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Fund to help you build your own home
A £4m self-build loan fund offering financial backing to people who want to build their own homes will be available from next year.
Housing Minister Kevin Stewart confirmed the fund was being set up following...
New Minister for Childcare
The First Minister has announced her intention to appoint Maree Todd as Minister for Childcare and Early Years.
Subject to approval by the Parliament and Her Majesty the Queen, Ms Todd will begin to undertake...
Pupils help launch new College initiative
Jamie Hepburn, the Minister for Employability and Training, and 100 local school pupils helped launch Edinburgh College's new science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) manifesto.
It outlines how the college will deliver STEM-related education to...
Hibs help to eradicate hate crime in Scotland
Hibs have partnered up with Scottish Government to help eradicate hate crime and communicate the message that ‘Hate has no home in Scotland’.
The Scottish Government has launched a campaign to raise awareness of what...
Evidence wanted from young people
Children, young people and their families with a direct experience of the current Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) system are being asked to help shape Scotland’s approach to mental health services.
The Scottish...
Childcare spending to double
Spending on childcare will double to £840m a year by 2021-22 in a bid to transform the life chances of children in Scotland.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has reaffirmed the Scottish Government’s commitment to invest...
£1.3m to support locally-produced food
Plans to increase the use of Scottish produce in schools, hospitals and other public sector organisations have been unveiled by Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing.
A total of £1.2m has been confirmed to expand the...
£10m to drive festival growth in Edinburgh
Festivals in Edinburgh will receive a £10m boost over the next five years to help find a growth programme.
The Scottish Government and City of Edinburgh Council will each provide £5m for The Platforms for...
Screen sector is area of growth
A £475,000 Scottish Government investment to support the National Film and Television School’s (NFTS) plans to set up a base in Scotland and support new bursaries, in partnership with the BBC, has been announced.
The...
Reminder to apply for tuition fees, bursaries and loans
Eligible students taking up places on HNC, HND Degree and Postgraduate courses in Colleges and Universities in Scotland should apply now to Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) for their tuition fees, bursary and student...
Scotland’s onshore revenues increase and deficit falls
Scotland’s fiscal position improved in 2016-17 according to the latest Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) figures .
Overall, the notional deficit fell by £1.3b to stand at 8.3 per cent of GDP. Onshore revenues...
Public asked for views on road works
The Scottish Government wants to hear the views on proposals to raise standards and improve the quality of road works, enhance enforcement and provide additional powers for the Scottish Road Works Commissioner.
The consultation includes...
Scottish Government pressing socio-economic initiative
Public bodies in Scotland will be required to put reducing poverty and inequality at the heart of their decision making.
The introduction of a socio-economic duty was included in the UK Government’s Equality Act 2010,...
Sharing intimate images could land prison sentence
A new law which came into force will make it easier to prosecute people who share intimate images without consent.
Those convicted of the new offence of ‘disclosing, or threatening to disclose, an intimate photograph...
Independent review seeks views
A consultation is underway on financial support for college and university students.
It is part of an independent review chaired by Jayne-Anne Gadhia which is looking at ways to improve how students in Scotland are...
Next steps on deposit return scheme
Detailed work on how a potential deposit return scheme might operate in Scotland has been commissioned by the Scottish Government.
Deposit return schemes, in existence round the world, see consumers pay a small deposit that...
Scottish Government starts male vaccination programme
A vaccination programme for men who have sex with men (MSM) has started in Scotland to protect against the HPV (Human Papillomavirus).
The vaccine will be offered to MSM up to and including the age of...
Government set up a fund to support young disabled
Young disabled people will be able to access a £5m fund to help them live more independent lives, Public Health Minister Aileen Campbell announced this week.
The Independent Living Fund (ILF) will provide a short-term...
Government to hold consultation on pre-recorded evidence in criminal trials
Views are being sought on the best way to spare child witnesses from having to give evidence during criminal trials.
The consultation seeks views on the Government vision that all child witnesses will have their...
Government welcomes new figures on positive destinations for university graduates
Higher Education Minister Shirley-Anne Somerville has welcomed the publication of new statistics showing 91 per cent of Scotland’s university graduates are going into positive destinations.
Statistics released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) show...
Government to focus on ‘modern and person-centred’ care
Transforming services to ensure people with dementia receive the support they need at all ages and stages of the illness is at the centre of Scotland’s third dementia strategy.
The government says that the three...
Equality projects boosted by multi-million investment
Over 200 projects working to promote equality and address discrimination will benefit from more than £20m investment over the next year.
More than £5m will be provided to organisations supporting engagement with communities experiencing prejudice...
Soft opt out system of organ and tissue donation
The Scottish Government intends to introduce legislation for a soft opt out system of organ and tissue donation.
Public Health Minister Aileen Campbell has confirmed plans to bring forward legislation during this Parliament after 82...
Computershare to create 300 new Edinburgh-based jobs
Plans by Australian financial services company Computershare to open a new technology centre of excellence in Edinburgh, creating 300 jobs, have been welcomed by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
The company secured a £2m grant from...
New law on underage drinking introduced today
A new law which makes if an offence for someone to make alcohol available to a child or young person to drink in public comes into effect today.
This is part of an overarching piece of...
Fishing – Scottish Government rules out rod licence proposal
Proposals to introduce rod licences and a new wild fisheries levy will not be taken forward, Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham has announced.
The Scottish Government has ruled out these measures, as well as the criminalisation...
More blueberries from Scotland
Scientists at the James Hutton Institute are undertaking research to find ways of growing blueberries in Scotland.
The Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham has announced new plant breeding technology being used in a Scottish Government funded...
Finance Secretary looking forward to presenting his first budget
Finance Secretary Derek Mackay will present his first budget to Holyrood later today, when the Scottish Government can employ its new powers over income tax for the first time.
He seemed in relaxed mood yesterday...
Book Week Scotland 2016 offers a full programme of free events
Book Week Scotland may not be taking place till the end of next month but this morning the full programme for the fifth national celebration of books and reading was announced. (But not until everyone...
#SP16 SNP launch their ‘most ambitious’ manifesto yet
The SNP manifesto will be launched at the EICC this morning by the party leader and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
In it the SNP are to pledge what they say is their most ambitious programme...
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