The Scottish Government

The biggest change to the private rental sector in a generation will mean tenants have more security and stability coupled with better safeguards for...

From 2 – 5 December 2017, a delegation of 21 senior leaders from Scotland’s higher education sector will accompany Scotland’s Deputy First Minister John Swinney on...

Charity relief upheld for community venues. The Scottish Government has decided that leisure and cultural venues currently run by council arm’s-length bodies will continue to...

Richard Leonard, Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, will be joined by Jeremy Corbyn today in Glasgow where they will both speak about the...

Ash Denham, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Convened a Public Meeting earlier in the week with Emergency Services and Council Officials to Discuss Concerns and...

  A conference is taking place in Edinburgh today and tomorrow which hints that perhaps our future lies with countries nearer the Arctic Circle than...

Jeremy Balfour, Scottish Conservative MSP for the Lothian Region raised a motion  at the Scottish Parliament this week, congratulating Granton Community Gardeners on being...

The patron saint of Scotland St Andrew is usually recognised at the end of November on St Andrew's Day. This year the #BeLikeStAndrew campaign would...

Although recent reports about MSP Gordon Macdonald have told us that he has had a short bout of ill health, he (or his very...

Development of 94 affordable, colony-style homes starts new chapter for historic Leith Fort site A partnership between Port of Leith Housing Association and the City...

Kezia Dugdale MSP has called on Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) to reverse plans to close the Museum on the Mound to the public at...

Green MSPs today used a Holyrood debate to step up demands for Scottish Ministers to invest at least ten per cent of the transport...

Richard Leonard is one of two candidates running in the Scottish Labour Leadership race and he promises real change. That's what the placards say...

Hibs  have partnered up with Scottish Government to help eradicate hate crime and communicate the message that ‘Hate has no home in Scotland’. The Scottish...

The official residence of the First Minister of Scotland has been closed to allow for some essential repair work. The unscheduled work was discovered at...

Following the Joint Ministerial Committee meeting in London earlier today, Mike Russell, Minister for UK Negotiations on Scotland's Place in Europe, urged the UK...

The Economy Secretary Keith Brown was in Fife earlier today speaking to Fife Chamber of Commerce, when he said that the Queensferry Crossing is...

Spending on childcare will double to £840m a year by 2021-22 in a bid to transform the life chances of children in Scotland. First Minister...

Bursaries of £20,000 will be available from next year for people wishing to change career and become a teacher in priority science, technology, engineering...

We are all now well aware of the new shopping and residential development on the site of the former St James Centre. Leith Street...

Ben Macpherson MSP represents Edinburgh North and Leith. This is his annual report in video form   https://youtu.be/OEug7AacftU

Gordon Macdonald is MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands and this is his regular newsletter : Gordon is a member of the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work...

Plans to increase the use of Scottish produce in schools, hospitals and other public sector organisations have been unveiled by Rural Economy Secretary Fergus...

A community group in Edinburgh has become the first organisation in an urban area to benefit from community right to buy powers. Action Porty has...

Environmental groups applauded the new Programme for Government announced in Holyrood yesterday, which contains a host of 'green' measures. Friends of the Earth believe such...

Alex Rowley has become interim leader of the Scottish Labour Party, following Kezia Dugdale's resignation. The Executive Committee of the Scottish Labour Party will meet...

Traffic will begin to use The Queensferry Crossing this morning  marking the end of a momentous  journey. The project may be about 10 weeks late...

Tonight BBC Scotland have confirmed in an interview that the leader of the Labour Party in Scotland, Kezia Dugdale, has stepped down.While she will...

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will interview journalist and equalities champion Tina Brown at this year’s Beyond Borders festival on Sunday. The interview follows former Tatler...

A £475,000 Scottish Government investment to support the National Film and Television School’s (NFTS) plans to set up a base in Scotland and support...