Tag: Sarah Boyack

Scottish Labour has demanded that First Minister Humza Yousaf takes responsibility for what they say is the "shambolic" Deposit Return Scheme, and remove it from Lorna Slater's portfolio following the delays the First Minister...

Local Scottish Labour MSP Sarah Boyack has raised the alarm as the crisis in local A&E waiting times has continued unabated. Statistics published this week have shown that only 74.9% of A&E attendees were seen within the four...

I have in my hand a half-penny minted in 1914. It’s worn and faded, almost black with age, but you can still see King George V’s head on it and that awful date. I’ll...

Lothians MSP Sarah Boyack has announced that she is a candidate in the contest for Scottish Labour leader. She is the first to enter the race but any other candidates have until Friday to declare their...

The first of a series of meetings took place at Tynecastle High School Community Wing today, to discuss how the communities of Gorgie and Dalry might recover following the recent outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease.It...

Several of our Edinburgh MSPs were in good voice today at Holyrood. First of all at General Questions this morning, we heard Colin Beattie SNP member of the Scottish Parliament for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, ask...

by Lothians MSP Sarah Boyack Earlier this month, Business Secretary Vince Cable announced that Edinburgh was to be home to the headquarters for the UK’s first Green Investment Bank. The decision has been welcomed by politicians...

Sarah Boyack is Labour MSP for the Lothians.She will be answering our questions on Monday evening and will answer yours too if you would like to put them to her. Just use the comments...

Shirley-Anne Somerville (MSP)(Lothians)(SNP)  welcomed the news that The Scottish Government will continue direct funding of Edinburgh’s employability services in the next financial year with investment of over £700,000. The announcement was made by housing minister...

A new course at Heriot Watt University, teaching the link between building design and carbon emissions, has been welcomed as a step forward in tackling climate change by Edinburgh Central MSP Sarah Boyack.The MSc...