The Scottish Government

As widely expected The Scottish Government has introduced legislation this evening to increase the charges on second homes from 1 April. This will affect those...

The Scottish Government has recommended that the Scottish Parliament consents to the Scotland Bill. A Legislative Consent Memorandum has been lodged with Parliament which highlights...

The Scottish Government has said that 93.5% of patients were seen and admitted or discharged within four hours at the core A&E departments across...

The current system of organ donation by registering in advance is not without problems. The Scottish Government aims to increase the number of organs available for donation...

On Tuesday of this week Jim Eadie SNP MSP for Edinburgh Southern secured a debate on the reintroduction of the South Suburban Railway. The railway line is...

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...

The Scottish Government has announced £230 million of funding for 19 new schools and one of these will be South Queensferry Community High School...

The Scottish Government has announced £160million of new funding to support its home ownership schemes in the next financial year from April 2016. It...

The Scottish Government commissioned childcare specialist Naomi Eisenstadt to prepare an independent report for them on how to tackle poverty in Scotland. Ms Eisenstadt...

Alison Johnstone, Health and Wellbeing spokesperson for the Scottish Greens and MSP for Lothian, today challenged the Scottish Government and local authorities over their...

The Scottish Government has announced an additional £75,000 grant to support the British Red Cross medical response in Lesbos. The contribution builds on the previous...

Public Health Minister Maureen Watt today issued a call for everyone to consider making joining the Organ Donor Register their new year’s resolution for...

Files opened for the first time at the National Records of Scotland show details of the first full year of operation of the then newly-established...

Ewing toasts industry after ‘hugely successful’ Year of Food and Drink.  Scotland’s tourism industry stands in good stead as the Year of Food and Drink...

Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has said that community energy projects have had a strong year, and will continue to grow. From large scale wind farms...

The Scottish Government announced today that the 2015 target of producing half of our electricity from renewables has almost been met a year ahead...

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...

In a budget that he promises will promote growth in the economy and reform public services, Deputy First Minister John Swinney today announced an injection...

Road Transport Minister, Derek Mackay, has thanked travellers for their patience during the first week of disruption caused by the closure of the Forth...

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will take the fight to stop the Trade Union Bill coming into force in Scotland to Downing Street today. In the...

Three exceptional Edinburgh based charitable projects were last week invited to the Scottish Parliament, as part of an event marking the tenth anniversary of...

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has chaired a further meeting of the Scottish Government’s resilience committee, where ministers were updated on steps being taken to...

Lost dogs may become a thing of the past as plans to make dog microchips compulsory in Scotland have taken a major step forward...

Showing off their linguistic powers the Scottish Cabinet wishes you all a Happy St Andrew's Day in this short video: https://youtu.be/HzBfGhjB0Zc    

Scotland will throw away over 50,000 tonnes of food and drink in December, including 280,000 turkeys, 240,000 Christmas puddings and 3.5 million mince pies. Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for...

  "Just getting started" on work to deliver for people across Scotland. It was just a year ago that Scotland appointed its first female First Minister. Speaking...

    The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Alex Neil launched a new campaign to raise awareness of the benefits of human rights in Edinburgh this...

    The Scottish Government said today that it has built more houses which fall into the category of 'affordable homes' than it had planned to...

The first charter flight bringing refugees from Syria landed at Glasgow Airport this afternoon. Minister for Europe and International Development Humza Yousaf said: “This is a...

Lothian MSP Sarah Boyack and Scottish Labour candidate for Edinburgh Central, today called on The Scottish Government to do more to tackle the housing...