The Scottish Government

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...

It has been announced that The Scottish Government's budget will be delivered on 16 December 2015. Deputy First Minister and Finance Secretary John Swinney will...

The Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop, was in Dublin this morning to announce a new appointment by The Scottish...

A host of well-known faces will come together to take part in a Cultural Day in Edinburgh’s Grassmarket to celebrate a decade of the...

Milestone reached in National Centre Construction Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities Keith Brown today marked a major milestone in the construction phase of...

Alison Johnstone MSP, health spokesperson for the Scottish Greens, says new research by transport charity Sustrans shows how out of step Scottish ministers are...

Alison Johnstone, MSP for  Lothian, more commonly out and about sporting greenish hues, has shown her support for women with breast cancer by dressing...

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed this weekend that six new elective treatment centres to carry out procedures like hip, knees and cataracts are to be...

Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil MSP was in Musselburgh this morning to promote a new investment vehicle that is expected to provide up to 1,000 affordable...

Jim Eadie MSP for Edinburgh Southern raised the issue of reopening the South Edinburgh Suburban Railway for passenger use as he questioned the Scottish Government’s Transport...

A new law introducing life sentences for traffickers has been introduced in Scotland for the very first time. The Scottish Parliament passed the Scottish Government’s Human...

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...

Patrick Harvie, Scottish Green MSP for Glasgow, questioned the responsible Minister at Topical Questions at Holyrood today and raised with him concerns about the Scottish Government's consultation...

Apart from all the other excitement that was going on in the capital today the Culture Secretary, Fiona Hyslop MSP, today toured Edinburgh’s Youth...

Film and TV producers spent a record £45.2 million shooting on location in Scotland in 2014, Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop revealed today. The record high...

First Minister announces funding to help refugees integrate into Scotland. The work of the taskforce co-ordinating Scotland’s practical response to the humanitarian crisis in southern...

At the press launch of the Borders Railway held this morning many bodies were represented who have been involved with the development and building...

Scotland’s response to the unfolding humanitarian tragedy in southern Europe will be set out at a summit chaired by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in...

There are probably few of us who are not appalled by the photographs on the front of the national newspapers showing quite graphically the plight...

by Marco Biagi MSP How would it affect you if you were asked to pay more in Council Tax? What if you were asked to...

The Scottish Government has announced an additional £16 million a year to help students from low income families to stay in education. Changes to Education Maintenance...

The Scottish Government has announced that the process of appointing a new Lord President for Scotland's highest civil court, the Court of Session, has begun....

Scotland's most senior civil servant enjoyed a string of chauffeur-driven car journeys of less than a mile – all at the taxpayers’ expense. Sir Peter Housden,...

Education Secretary Angela Constance has announced funding of £2.7 million for pre-school programmes to improve literacy in children. Bookbug, which aims to encourage reading from...

The Deputy First Minister says that the future of the Green Investment Bank must be guaranteed, despite plans by the UK Government to privatise...

The Scottish Government’s role in the future of the BBC will be guaranteed in a Memorandum of Understanding between it, the UK Government, Scottish...

by Marco Biagi, MSP for Edinburgh Central and Minister for Local Government and Community Empowerment Last week I visited the Crags Community Sports Centre, a fantastic community...

The Scottish Government has announced that from 1 September, the meningitis B vaccine will be introduced to the routine childhood vaccination programme in Scotland. Scotland...

Gordon MacDonald MSP has written for us about the difficulties facing the new sports pitches recently unveiled in Balerno. A lot of hard work...

Justice Secretary Michael Matheson used a visit to an Edinburgh based service to help women in the criminal justice system to announce  £639,500 funding...