 50th birthday and we send her our best wishes.For those of you who would like to, there...
Fireworks safety laws come into effect
The Scottish Government has given local authorities powers to reduce the effect of fireworks. From today any council can designate an area as a...
Briggs backs bill to tackle dog thefts
Scottish Conservative and Unionist MSP for Lothian, Miles Briggs, is backing plans by his colleague Maurice Golden MSP to introduce a specific law to...
