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Scottish unemployment falls
Finance and Employment Secretary John Swinney this week welcomed a further fall in Scottish unemployment as new figures showed unemployment in Scotland declined by...
Scottish Digital Network to be debated
Steps to realise the Scottish Broadcasting Commission's vision for a Scottish Digital Network (SDN) have been set out by the Cabinet Secretary for Culture...
Parliamentary Reform called for
Parliamentary Business Secretary Bruce Crawford has called for reform to ensure the Scottish Parliament is open, responsive and in tune with public interests.
Mr Crawford...
First Minister putting Scotland on the agenda at Westminster
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond will meet senior UK Government ministers and deliver an address to the Foreign Press Association in London this week.
The...
New Scottish Cabinet includes one Edinburgh MSP
The Scottish Government's new Ministerial team has been announced by First Minister Alex Salmond subject to the necessary parliamentary approval, and includes only one...
New Edinburgh MSPs take a bow at Holyrood
Two new faces at Holyrood among the group of SNP MSPs who gathered earlier this afternoon. Marco Biagi and Gordon MacDonald will be representing...
Voting tomorrow – a guide – with video!
The City of Edinburgh Council is urging all those eligible to use their vote in the Scottish Parliamentary Elections and Referendum on...
Politics:- Edinburgh charity demands action
CEO of Edinburgh based charity, Cyrenians, Des Ryan, has written to the leaders of all main political parties represented in The Scottish Parliamentary Election...
Politics:- Conservatives want discount on council tax for elderly
The Scottish Conservatives have announced that they want a £200 Council Tax discount for all pensioner households in Scotland.
Speaking on Buchanan Street in Glasgow,...
UnHolyrood presents an evening of Scottish political comedy
UnHolyrood is presenting an evening of Scottish political cabaret at Edinburgh's Voodoo Rooms.
The event which will take place on the 4 May 2011 at...
Edinburgh Candidates confirmed for the Scottish Election 2011
Nominations closed today at 4pm for the Scottish parliamentary elections on 5 May 2011. The candidates for the Edinburgh constituencies are as follows:
Edinburgh Eastern
Ewan...
Edinburgh Reporter chats: Alex Orr
Alex Orr looks like a PR man's ideal election candidate. Tall and tanned, when we meet him, he is dressed in a smart suit...
Double jeopardy legislation approved before dissolution
A centuries old principle of Scots law which prevents a person being tried twice for the same offence, is to be reformed after MSPs...
Edinburgh Reporter Chats – Margo McDonald MSP
It is clearly lunchtime. Margo is finishing her soup, sitting in the room occupied by her assistants and an American intern who is very...
Edinburgh Reporter Chats – Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP
We meet on what is obviously a typically busy morning for the SNP MSP for the Lothians., but is standing for the constituency of...
Hustings 21st March 2011
The Edinburgh charity, VOCAL, in partnership with the Coalition of Carers in Scotland, will host a high profile election hustings on Monday 21...
Edinburgh Reporter chats: Kenny McAskill MSP
"Kenny is running a bit late, so could you move the appointment back by half an hour. He is at a meeting which has...
Robin Harper looks back on twelve years in Parliament
May 6th 1999 was a historic day in Scottish politics. Not only did this date mark the first Scottish parliamentary election for more than...
Holyrood approves tidal stream project
The world's largest tidal stream energy array will be built in the Sound of Islay following approval by the Scottish Government.
ScottishPower Renewables £40 million...
NUS condemn legal moves on HMO flats
MSPs today passed a new law which they hope will raise the standard of private rented housing in Scotland.
The Private Rented Housing (Scotland) Bill...
Funding for Scottish Councils allows council tax freeze to continue
The Scottish Parliament today agreed the full allocation of local government funding for 2011-12.
It follows confirmation that all 32 councils formally accepted the terms...
Diabetes UK ask questions in Edinburgh
The politics of diabetes: what do you want from Scotland’s politicians?
DIABETES QUESTION TIME
Chaired by Fred MacAulay
Macdonald Holyrood Hotel, Edinburgh, Tuesday 15 March, 7pm-8.15pm (buffet...
Portrait of the Queen to be unveiled at Holyrood this week
The first portrait of Her Majesty The Queen to be displayed at the Scottish Parliament will be unveiled by Her Royal Highness The...
Emissions targets 2010-22
Scottish Ministers today confirmed their plans to meet statutory annual greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets.
The Low Carbon Scotland: Meeting the Emissions Reductions Targets 2010-2022...
£1m on offer for local Post Offices
A £1 million fund for 2011/12 to help local post offices diversify their activities has been launched.
The original scheme has seen 49 small post...
Investment fund for East of Scotland businesses
A £5 million fund Businesses for businesses throughout the East of Scotland is now open for business.
The East of Scotland Investment Fund (ESIF) has...
Budget ‘must’ help Scotland
The Chancellor must match rhetoric with action by promoting economic growth and protecting motorists in the forthcoming UK Budget, John Swinney said today. The...
Government wants Scottish Digital Network publicly funded
Proposals to establish the Scottish Digital Network (SDN) to deliver local television services in Scotland have been put forward by the Scottish Government.
A formal...
Scottish Government awards contract to Business Stream
A three-year contract for water and waste water services has been awarded to Business Stream after the Scottish Government tendered the first national water...
Holyrood open for Business till 22nd March 2011
‘The Presiding Officer wishes to announce that this session of the Parliament will end at midnight on 22 March 2011, and that dissolution begins...
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