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First Minister in New York for the Tartan Day Parade
First Minister, John Swinney, will undertake a series of engagements in New York on the second day of his visit to the United States...
Letter from Scotland
Scotch whisky distillers are raising their half glasses and muttering “Slainte Mhath”, more in hope than in expectation.
Their official response to Donald Trump’s...
First Minister travelling to Tartan Week
First Minister, John Swinney, is visiting New York during Tartan Week. Mr Swinney will arrive in the Big Apple around lunchtime on Friday and...
Scotland joins Home Nations bid to host 2035 FIFA Women’s World Cup
The Football Associations of Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, and Wales will collectively submit an expression of interest to FIFA for the United Kingdom to...
John Swinney becomes SNP Leader
In a move which would have been unthinkable just twelve months ago, John Swinney is on the cusp of being elected First Minister of...
Government budget includes more funding for councils and Creative Scotland
The Scottish Government said there is an additional £223 million in the budget passed by parliament today which will be provided to local authorities...
John Swinney survives vote of no confidence
The Deputy First Minister, John Swinney, survived a vote of no confidence at Holyrood last night by 65 votes to 57.
The Scottish Greens...
Childcare for key workers – guidance now published
Criteria provided to local authorities to determine local need.
Guidance on childcare provision for key workers has been published.
Following the decision to close schools and...
Scotland’s universities offer scholarships to students from India
Students from India studying in Scotland have access to more than £6million in international scholarships with over £1million ringfenced to specifically attract outstanding Indian...
CodeClan marks its second anniversary
Numbers stack up as skills academy hits graduate landmark
Deputy First Minister, John Swinney, hailed the impact of digital skills academy CodeClan in supplying new talent to support...
Letter from Scotland
A cycle ride through the corn and buttercup fields of Fife, the other day, reminded me of the real world, beyond the politics of...
Letter from Scotland
It’s so good to hear from my wildlife friends that they’ve seen 30 or 40 dolphins in the Firth of Forth in recent days. ...
Letter from Scotland
Down at my local nature reserve, at the foot of Arthur’s Seat, we were rather proud of our family of great crested grebes. It...
Letter from Scotland
I’m told that Scotland’s rabbit population is in sharp decline due to a devastating new virus. The James Hutton Institute reckons we are down...
Holyrood to consult on Air Passenger Duty
The Scottish Government has announced that it will now consult on the reform or abolition of Air Passenger Duty. It seems to have been...
Letter from Scotland
Mention the word “referendum” in Scotland and you’d better duck behind the stockade because the empty Irn Bru cans will come flying. But it...
Letter from Scotland
This week we started pumping gas out of the seabed west of Shetland. It’s a huge and pioneering operation. Four sub-sea wells have been...
Letter from Scotland
The year has begun with rain storms of almost biblical proportions, at least for us in the so-called “temperate” part of the planet. We...
Letter from Scotland
According to the Gospels, it was St Andrew who suggested Jesus might like to feed five thousand people with a wee boy’s lunch of...
Future of Green Investment Bank called into question
The Deputy First Minister says that the future of the Green Investment Bank must be guaranteed, despite plans by the UK Government to privatise...
Letter from Scotland
Summer has finally arrived. For three consecutive days we have been walking around in t-shirts under blue skies and blazing suns. Temperatures hovered around...
Smith Commission must go far enough
The Smith Commission has until Sunday to issue its draft legislation to bring more powers north of the border but they will publish the...
Letter from Scotland
We are now well into the Christmas spending spree. It seems to be the only thing which is driving the economy at the moment....
Letter from Scotland
So, Scotland’s railways are to be run by a state-owned company after all. But the state concerned is not Scottish or even British, but...
Letter from Scotland
On a glorious sunny day this week, on Tuesday, I had the privilege of being in the 19.5 per cent of Scotland which has...
Government announces fund to help young entrepreneurs
£75,000 to help tomorrow’s young entrepreneurs.
Finance Secretary John Swinney today announced the creation of ‘Young Scottish EDGE Fund’ to help support the next generation...
Holyrood calls for more action on Phone hacking
Cabinet Secretary for Finance, John Swinney, has responded to Prime Minister David Cameron's statement on phone hacking and related issues, and his announcement of...
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...
£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...
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