The Scottish Government

The final costs of repair work carried out on Bute House in 2023 have been published by the government. The total cost of repair work...

Ben Macpherson MSP wrote to Justice Secretary Angela Constance on Thursday following the session just ahead of First Minister’s Questions. He had not had...

Following questions asked at First Minister’s Questions the Lord Advocate appeared before MSPs on Tuesday afternoon to make a statement relating to the Post...

A Scottish Green MSP is calling for a pilot project teaching first aid to children in schools to be extended and made available permanently...

Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, has issued a New Year message in which he predicts that the best days and years are yet to...

The co-leader of the Scottish Greens and Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater has issued a New Year message reflecting...

Scottish Labour has revealed that the number of food parcels delivered in Edinburgh has risen by 89% since 2018, with an even higher rise...

Douglas Ross the leader of the Scottish Conservatives wishes everyone in Scotland a Happy New Year. "As we draw 2023 to a close tonight,...

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...

Edinburgh Council has received an increase of £48.5 million from The Scottish Government, which equates to five point two per cent from the £14...

The First Minister backs an initiative established in 2015 called Read, Write, Count which has gifted almost quarter of a million books to children...

Holyrood committee gives backing for overnight accommodation levy bill in stage one report released today.

COSLA and the Scottish Government have moved forward with discussions on the way local government is funded. The debate arose from the Verity House Agreement...

Humza Yousaf: how to understand the first minister’s spat with David Cameron over his COP28 meeting with the Turkish president Carolyn Rowe, Aston University; Elin Royles,...

Wellbeing Economy Secretary Neil Gray, will today focus on The Scottish Government’s collaborative approach to industrial relations and the rights of trade unions. He will...

Foysol Choudhury MSP chaired the Cross-Party Group (CPG) on Improving Scotland’s Health when a presentation was made by Paul Johnston, Chief Executive of Public...

First Minister Humza Yousaf will urge world leaders to show ambition, work together and demonstrate radical action to tackle the global climate crisis at...

Foysol Choudhury MSP is following up support for children with additional support needs.  Mr Choudhury hosted the ASN Reform Scotland Group’s drop-in session for MSPs at The...

The Scottish Conservatives have called for Michael Matheson to hand over his iPad to parliamentary authorities so that its record of use can be...

A meeting organised by Sarah Boyack MSP with the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Michael Matheson, to discuss the delayed Edinburgh Eye Pavilion has left...

Earlier today at the ALBA party conference, former SNP minister and contender for the leadership of the SNP earlier this year, Ash Regan MSP,...

The First Minister Humza Yousaf has written to many UK political leaders supporting a ceasefire and the establishment of a humanitarian corridor. Mr Yousaf has...

The Scottish Government has announced a second round of funding for the Promise initiative first established in 2020. A fund of £4 million will be...

The First Minister, Humza Yousaf, has frozen council tax in Scotland next year. He said at the SNP annual conference in Aberdeen: "Council tax...

The First Minister, Humza Yousaf, has written to the UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly asking for a humanitarian corridor to be set up in...

The two local politicians, Ben Macpherson MSP and Deidre Brock MP got together to hold a joint Macmillan coffee morning on Friday. Macmillan Cancer...

In a speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, Douglas Ross, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, insisted that Humza Yousaf’s proxy referendum proposal...

Sarah Boyack MSP writes about Edinburgh's longstanding housing crisis. She has long campaigned against party flats and in favour of more housing for locals. "We...

The Scottish Parliament has decided that a cap on rents will be extended for up to six months. Measures to protect tenants while prices and...

The Advertising Association held LEAD Scotland 2023 at The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh last week. The conference brought together key figures in the...