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 by the First...
Coronavirus – Sunday’s figures
The latest figures detailing the number of people diagnosed with Covid-19 in the 24 hours to 11 April in Scotland are shown below.The...
Coronavirus – Sunday’s figures
Public Health Scotland publishes the latest data on Covid-19 in Scotland each day. Today's figures are set out in the table below.The number of...
Government changing the rules on face coverings
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced today that the wearing of face coverings is to become mandatory in communal workplace areas, such as corridors, canteens...
Coronavirus – Conservatives call for priority on economic recovery
At Friday's media briefing when the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, was at pains to point out that the numbers of cases and tests today...
Edinburgh MSP backs tax justice
Gordon MacDonald MSP got on board with the campaign for tax justice when a double-decker bus on a mission pulled up outside the Scottish...
Government to fund projects to tackle problems of women in custody
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson used a visit to an Edinburgh based service to help women in the criminal justice system to announce £639,500 funding...
Edinburgh pensioners could lose £7,000 a year
SNP MSP SLAMS TORIES FOR ‘SNEAKING OUT’ CHANGES TO PENSIONCREDITGordon Macdonald MSP slammed the Tory government atFMQs this week, for ‘sneaking out’ changes to...
National volunteering scheme opens today
Volunteering campaign launched for those able to give support.The new ‘Scotland Cares’ campaign, announced by the First Minister on Sunday, has been launched to...
Coronavirus – new vaccine rollout began on Monday
The Scottish Government rolled out the first of the Oxford/AstraZeneca on Monday with the help of GP practices on Tayside.Patients there were among...
Conservatives plan to introduce Suzanne’s law
Today is the second day of the Scottish Conservative party conference and today they have revealed two promises in their manifesto relating to proposed...
Coronavirus – Tuesday’s figures
The latest figures detailing the number of people diagnosed with Covid-19 in the 24 hours to 4May in Scotland are shown below.The whole...
Scottish Conservative Leader self-isolating
Douglas Ross is self-isolating after coming into contact on Monday with someone who has now tested positive for Covid.He was informed that a close...
Scotland becomes a Daily Mile Nation
The government's key target to involve all 32 local authorities in the Daily Mile has been met.Scottish children have stepped their way into the...
Scottish Government bans smoking in cars carrying children
MSPs have voted in favour of legislation to protect more children from the effects of second-hand smoke by prohibiting smoking in cars with children...
Minimum unit pricing for alcohol begins today
The minimum unit price for alcohol of 50pence is introduced in Scotland from today.The Scottish Government has suggested that alcohol related deaths will be...
Novel coronavirus – new Scottish testing facilities
Coronavirus has become a term we understand over recent weeks. Now, The Scottish Government has news of two testing facilities. These have been established...
Scottish Investment Bank officially opens with first deal
The Scottish National Investment Bank has officially opened for business with the completion of its first major investment.It is the UK’s first mission-led development...
Coronavirus – more than half of care home residents have had...
The biggest mass vaccination programme in Scotland has now delivered second doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to more than half of care home residents.In...
Coronavirus – First Minister addresses the nation
Earlier on Tuesday evening the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, addressed the nation following an earlier statement to MSPs at The Scottish Parliament.https://twitter.com/scotgov/status/1470849260258213897?s=20This is...
Housing Bill to allow homeowners to get on with repairs
Lothian Labour MSP, Sarah Boyack, has welcomed new laws to help homeowners get on with common repairs to their property.The provisions, passed yesterday evening...
Scottish Parliament votes for Nicola Sturgeon to be First Minister
It would have seemed odd writing this headline only a few months ago, but in Scotland we have a fast moving political landscape at...
Scottish Parliamentary Election 2016 – register to vote now
Today marks 100 days left before the Scottish Parliamentary Election on 5 May 2016.
Edinburgh residents will join voters across the country to elect MSPs to represent them...
Have your say on a new system for social security
There are six weeks left for people across Scotland to have their say on how Scotland's new social security system should be shaped.Since the end...
Chief Medical Officer gives advice on physical activity during pregnancy
The UK's chief medical officers released new advice on physical activity for expectant mothers, believed to be the first of its kind in the...
Scottish Government acting on climate change
The Scottish Government's Climate Change Minister Paul Wheelhouse has confirmed to Alison Johnstone, Green MSP for Lothian, that he will take up her suggestion of...
Scottish Government has built more affordable homes than promised
The Scottish Government said today that it has built more houses which fall into the category of 'affordable homes' than it had planned to...
Scottish Parliamentary Election 2021 – Biagi demands cap on political spending
Candidates vying to win the SNP nomination have all resorted to crowdfunding to help them try to convince members of the party to vote...
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...
Drug deaths in Scotland “heart-breaking”
Drugs Policy Minister Angela Constance described the increase in drug-related deaths announced on Friday as “heart-breaking”, and repeated The Scottish Government’s determination to work...
