Tag: The Scottish Government

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 of First Minister Alex Salmond.Seven of the appointees are members...

The Scottish Government has informed the City of Edinburgh Council that it will withhold £72 million for the trams project, in light of the Council's decision to take the tram only to Haymarket. Ministers are...

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 the final terms of reference for the judge-led public inquiry...

Stewart Maxwell, SNP MSP for the West Scotland, has written to Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill asking him to bring forward plans for the introduction of an innovative system which uses data collected from patients...

SNP parliamentarians will continue their tradition of wearing the "White Rose of Scotland" as they attend Holyrood to mark the opening of the fourth session of the Scottish Parliament.SNP MSPs will be accompanied by...

The Scottish Government last week pledged to host a Scottish Film Investors Night. Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop said the Government would bring together potential investors and film-makers to nurture financial support and create opportunities...

Bòrd na Gàidhlig, the statutory body responsible for the promotion and development of Gaelic and advising Scottish Government Ministers, has expressed serious concerns about the escalating costs of refurbishing Bonnington...

Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure and Capital Investment, Alex Neil, has welcomed millions of pounds from the Big Lottery Fund to help local people come together to reshape their neighbourhood.From developing allotments, parks and...

Finance and Employment Secretary John Swinney this week welcomed a further fall in Scottish unemployment as new figures showed unemployment in Scotland declined by 10,000 over the three-month period February-April 2011 - the seventh...

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 school. The two options put forward earlier this year were to...

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) and The Scottish Government have been working together to procure...

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 Edinburgh’s Southside. A first class project working with young people...

Two new faces at Holyrood among the group of SNP MSPs who gathered earlier this afternoon. Marco Biagi and Gordon MacDonald will be representing Edinburgh Central and Edinburgh Pentlands. They took their places proudly...

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 stave off the fears of closure for Hillend, the Midlothian...

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 City of Edinburgh Council in 1999 and was elected...

It is clearly lunchtime. Margo is finishing her soup, sitting in the room occupied by her assistants and an American intern who is very obviously delighted to be working for such an eminent politician....

We meet on what is obviously a typically busy morning for the SNP MSP for the Lothians., but is standing for the constituency of Edinburgh North and Leith in 2011. Just after our chat...

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 million to renovate and revitalise the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. The...

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 will protect the reputation of Scotland's good landlords and tackle...

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 arrangements, cremation incurs an additional cost. The new bill will...

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 of an agreement between Ministers and the Convention of Scottish...

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 innovative projects for audiences in Scotland and overseas. They will...

The first portrait of Her Majesty The Queen to be displayed at the Scottish Parliament will be unveiled by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal on Wednesday 16 March. Winning photographer Shaun Murawski,...

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 report has today been laid before Parliament showing that Scotland...

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...

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 expression of interest has been submitted to the Department for...

This year, for the first time, the huge contribution of Scots and Scotland to the founding of North America will be celebrated across the whole of Canada and the USA on Tartan Day, April...

Scotland's largest voluntary social care organisation is launching an innovative new counselling scheme in the Lothians today. The ABBA project, run by the Church of Scotland’s social care arm CrossReach, is a...

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 contract to maximise value for money in the public sector.It...

Following Audit Scotland's report last week into the condition of both local and strategic roads, Transport Minister Keith Brown has today confirmed his acceptance of its central recommendations.A national review looking at how the...