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...
Douglas Ross becomes new leader of the Scottish Conservatives
Leonard Wallace, Returning Officer in the election for the Leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, has announced Douglas Ross as the new...
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...
Government updates guidance on masks
Guidance for pupils and staff on the use of face coverings in schools and on school transport has been updated.In light of the latest...
Coronavirus – today’s figures
The latest figures for today detailing the number of people diagnosed with Covid-19 in the last 24 hours have just been announced today by...
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 in...
Minister visits Wester Hailes Education Centre
The Minister for Further Education, Higher Education, Youth Employment and Training, Jamie Hepburn MSP, visited Wester Hailes Education Centre (WHEC) on Wednesday to find out...
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 in Scotland...
First Minister writes to Prime Minister Boris Johnson
First Minister highlights risk of BrexitThe First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has written to the new Prime Minister to set out the potential impact of...
Boyack supports Art in Action
Sarah Boyack MSP visited Collective, Edinburgh, this morning as part of the Art In Action campaign marking the first of a series of visits...
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...
Scottish Government Baby Box scheme to be fully evaluated before rollout
The announcement earlier this week that baby boxes were being introduced in  a pilot scheme in Clackmannanshire and Orkney from 1 January resulted in a storm of...
Coronavirus – Saturday’s figures
The number of cases of Covid-19 in Scotland were announced by Public Health Scotland today, with the fewest cases since the middle of June....
Government to fund projects to tackle problems of women in custody
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...
Coronavirus – Sunday’s figures
The latest figures detailing the number of people diagnosed with Covid-19 in the 24 hours to 11 April in Scotland are shown below.The...
Government announces fund to help young entrepreneurs
£75,000 to help tomorrow’s young entrepreneurs.Finance Secretary John Swinney today announced the creation of ‘Young Scottish EDGE Fund’ to help support the next generation...
Scottish Parliamentary Election 2021 – Marco Biagi raises the bar on...
Only yesterday we related the story about Marco Biagi, the candidate for the SNP nomination for the seat of Edinburgh Central at the Scottish...
Environment Minister off to Lima with Scotland’s climate change message
Scotland’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Aileen McLeod has said that the international community must match Scotland’s world-leading climate change ambitions to tackle global...
Balfour wants changes in shops to help people with hearing loss
Lothian MSP Jeremy Balfour has shown his support for a campaign that calls on UK retailers to make their stores more accessible for people...
Travellers from South Africa must quarantine on arrival
Scottish Ministers agreed on Christmas Eve, following advice from senior clinical advisers that they would introduce further controls on travellers who have been in...
Coronavirus – government guidance for small businesses reopening published today
Guidance has been issued by The Scottish Government today for small and micro businesses to steer them through the reopening of their places of...
Amber alert for bad weather
The Met Office has upgraded its weather warnings for gale force winds expected across much of Scotland tomorrow.An Amber (Be Prepared) warning has been...
Local MSP is off to Malawi
International Development Minister, Ben Macpherson who also represents Edinburgh North and Leith will visit Malawi to see the impact of Scotland’s longstanding partnerships.
In his...
Evictions prevented by law until the New Year
New restrictions which prevent any evictions over the festive period come into force on Friday.The new regulations brings Scotland in line with legal guidance...
Scottish Government announces six month ban on evictions
The Scottish Government announcement that private and social tenants in Scotland are to be given increased protection from eviction during the coronavirus pandemic...
Scottish Government wants your views on social security
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Give your views on social security
By Jeane Freeman – Minister for Social SecuritySocial Security is an investment we all make in ourselves and in...
Scottish Government boost education spending
New figures show that spending on education in Edinburgh rose by £41.6 million last year. The figures show councils spent £547 million more on education...
Gordon Lindhurst MSP – The Future of Edinburgh’s World Heritage Site
by Gordon Lindhurst MSP
This week in the Scottish Parliament I will be leading a debate on Edinburgh’s World Heritage Site, an issue that has come...
Coronavirus – Wightman calls for more clarity on ‘essential work’
There must be clearer guidance around what is and isn’t essential work during the coronavirus lockdown, Scottish Green MSP Andy Wightman has said.Andy Wightman...
New funding for ocean energy from Scottish Government
Scottish ocean energy companies will be able to bid for a share of a new €7 million funding pot, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing will...
