Councillors put off a decision on the Picture House
Edinburgh Central MSP Marco Biagi has welcomed the decision by councillors to some further investigation on a change of use for the Picture House from...
Three Edinburgh charities celebrated at Holyrood
Three exceptional Edinburgh based charitable projects were last week invited to the Scottish Parliament, as part of an event marking the tenth anniversary of...
Council encouraged to apply for energy efficiency funding
SNP MSP Ben Macpherson who has a background in renewable energy has encouraged The City of Edinburgh Council to apply for a share of The...
Scotland’s first graduate-level medicine course
Applications for a degree course offering exisiting graduates a new route into medicine will open in September, Health Secretary Shona Robison has confirmed.The four-year...
Gordon Macdonald’s newsletter is out now
Although recent reports about MSP Gordon Macdonald have told us that he has had a short bout of ill health, he (or his very...
Justice Committee visit Pilton
The Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee which is made up of MSPs from all parties visited Circle Scotland in Pilton today. Circle works with deprived...
Labour demand better for young people in care
Scottish Labour have obtained data from the Scottish Government by a Freedom of Information request which they say shows that only 6 per cent...
Local MSP backs the proposals on inclusive education
MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith Ben Macpherson has backed proposals for a more inclusive education system in Scotland improving the experiences of LGBTI...
Workplace parking levy in Scottish budget – for and against
In the Scottish Budget agreed earlier this evening, plans were laid down to impose a workplace parking levy.The City of Edinburgh Council's Transport...
Lothians MSP backs Marie Curie call
Jeremy Balfour MSP lent his support to help improve the lives of people in Scotland living with terminal illness. Meeting with representatives from Marie Curie...
Concern about UK companies encouraging return to work in Scotland
EDINBURGH FIRMS URGED NOT TO BRING BACK WORKERS EARLY TOSAVE LIVESBusinesses in Scotland are asked not to call staff back to work early while...
Tourism on the agenda
A new group has been convened to take the lead in tourism and ensure that there is a revival all across Scotland.The Tourism...
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. This shows that...
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 at a media...
Coronavirus – the next steps out of lockdown
The First Minister set out the path out of lockdown today at Holyrood in an address to MSPs following a Cabinet meeting this morning.The...
Coronavirus – Scotland moving beyond Level 0 from Monday
The wearing of face coverings in indoor settings will remain mandatory even as Scotland moves beyond Level 0, but the legal requirements on gatherings...
Scottish Minister writes to Russian Ambassador
Cabinet Secretary for External Affairs, Angus Robertson, has written to the Russian Ambassador for the UK to condemn the invasion of Ukraine by Russia “in...
Scottish Government launches Marine Renewables Commercialisation Fund
A multi-million pound fund to help develop Scotland’s first commercial wave and tidal power arrays was opened today.
Addressing the AllEnergy conference in Aberdeen, First...
Criticism of plans for town centres
Small businesses, infrastructure experts and politicians have criticised a Scottish Government plan to revitalise town centres.
The ‘Town Centre Action Plan’ was launched by Local...
Road Safety Week – Drink Drive limit to be reduced
The Scottish Government is about to reduce the drink drive limit across the country which will mean that even one glass of alcohol could...
Government continues its freeze on council tax
The Scottish Government has frozen council tax which can be charged by all 32 councils across Scotland for the eighth year in a row.
Local...
Holyrood to consider Scottish Fiscal Bill
Legislation to put the Scottish Fiscal Commission on a statutory footing has today been published by the Scottish Parliament.The Bill, put forward by the...
Margo MacDonald remembered at Holyrood
A portrait was unveiled at Holyrood earlier by the late Margo MacDonald's husband, Jim Sillars, who gifted the painting to the parliament.Jim Sillars said: “In...
First Minister speaks with President-Elect Trump
The Scottish Government have informed us that the President Elect of the United States called the First Minister today for what was described as a...
Government to focus on ‘modern and person-centred’ care
Transforming services to ensure people with dementia receive the support they need at all ages and stages of the illness is at the centre...
Jeremy Balfour MSP meets homelessness campaigners
Jeremy Balfour, Scottish Conservative MSP for Lothian met with campaigners from the charity Shelter Scotland in the Scottish Parliament this week.The charity brought its...
Bee disease reported in West Lothian
It has been reported by the Scottish Government today that an outbreak of European Foulbrood has been found in West Lothian. This is a...
Briggs praises work of SCVO
Lothian MSP Miles Briggs has praised the work that the Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) supporting charities, social enterprises and Voluntary groups to...
Charities urged to apply to the Wellbeing Fund
Third sector organisations across Scotland are being encouraged to apply for emergency funding to help cope with the effects of coronavirus (COVID-19).More than 2000...
The way out of lockdown in Scotland – what you...
Two months on from the first days of lockdown, the First Minister announced that the country may now take the first steps out of...