Coronavirus – Monday’s figures
The number of cases of Covid-19 in Scotland have been announced by Public Health Scotland. Case numbers show a significant downward trend, with other...
Coronavirus – a year of vaccinations
The first Covid-19 vaccination was administered on 8 December 2021, only nine months after the first lockdown was announced in Scotland.As at this...
Petition urging ministers to scrap HPMAs launched by seafood sector
Scotland’s seafood sector today launched a concerted campaign against Scottish Government plans to ban fishing, aquaculture and harvesting in at least 10% of the...
Government offers Cash for recycling
If you are old enough to remember glass lemonade bottles, then you will recall that taking these back to the shop resulted in a...
Edinburgh MSP Hosts Parkinson’s UK at Holyrood
Jim Eadie, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, last night hosted an event for Parkinson's UK at The Scottish Parliament in an effort to highlight the...
Unemployment falls across Scotland
The First Minister the Rt Hon Alex Salmond called what may be his penultimate press conference in the position this morning at Bute House...
Greens look for bold moves at Holyrood
The Scottish Greens said earlier today that in areas such as benefit sanctions, standardised testing in schools and local and national tax policy they expect...
Johnson resigns from Shadow Cabinet at Holyrood
Daniel Johnson Labour MSP for Edinburgh Southern and until today the Justice spokesperson on the Labour shadow cabinet at Holyrood has written to Labour...
Food funding for Edinburgh families is welcome
Edinburgh families unable to access food due to coronavirus will get support from The Scottish Government.Local authorities are sharing £30 million of new investment from the Scottish...
Hotels and campsites open to visitors from today
As part of Phase 3 of Scotland’s lockdown route map, guests can now stay in hotels and on campsites and visit tourist attractions across...
Coronavirus – today’s figures
In a briefing at St Andrew's House, the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has issued the figures today 12 October 2020 of the number of...
Coronavirus – new restrictions will be effective from Saturday
In light of the 'precarious and extremely serious' situation in relation to Covid, The Scottish Government has increased some of the restrictions relating 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.The statistics...
Coronavirus – Friday’s figures
The latest figures detailing the number of people diagnosed with Covid-19 in the 24 hours to 16 April in Scotland are shown below.There...
Coronavirus – Wednesday’s figures
The number of cases of Covid-19 in Scotland were announced by Public Health Scotland today.The First Minister addressed a virtual recall of parliament on...
Coronavirus – Wednesday’s figures
Public Health Scotland publishes the latest data on Covid-19 in Scotland each day. The figures are reproduced in our table below.These are showing a...
Edinburgh MSP welcomes move to help tenants
Edinburgh Central MSP, Marco Biagi, has welcomed the news from The Scottish Government that three proposals are being considered for the new Tenancy Deposit...
Fifteen bills to be discussed in the new parliamentary session
The First Minister stood up yesterday afternoon at the first Tuesday afternoon business session at Holyrood to announce the fifteen bills that will be...
Scottish A&E waiting times ‘show improvement’
The Scottish Government say that A&E waiting times figures released today show an improvement, but truth be told it is a marginal improvement of...
LBTT on second homes ‘to protect first time buyers’
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...
Kezia wins defamation case
Kezia Dugdale MSP has won a legal action against a pro-independence blogger who accused her of defamation.
In a written judgment issued today, Sheriff Nigel...
Government urged to act on target for cycling
Government must get on its bike to hit cycling targetScottish Greens Parliamentary Co-Leader Alison Johnstone MSP has slammed the Scottish Government for its failure...
Chair appointed to lead hospital inquiry
Lord Brodie will head up public inquiry into issues at QEUH and RHCYP.The Right Honourable Lord Brodie will chair the public inquiry into issues...
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.Parliament is to...
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...
Supreme Court judgment sends Scottish laws back to Holyrood
The Supreme Court ruled earlier today on a referral by the UK law officers - the Attorney General and the Advocate General - to...
Former Director of Nursing appointed as vice-chair of Drug Deaths Taskforce
Drugs Policy Minister Angela Constance has appointed former Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) Professor Fiona McQueen as Vice-Chair of the Drug Deaths Taskforce.Professor McQueen has...
Government hold meeting to discuss Forth Road Bridge closure
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...
Debate on EU tabled at Holyrood
The First Minister lodged a motion yesterday to allow the Scottish Parliament to debate the EU today. The motion reads:Motion S5M-00601: Nicola Sturgeon, Glasgow...
Government looking at 20mph rollout across Scotland
The Scottish Government is to consider whether speed limits in built up areas should be reduced across the country from 30mph to 20mph.
They have...
