The Scottish Government

Investigation into issues at RHCYP and QEUH. A public inquiry will be held to examine issues at the new Royal Hospital for Children and...

A Senior Programme Director, who will report directly to The Scottish Government, has been appointed to work with NHS Lothian on the delivery of...

Climate campaigners are demanding politicians vote for stronger targets in the Climate Change Bill, to match the declaration of a climate emergency with an...

by Ash Denham MSP This summer I have made a special effort to meet with a number of employers in my Edinburgh Eastern constituency...

The local MSP Gordon Macdonald has welcomed news that Currie Community High School is set to be upgraded and modernised in the First Phase...

The Health Secretary Jeane Freeman made a scheduled statement to Holyrood earlier this afternoon about the new Sick Kids at Little France which had...

The Scottish Government has opened a consultation for members of the public, businesses and the tourism sector to give their views on the design...

The Scottish Government announced today that they will build or refurbish almost 1,000 schools across the county in a £1billion investment programme. They will...

Miles Briggs is Conservative MSP for Lothian. He is also the Tory spokesman on health matters as a member of the Health and Sport...

Low income families will now be able to apply for a new £10 a week payment for every child aged 0-6 next year. As...

The Scottish Government responded earlier in the week to a Home Office announcement which details new arrangements for EU citizens arriving after Brexit in...

New legislation will reduce time spent in B&Bs and hostels. Anyone facing homelessness will spend no longer than a week in unsuitable accommodation like bed...

Latest ISD figures have shown that 1 in 4 young people, under the age of 18, are having to wait longer than a year...

Daniel Johnson MSP hosted Professor Stephen Salter to Holyrood on Tuesday evening. Professor Salter delivered a presentation to MSPs on how his engineering solutions...

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...

The Scottish Parliament will welcome a range of leading public figures such as Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, journalist and broadcaster Andrew Marr, and TV’s...

NATIONAL PLANS TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE AND BUILD FAIRER COUNTRY PROGRAMME FOR GOVERNMENT IN STARK CONTRAST WITH WESTMINSTER SHUTDOWN Edinburgh Pentlands MSP, Gordon Macdonald, has welcomed...

At Holyrood Scottish Greens Social Security Spokesperson Alison Johnstone MSP welcomed the forthcoming introduction of the policy for a Young Carer Grant announced this...

Today at The Scottish Parliament it was back to school for MSPs as the First Minister announced the Programme for Government 2019-20. Importantly for...

Scottish Labour Leader, Richard Leonard MSP, has made some changes to his senior team in a reshuffle of his Shadow Cabinet. The new team is...

The Lord Advocate today lodged applications to intervene in two legal cases aimed at stopping the UK Parliament being suspended ahead of the Brexit...

by Gordon Lindhurst MSP The saga surrounding the new sick children’s hospital in Edinburgh shows no signs of abating.  We now have no guarantees from the...

Gordon Macdonald MSP represents the Edinburgh Pentlands constituency. He publishes a regular newsletter which you can read below:

The Scottish Greens unveiled a new campaign today to transform Scotland’s economy. The Scottish Green New Deal would use every lever available to the Scottish...

Quitting this morning as leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Davidson's making a retreat to the back benches, and from all accounts it appears that...

STV News and other news outlets are reporting that Central Edinburgh MSP Ruth Davidson is stepping down as leader of the Scottish Conservatives. There...

by Gordon Lindhurst MSP  Lothian MSP Gordon Lindhurst calls on people to volunteer at Cancer Research UK’s Corstorphine Superstore. I visited the superstore recently where I...

First Minister highlights risk of Brexit The First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has written to the new Prime Minister to set out the potential impact of...

Public Health Minister Joe FitzPatrick has called on the Home Office to work with the Scottish Government to help stop the rising number of...

The Scottish Government has announced a programme of measures which has been put in place to ensure patient safety at the new Royal Hospital...