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...
Holyrood committee supports tourist tax bill
Holyrood committee gives backing for overnight accommodation levy bill in stage one report released today.
Humza Yousaf – new SNP Leader and Scotland’s sixth First Minister
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...
Quarter century since the first Scottish Parliament election
Today marks 25 years since the very first Scottish Parliamentary election was held in 1999.
So who were the first Edinburgh MSPs? Here is...
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...
Macdonald welcomes findings of Social Justice Commission
SNP MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Gordon Macdonald has welcomed the findings of its Social Justice and Fairness Commission, set up by First Minister, Nicola...
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 Labour say they are election ready
Anas Sarwar, Scottish Labour Leader, has revealed his new Scottish Labour front bench on Easter Monday.
He has appointed some experienced hands to coordinate...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Political ping pong continues over the weekend
The First Minister, Humza Yousaf has written to all party leaders in what he says is an effort to build consensus for the common...
Addresses in Lothian ‘red flagged’ by ambulance service
The MSP for Lothian, Miles Briggs says he has discovered that there are 83 addresses in Lothian where Scottish Ambulance Service staff are not...
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...
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...
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...
MSP wants action on Scotland’s public health
Foysol Choudhury MSP chaired the Cross-Party Group (CPG) on Improving Scotland’s Health when a presentation was made by Paul Johnston, Chief Executive of Public...
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 rebuked over COP28 meeting
Humza Yousaf: how to understand the first minister’s spat with David Cameron over his COP28 meeting with the Turkish president
Carolyn Rowe, Aston University; Elin Royles,...
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...
Ash Regan quits SNP for ALBA
Earlier today at the ALBA party conference, former SNP minister and contender for the leadership of the SNP earlier this year, Ash Regan MSP,...
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...
John Byrne ‘s Christmas card for the First Minister unveiled
Artist John Byrne has created a Christmas Card for the First Minister in 2017 which is cheeky as well as festive, and dates back...
COSLA and Holyrood moving forward on fiscal framework for local government
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...
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...
Greens lay out their priorities for spring session of parliament
The Scottish Greens say that when The Scottish Parliament reconvenes on Tuesday the party will focus on people, planet and independence.
The party’s co-leader, Lorna...
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...
