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Ruth Davidson announces she is pregnant with first baby
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has announced that she is pregnant with her first child with partner Jen Wilson.
The baby is due in autumn...
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...
Scotland’s Continuity Bill referred to the Supreme Court
The UK government has announced today that the most senior UK Law Officers, the Attorney General, Jeremy Wright QC and the Advocate General for...
Gordon wants to Keep it Local
Gordon Macdonald MSP,Convener of the Scottish Parliament’s Cross Party Group on Independent Convenience Stores, is encouraging Edinburgh residents to shop locally and support the...
Lothians MSP highlights the difficulties in banning plastic straws
Jeremy Balfour, Scottish Conservative MSP addressed the Scottish Parliament in March to ask the Scottish Government what measures they are taking to ensure that...
First Minister – Holyrood has no role in European Arrest Warrants
Police Scotland confirmed that a European Arrest Warrant was issued for Professor Clara Ponsati who is a professor at St Andrews University, and who...
Pro EU rally in Edinburgh today
A pro EU rally marking one year since Article 50 was triggered by the UK Government was held at Holyrood today. It was organised...
Conservatives want more women and BME candidates to come forward
The Scottish Conservatives want more diversity among their elected members and are today beginning a new programme to get more women and BME candidates...
Letter from Scotland
He has a reputation as “The Fixer”. And this week Derek Mackay delivered a “historic” budget, the first to give Scotland a distinct income...
Letter from Scotland
For Norfolk man Phil Gormley, a policeman’s lot has not turned out to be a happy one. His resignation this week as Scotland’s Chief...
Pedal on Parliament 2018 – date announced
The eighth Pedal on Parliament takes place on 28 April 2018 and as before the protest group will congregate at the Meadows to cycle...
Scottish Government deny agreement on amendments to the EU Withdrawal Bill
The Secretary of State for Scotland the Rt Hon David Mundell was on BBC Radio Scotland this morning talking about the talks between Westminster...
Vote on EU Withdrawal Bill – Clause 11 amendment rejected
The vote at Westminster this evening on the EU Withdrawal Bill has not pleased The Scottish Government who regard it as a power grab...
Joseph from Socks for the Street welcomed to Holyrood
BIG-HEARTED YOUNGSTER COLLECTS SOCKS FOR EDINBURGH’S HOMELESS
SNP MSP Ben Macpherson welcomed Joseph Cox and his young brother to Holyrood today, where the youngster picked...
Government increasing support for sportscotland
Sports in Scotland to receive additional support for grassroots through to performance
The Scottish Government will increase sportscotland’s core funding by £2 million in 2018-19,...
Scottish Government to set out its draft budget this afternoon
Speaking ahead of presenting the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget to parliament this afternoon, Finance Secretary Derek Mackay said:
“The 2018-19 budget will demonstrate beyond doubt...
Dugdale gets written warning over absence
You can hardly fail to have noticed that former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale took part in STV's I'm a Celebrity in recent weeks....
Scotland’s universities welcome India: Deputy First Minister to lead India mission
From 2 – 5 December 2017, a delegation of 21 senior leaders from Scotland’s higher
education sector will accompany Scotland’s Deputy First Minister John Swinney
on...
Scottish Labour leader aiming to get his message out with a little help from...
Richard Leonard, Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, will be joined by Jeremy Corbyn today in Glasgow where they will both speak about the...
Lights, Camera, Salmond!
For “whom the gods would destroy they first make mad” said Prometheus, as he learned of Alex Salmond’s new RT-backed television show....
After more than twenty...
Gordon Macdonald’s newsletter is out now
Although recent reports about MSP Gordon Macdonald have told us that he has had a short bout of ill health, he (or his very...
Jardine makes demands on Holyrood for timescale on Growth Scheme
Scottish Liberal Democrat MP Christine Jardine has demanded that the Scottish Government lay out a timescale for delivering the half a billion pound Scottish...
Brexit update after London meeting
Following the Joint Ministerial Committee meeting in London earlier today, Mike Russell, Minister for UK Negotiations on Scotland's Place in Europe, urged the UK...
Scottish Investment Bank
It was announced in the Programme for Government at the beginning of the month that a Scottish National Investment Bank will be established to...
Gordon Macdonald MSP – monthly newsletter
Gordon Macdonald is MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands and this is his regular newsletter :
Gordon is a member of the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work...
Threat level rises after London attack
The national threat level has been raised to ‘Critical’ in the wake of this morning’s attack on the London Tube system and following an assessment...
Edinburgh Political Focus – what are the politicians saying this week?
In Edinburgh there are many politicians from Councillors to MSPs and then there are the MPs who have to travel to London from Monday...
£10million for film industry welcomed by Film Edinburgh
IN her speech to Holyrood on Tuesday announcing the programme for government, the First Minister also announced an additional £10m is being placed into...
Scottish Government’s programme hailed as greenest ever
Environmental groups applauded the new Programme for Government announced in Holyrood yesterday, which contains a host of 'green' measures.
Friends of the Earth believe such...
Kezia Dugdale steps down as leader of Scottish Labour
Tonight BBC Scotland have confirmed in an interview that the leader of the Labour Party in Scotland, Kezia Dugdale, has stepped down.While she will...
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