Tag: The Scottish Parliament
Budget day at Holyrood will be 15 December
The Finance Secretary Derek Mackay MSP has told Holyrood that the Draft Budget 2017-18 will be introduced on 15 December 2016.
This is still subject to parliamentary approval, and it will follow the UK Chancellor's Autumn...
Greens look for bold moves at Holyrood
The Scottish Greens said earlier today that in areas such as benefit sanctions, standardised testing in schools and local and national tax policy they expect to push Scottish Ministers to be bolder. The summer recess...
Local MSP wants more schools to visit Holyrood
Ash Denham MSP for Edinburgh Eastern is encouraging local schools to visit the Scottish Parliament.
Today the SNP MSP has written to local head teachers with details of the Scottish Parliament’s school visit programme. Local...
Letter from Scotland
I can report that Scotland is staying “calm and collected” in the midst of the political and emotional turmoil swirling round the rest of the so-called United Kingdom. We, at least, are complying with...
The Local Hero experience
by Melanie Weigang
What a day, undoubtedly Saturday was one of the best days in my life. Being nominated as Local Hero by our MSP Ben Macpherson for Edinburgh Northern and Leith on behalf of the Lorne Community...
#SP16 Jeremy Balfour Conservative candidate North Midlothian & Musselburgh
Jeremy Balfour was educated at Edinburgh Academy and went on to become a solicitor before studying Theology in London.
He returned to Edinburgh in 1999 and worked for a charity lobbying the Scottish Parliament.
Balfour then become an assistant...
#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...
My time as an MSP – Cameron Buchanan
Cameron Buchanan has been Conservative Lothians MSP since 2013, but has just retired from politics on the dissolution of the fourth session of the Scottish Parliament.
He wrote this for us in the last few days of...
The Queen will open the fifth session of the Scottish Parliament
Her Majesty The Queen is to address the new session of the Scottish Parliament on Saturday 2nd July, it has been announced.
The Fifth Session of the Scottish Parliament (2016-2021) will be marked on 2 July in...
Bellany, Elsie Inglis and The Scottish Women’s Hospitals
From today at Holyrood there is a new exhibition featuring paintings by the late John Bellany in an exhibition about the Scottish Women's Hospitals alongside video and a new poem by Scots Makar Liz...
Gordon Macdonald MSP has news
Gordon Macdonald is the MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands and he regularly publishes his own newsletter. This is his latest.
The lowdown and the views on The Smith Commission Report
The Smith Commission issued its report today on the shape and form of the devolved powers promised to Scotland by the political parties at Westminster in the days before and after the Scottish Independence...
Neil Findlay to contest the Scottish Labour leadership
Following our article at the weekend when we posed the question as to which politicians from Edinburgh might stand in the leadership contest, we have now had at least part of the answer.
There will...
The Great Tapestry of Scotland to have a permanent home
The Scottish Borders Council reached a momentous agreement today at a full meeting of Councillors held in Hawick. After a full year of careful consideration of proposals from across the country, a site in...
Consultation on dangerous buildings bill
Measures aimed at making it easier for local authorities to recover money spent when repairing dangerous buildings are to be examined by the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government and Regeneration Committee.
The Committee want to hear...
The Great Tapestry of Scotland at Cockenzie House
HAVING attracted crowds of over 30,000 when on show at The Scottish Parliament, The Great Tapestry of Scotland can now be seen at Cockenzie House, Cockenzie & Port Seton in East Lothian, a half...
Scottish Independence Referendum – one year to go
It is exactly one year till Scots will vote in the Scottish Independence Referendum on 18 September 2014.
The Edinburgh Reporter is based in the heart of the country, in the capital where the devolved...
Scottish Independence Referendum – YES campaign believes Scotland has what it takes
A Yes vote is an opportunity to make Scotland's vast wealth work better for everybody who lives here said Blair Jenkins, Chief Executive of Yes Scotland.
'As individuals, as families and as a nation, Yes...
Global experts gather at Holyrood – and you can join them
•FREE events part of a week-long celebration of the Andrew Carnegie Legacy
•Tickets released for six seminars covering education, environment, peace, ethics, knowledge and philanthropy
Tickets have been released to the public for a series of...
World Press Photo Exhibition at Holyrood
Photography in focus this August at Holyrood
Photography is firmly in focus at Holyrood this August as The Scottish Parliament becomes the first UK venue – and the only Parliament worldwide – to host the...
Edinburgh job – Project Manager
The Scottish Parliament is advertising a Project Manager's job on their website which is open for applications until 11 February 2013.
The advert reads:-
Project Manager (Ref: P7353)
"The Scottish Parliament’s Business Information Technology (BIT) Office is...
Holyrood – Bill on Responsible Parking could save council funds
The City of Edinburgh Council could save considerable sums of money if a bill launched today at Holyrood becomes law.
The Council has spent over £40 Million in the last 5 years on pavement repairs...
William Wallace letter to be exhibited at Holyrood
A 700-year-old letter believed to have been in the possession of William Wallace, will go on display alongside the famous Lübeck letter in Scotland this August. This unique exhibition at the Scottish Parliament has...
Official opening at Holyrood 1 July 2011
A fundraiser for veterans, a volunteer at a soup kitchen and a hospice visitor have been named by Holyrood’s Presiding Officer and Deputy Presiding Officers as the local heroes who will join them at...
Parliamentary Reform called for
Parliamentary Business Secretary Bruce Crawford has called for reform to ensure the Scottish Parliament is open, responsive and in tune with public interests.
Mr Crawford said that while structural and procedural changes were needed, any...
Kenny MacAskill MSP writes
We have just heard from Kenny MacAskill MSP.
"As the newly elected MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, I would like to thank all of those who supported me and the SNP last week. Representing the...
Remember to vote in the Scottish Parliamentary Election 5 May 2011
With both the Scottish Parliamentary elections and the first UK-wide referendum in over 30 years taking place on Thursday 5 May, the City of Edinburgh Council is urging voters in the city to be...
Broughton Spurtle Hustings brought to you live….
The Broughton Spurtle has organised one of the first hustings events of the 2011 Scottish Parliamentary Election. We are attending it tonight and will bring you live coverage of what is talked about, shouted...
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