MSP claims over 10,000 children could be affected in Edinburgh by...
SNP SAY TORY GOVERNMENT MUST SCRAP “HEARTLESS” POLICY13.1% of the total number of children in Edinburgh could be affected by the two-child cap, according...
Scottish Conservatives launch environment paper
A series of new initiatives designed to protect Scotland’s environment and tackle climate change have been published today by the Scottish Conservatives in a...
MSP joins in litter pick in the Pentlands
ONE DAY, ONE PLANET, ONE GOAL
As part of World Cleanup Day, Gordon Macdonald MSP took part in a litter pick organised by Friends of...
Coronavirus – 1 million have now received first dose
The Scottish Government has announced on Wednesday that more than a fifth of the population of Scotland have now received their first dose of...
New temporary NHS hospital in Glasgow given a name
New medical facility in Glasgow named after First World War nurse.The new NHS Scotland medical facility being created at the Scottish Events Campus (SEC)...
MSP reports delays in bodies being released
Kezia Dugdale MSP lodged a Freedom of Information request about the length of time families have waited for bodies of loved ones to be...
Scottish Labour leader aiming to get his message out with a...
Richard Leonard, Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, will be joined by Jeremy Corbyn today in Glasgow where they will both speak about the...
Boyack joins leading charity’s campaign tackling child poverty
MSP Sarah Boyack, joined Aberlour Child Care Trust in the Scottish Parliament this week, giving her support to the charity’s ‘No Bad Ends’ campaign,...
Baby Boxes continue to help families with newborn babies
Almost 284,000 boxes have been given to families expecting a new baby since 2017, with almost 50,000 of those delivered in the NHS Lothian...
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.Today more restrictions...
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 – Wednesday’s figures
The number of cases of Covid-19 in Scotland were announced by Public Health Scotland today and are reported below.On Tuesday in The...
Scottish Government releases tenth paper in Building a New Scotland series
Culture Secretary Angus Robertson will announce a new paper today which states that an independent Scotland could unlock the potential of the country’s culture...
Scottish Government commit more funding for health and social care
Scotland's health and social care sectors will receive £1.1 billion in additional funding to help them cope this winter.Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has...
Coronavirus – international students will be included in vaccination programme
International students are to be included in the national Covid-19 vaccination programme. Health Secretary, Humza Yousaf, has confirmed this will take place in line...
EU will be the hot topic at Holyrood today
There will be a day of EU-themed activity today at Holyrood during which the First Minister will address the European and External Relations Committee.Michael...
Chair of Scottish Covid-19 Public Inquiry steps down
Lady Poole stepping down as Chair of the inquiry.The Hon Lady Poole is resigning as chair of the independent Scottish Covid-19 Public Inquiry.Deputy First...
Boyack is back
Former Cabinet Secretary Sarah Boyack is to return to the Scottish Parliament, taking the list seat set to be vacated by Kezia Dugdale.Sarah Boyack...
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...
Coronavirus – new variant from Brazil detected in Scotland
Health protection teams are tracking cases of a new variant of Covid-19.Three cases of a Covid-19 Variant of Concern first identified in Manaus, Brazil,...
Scotland must urgently audit any strip-searches on minors
A report was issued on Monday by Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza, which showed that 2,847 children were strip-searched in England and Wales from 2018 to...
Greens warn against moves to turn Holyrood into a Westminster “circus”
The Scottish Parliament must guard against any attempt by the Tories turn Holyrood into a Westminster style circus, warn the Scottish Greens.A number of...
Cabinet reshuffle at Holyrood
As Keith Brown, the newly elected Deputy Leader of the SNP steps down from the Cabinet to take charge of Scottish independence, several more...
Heated Exchanges on Question Time from Edinburgh
BBC One's political flagship debate show Question Time was broadcast from Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange last night, in front of an audience of 16-17 year olds who will...
Culture Secretary to forge Scotland’s links with the USA
Culture Secretary Angus Robertson has highlighted Scotland’s longstanding bond with the United States of America ahead of travelling to New York for this year’s...
Scottish Referendum Consultation now available on your iPhone
The Scottish Government say they will become the first administration in the UK to make an official publication available in digital download format for...
Coronavirus – today’s figures
In a briefing at St Andrew's House, the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has issued the figures today 13 October 2020 of the number of...
Coronavirus – changes made to government help for taxi drivers
The Scottish Government announced business grants for taxi drivers earlier in the week, which were given short shrift by the drivers and their union...
Novel coronavirus – new Scottish testing facilities
Coronavirus has become a term we understand over recent weeks. Now, The Scottish Government has news of two testing facilities. These have been established...
Scottish funding agreed for Zambian vaccine research
The Scottish Government has announced funding of £1 million for vaccine research in Zambia this month.
The First Minister met with Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema...
