Scottish Government are “failing to deliver for Edinburgh festivals”
Sarah Boyack MSP has submitted various parliamentary questions to find out what assessment has been carried out on the impact of the ongoing effects...
Funding boost for Edinburgh schools welcomed
SNP GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCE £5 MILLION PACKAGE TO IMPROVE ATTAINMENTPupils living in Edinburgh's most deprived communities will benefit from targeted funding from the Attainment ScotlandFund to...
Culture Secretary visits Dublin today
The Culture and External Affairs Secretary Fiona Hyslop is in Dublin today to meet the new Irish Foreign Affairs Minister. A cabinet reshuffle took...
Lothians MSP asks First Minister to consider vaccine priority for those...
Lothian MSP and Co-chair of the Cancer Cross Party Group, Miles Briggs, asked the First Minister earlier today at Holyrood for some consideration on...
Coronavirus – Friday’s figures
The number of cases of Covid-19 in Scotland have been announced by Public Health Scotland.The UK Government will allow all EU and US citizens...
Government funding available to decarbonise public buildings
The Scottish Government has £20 million on offer to local authorities, universities and other arms length organisations to decarbonise their buildings.The fund is...
Holyrood debates the space race – with ‘Scotland’s rocket’ parked outside
THE ONLY British rocket to successfully reach orbit was displayed outside Parliament as MSPs heralded Scotland’s emergence as a leading player in the new...
Record sums spent on making films in Scotland
Film and TV producers spent a record £45.2 million shooting on location in Scotland in 2014, Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop revealed today.The record high...
Rally against UK Government’s use of Section 35
Scottish Trans Alliance, an organisation working for gender identity and gender reassignment equality and rights in Scotland convened a rally on Thursday outside the...
MSP says Scotland is ‘open for business’
FOREIGN INVESTMENT UP 7% ACROSS SCOTLAND
SCOTLAND SECOND MOST ATTRACTIVE PART OF UK FOR INVESTORS
MSP Gordon Macdonald says that new stats from business consultancy EY...
Motion tabled at Holyrood to celebrate Stockbridge Duck Race’s 30th anniversary
Lothian MSP Miles Briggs tabled a motion noting the 30th annual Stockbridge Duck Race that will take place on 30 June 2019.The annual duck...
MSPs call for action on roads and streets
Two MSPs have today called for action both on our roads in Scotland and in particular the roads in the East Edinburgh constituency.Ash...
Tenants have new rights from today
The biggest change to the private rental sector in a generation will mean tenants have more security and stability coupled with better safeguards for...
Louisa Jordan to open to the public
The NHS Louisa Jordan hospital at the Scottish Events Campus (SEC) in Glasgow will be completed today.From tomorrow Monday 20 April 2020, the hospital...
All change at Holyrood
Nicola Sturgeon's cabinet has been greatly changed today during a major reshuffle, the first since the last Scottish parliamentary election in May 2016.Keith Brown...
Government welcomes new figures on positive destinations for university graduates
Higher Education Minister Shirley-Anne Somerville has welcomed the publication of new statistics showing 91 per cent of Scotland’s university graduates are going into positive...
Coronavirus – today’s figures – and details of new lockdown from...
The latest figures detailing the number of people diagnosed with Covid-19 in the last 24 hours in Scotland have been announced.Parliament was recalled...
Coronavirus – Saturday’s figures
The number of cases of Covid-19 in Scotland were announced by Public Health Scotland today and are reported below.There appears to...
Edinburgh International Culture Summit releases Ukraine Dialogue report
Political and cultural leaders from across the UK interested in strengthening Ukraine’s international standing and ready to support Ukrainian cultural colleagues and institutions affected...
Jeremy’s Sadie competing for Holyrood Dog of the Year…
On Monday 29th April 2019 Jeremy Balfour, the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party MSP for Lothian, and his eight-month-old Cavalier King Charles/Miniature Poodle cross,...
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 – Thursday’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 First Minister...
Coronavirus – Friday’s figures
The number of cases of Covid-19 in Scotland were announced by Public Health Scotland today and are reported below.More than three quarters...
Boyack joins leading charity’s campaign tackling child poverty
MSP Sarah Boyack, joined Aberlour Child Care Trust in the Scottish Parliament this week, giving her support to the charity’s ‘No Bad Ends’ campaign,...
Balfour supports cancer drug petition
Jeremy Balfour, Scottish Conservative MSP for Lothian is backing Breast Cancer Now’s campaign to ensure the “life-changing” breast cancer drug Perjeta is made available...
Government spending on Bute House revealed
The final costs of repair work carried out on Bute House in 2023 have been published by the government.The total cost of repair work...
Scottish Budget will be published after Christmas
Finance Secretary Derek Mackay has confirmed that due to the UK General Election and the cancellation of the UK Government budget, it will not...
Government to introduce prepaid smartcards
The Scottish Government has announced a new digital system intended to reduce stigma and make it easier to eat healthily.Pre-paid digital smartcards will replace...
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...
Smith Commission must go far enough
The Smith Commission has until Sunday to issue its draft legislation to bring more powers north of the border but they will publish the...
