The UK Government

Local crime fiction writer Peter Ritchie has launched his latest noir thriller, ‘Maxine’s Story’ and will donate a portion of the profits to SCOT-PEP,...

As a new UK parliament is to be elected next month, this morning in an ancient ceremony the Lord Lyon King of Arms will...

Tommy Sheppard MP has called for the UK government to act following the release of the report ‘Problem drug use in Scotland’ by the...

Donald Tusk revealed on Twitter this morning that there will be a flextension to the Brexit deadline until the end of January 2020. The...

The SNP has announced that Sarah Masson will stand as their candidate in Edinburgh West at the next UK general election.  Sarah, who led the...

Ian Murray Labour MP for Edinburgh South asked The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport a written question recently and has shared the...

Voting will take place this Thursday in the Edinburgh South consitituency to decide upon the Westminster parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party for any...

There have been several court cases raised as a result of the ongoing debate and impasse on Brexit. One of these, the Vince case,...

The UK Government led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson were defeated today. This extraordinary sitting of the House of Commons held on a Saturday...

Here in Edinburgh we are represented by three of the main parties at Westminser with three SNP MPs, one Liberal Democrat and one Labour...

The announcement today that the UK has agreed a Withdrawal Agreement with the EU has been welcomed by the Secretary of State for Scotland...

JOHNSON’S THREAT TO IGNORE BREXIT EXTENSION LAW RAISED IN EUROPEBoris Johnson’s threat to ignore British law which requires him to request a Brexit extension...

Jardine writes to Scottish Secretary over “violent and divisive” rhetoric Liberal Democrat equalities spokesperson Christine Jardine MP has today written to the Secretary of State...

With just a month to go until 31 October when the UK should have left the EU, the SNP leader at Westminster, Ian Blackford,...

Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, Christine Jardine, has today called on the Foreign Secretary to ask China to maintain a calm response in...

The UK Supreme Court ruled unanimously this morning that suspending parliament was unlawful. As you would expect many politicians and political parties have something...

The unanimous decision of the UK Supreme Court was handed down at 10.30am this morning. This Court has already concluded that the Prime Minister’s...

In a case brought by Edinburgh South West MP Joanna Cherry and others, the UK Supreme Court has this morning unanimously decided against the...

SNP MP Pete Wishart has criticised the Tories for "handing out peerages like sweeties" - after details of Theresa May's resignation honours list emerged. According...

Lord Doherty at the Court of Session in Edinburgh has handed down his decision this morning in the petition by Joanna Cherry QC MP...

An action has begun this morning at the Court of Session in Edinburgh where 70 plus politicians have brought an action asking the Court...

The Court of Session in Edinburgh will tomorrow hear that Boris Johnson’s actions to shut down parliament are ‘unconstitutional and unlawful’. The Cherry case...

CROSS-PARTY BILL TO STOP NO-DEAL BREXIT The SNP today co-sponsored a cross-party Bill designed to take a no deal Brexit off the table. Stephen Gethins...

by Christine Jardine MP Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West The summer recess is meant to be a calmer time for MPs. It gives us chance...

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown today told an audience in Edinburgh at the launch of the Our Scottish Future think-tank: “I have actually been...

Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Jo Swinson MP, has today announced her first Shadow Cabinet, declaring that she has built a team that...

by Deidre Brock MP Here’s a good thing, something to cheer you up.  A couple of days ago I had a fabulous time down at...

by Tommy Sheppard MP for Edinburgh East Last year 1187 people died in Scotland from a drug related death.  This is a crisis. And the...

by Joanna Cherry QC MP for Edinburgh South West It is a shocking fact that in my Constituency of Edinburgh South West 1400 pensioner...

Only this morning Labour MP for Edinburgh South Ian Murray asked in the Houses of Parliament : “The new Prime Minister’s election yesterday means...