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LIVEBLOG with Malcolm Chisholm MSP on 1 September 2011 at 5.30
Malcolm Chisholm is MSP for Edinburgh North and Leith. We are running a liveblog with him on Thursday 1 September 2011 when we will...
Queen’s Counsel appointed
The Scottish Government announced today that:-
"Her Majesty the Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of 10 new Queen's Counsel, on the recommendation...
Government to withhold tram money
The Scottish Government has informed the City of Edinburgh Council that it will withhold £72 million for the trams project, in light of the...
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...
MacAskill urged to introduce A & E Data Sharing
Stewart Maxwell, SNP MSP for the West Scotland, has written to Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill asking him to bring forward plans for the introduction...
Opening of Parliament to feature Local Heroes
SNP parliamentarians will continue their tradition of wearing the "White Rose of Scotland" as they attend Holyrood to mark the opening of the fourth...
Scottish Film Investors Night
The Scottish Government last week pledged to host a Scottish Film Investors Night. Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said the Government would bring together potential...
The cost of Gaelic School escalating
Bòrd na Gàidhlig, the statutory body responsible for the promotion and development of Gaelic and advising Scottish Government Ministers, has expressed...
Lotto funds in Loanhead
Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment, Alex Neil, has welcomed millions of pounds from the Big Lottery Fund to help local people come...
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...
New Gaelic school proposed for Edinburgh
A city-wide consultation is taking place in Edinburgh that will decide whether nursery and primary Gaelic Medium Education(GME) will be established with a dedicated...
Edinburgh Council reveals plans for 600 new affordable homes
The City of Edinburgh Council today unveiled details of a £55 million housing regeneration scheme across the city.
The council, The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT)...
Kezia Dugdale MSP writes
Kezia Dugdale is the Labour MSP for Lothians. She writes"=
"My first official engagement as an MSP was to visit the Canongate Youth Project on...
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...
Snowsport centre gets national backing
Midlothian Council has been successful in obtaining national backing for Britain's longest dry ski slope.
Two new injections of funding have been secured to help...
Edinburgh Reporter chats – Ewan Aitken
Ewan Aitken is currently the Councillor for Craigentinny/Duddingston and is now standing as the Labour candidate for Eastern Edinburgh. He was elected to the...
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...
Portrait Gallery project awarded £2m by The Scottish Government
The world's first purpose-built portrait gallery is a step closer to opening again to the public as the Scottish Government confirms an additional £2...
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...
Cost of cremation to fall
New legislation, passed by The Scottish Government today, will scrap the £147 cremation fees and give greater scrutiny to the death certification process.
Under current...
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...
£2m funding for Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh's world famous Festivals will share £2 million from the Scottish Government to showcase Scotland's cultural and creative talent.
The funding will support ambitious and...
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...
Employability Support for Edinburgh confirmed by Scottish Government
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...
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...
Scotland Week to be celebrated in Canada and the United States
This year, for the first time, the huge contribution of Scots and Scotland to the founding of North America will be celebrated across the...
Lothians Counselling Scheme launches today
Scotland's largest voluntary social care organisation is launching an innovative new counselling scheme in the Lothians today.
The ABBA project, run by the...
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...
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