Scots are encouraged to offer help to Ukrainians
Scotland’s offer to provide refuge and sanctuary to displaced Ukrainians, as part of the UK Government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme, is now open.Accessible through...
Humza Yousaf first to declare he will stand for election
The Health Secretary, Humza Yousaf, has declared he will stand in the SNP leadership contest.Speaking to the Sunday Mail he said he thought...
Greens welcome promise on tackling youth unemployment
Alison Johnstone, Green MSP for Lothian and a member of Holyrood's economy committee, today welcomed a pledge by the Scottish Government to implement findings...
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...
Green MSP concerned over delayed discharges
Earlier this week Alison Johnstone, Health spokesperson for the Scottish Greens and MSP for Lothian expressed concern at the high level of delayed discharges...
Edinburgh Science Festival 2019 – A Human Touch
If you go down to Holyrood you will see a huge selection of images both outside and inside the parliament building showing the human...
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...
Scottish Government announces funding for additional training posts
The Scottish Government has announced the creation of up to 64 additional medical speciality training posts all part of the response to the coronavirus...
Coronavirus – reaction to recall of parliament
The First Minister has asked the Presiding Officer to recall parliament on Monday after a meeting of the government's resilience committee on Saturday to...
Welcome support for B&B trade
The Scottish Government support announced for B&Bs has been given a warm welcome by SNP MSP Gordon MacDonald.The lockdown grant funding amounts to...
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.There are no...
Coronavirus – Monday’s figures
The number of cases of Covid-19 in Scotland were announced by Public Health Scotland today. Yet again the figures from NHS Tayside have not...
Call for disused MOD housing to be used for refugees in...
SNP MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Gordon MacDonald, has urged the UK Government to use the 160 unused homes, formerly used as accommodation for Ministry...
Scotland may lower Drink Driving Limit
The Scottish Government today published proposals seeking views on lowering the drink driving limit in Scotland.The consultation follows the recent transfer of the power...
Scottish economy on the up in 2013
The Scottish Government has issued estimated figures for the third quarter of 2013 between July and September, when they report the economy grew by...
Volunteers to help out at Gleneagles
Hundreds of businesses across Scotland have signed up to a training programme to help make tourist services more accessible, Tourism Minister Fergus Ewing revealed...
Minister announces more funding for the Mentors in Violence programme
During a visit to Tynecastle High School earlier today the Justice Secretary has announced another tranche of funding for the popular Mentors in Violence Prevention...
Happy New Year messages from the Prime Minister and First Minister
First of all Prime Minister Theresa May explains that we have made a momentous decision and set ourselves in a new direction.She says in the...
A day in New York with the First Minister
At the beginning of April I was in New York for Tartan Week and had the opportunity of interviewing the First Minister, the Rt...
First Minister’s Christmas card for 2019 unveiled
The First Minister has chosen a Christmas card designed by Annie Lennox OBE this year.The drawing depicts a polar bear on an iceberg...
Government introduce free bedside TV in hospitals
The government has announced this morning that patients in six hospitals across Scotland are to receive free bedside television for the next three months.Visiting...
Coronavirus – more government funding for business
Today The Scottish Government has announced £7.3 million for travel agents, brewers and indoor football centres.The new funds will begin to take applications...
Coronavirus – Sunday’s figures
The number of cases of Covid-19 in Scotland were announced by Public Health Scotland today and are reported below.Edinburgh remains in...
Scottish Government to report on emergency budget review within fortnight of...
The Scottish Government has confirmed that it will report on its Emergency Budget Review within two weeks from any UK Government Emergency Budget.The...
Holyrood ending ‘right to buy’ in Scotland is a good thing...
The SNP has said that it welcomes the announcement by the Scottish Government that they will fast-track the end of Right to Buy.During a...
Airport passenger duty bill passed
A bill to replace Air Passenger Duty in Scotland was passed by the Scottish Parliament last week.The Air Departure Tax (Scotland) Bill sets the...
Holyrood’s poverty adviser issues report
The Scottish Government commissioned childcare specialist Naomi Eisenstadt to prepare an independent report for them on how to tackle poverty in Scotland. Ms Eisenstadt...
Conservative MSP criticises independence ‘obsession
Lothian MSP Gordon Lindhurst says the SNP must not let their independence obsession affect any plans to boost Scotland’s exports.The Scottish Conservative and Unionist...
Have your say on the future of the Scottish care service
Scottish Labour MSP Sarah Boyack calls on members of the public to share their thoughts on the future of Scotland’s care service by taking...
