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Johnson and Murray write to the Education Secretary
Daniel Johnson MSP for Edinburgh Southern and Ian Murray MP for Edinburgh South have collaborated on tackling what they see as an education crisis....
Coronavirus – Scottish Labour call for The Scottish Parliament to be reconvened
Scottish Labour Business Manager, Elaine Smith MSP, has today written to Ken Mackintosh, the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament.
The purpose of her letter is...
Angus Robertson has hopes for Holyrood
Angus Robertson is seeking the SNP nomination so that he can become the SNP candidate in Edinburgh Central for the Scottish Parliament elections in...
Scottish Budget passes Stage 3
It was very busy at Holyrood today, and part of the reason was that the government's budget was back in front of MSPs for...
Iain Gray MSP backs the Firework Dog Code
Iain Gray, Scottish Labour MSP for East Lothian has lodged a motion in The Scottish Parliament to give his backing to the Dogs Trust,...
Scotland’s Women Stand – for positive change
The Scotland’s Women Stand event is on at the Scottish Parliament today, Saturday 7 September 2019.
The event aims to bring together women of all...
Boyack is back
Former Cabinet Secretary Sarah Boyack is to return to the Scottish Parliament, taking the list seat set to be vacated by Kezia Dugdale.Sarah Boyack...
THEIR NAME LIVETH – Remembrance event at Holyrood on Sunday
On Sunday evening there will be a projection of the names of all the 134,712 people whose names are listed in the Scottish National...
World’s best press pictures come to the Scottish Parliament
The World Press Photo Exhibition showcases more than 100 of the most compelling and powerful examples of photojournalism taken over the course of 2017. The free exhibition is...
FREE interactive session with William Ury and his daughter Gabi
The Scottish Parliament is offering a unique opportunity to attend a FREE interactive session with world-renowned negotiator William Ury and his daughter Gabi.
Over the...
#NYCTW The Scottish Parliament will be celebrating in New York
A delegation from the Scottish Parliament are travelling to the US this weekend. They will visit Winnipeg, Ottawa and New York, meeting with parliamentarians,...
Vikings descend on Holyrood to reclaim treasure
Vikings joined campaigners at the Scottish Parliament to call for 1,000-year-old treasures to be returned to Galloway where they were found and not kept...
Miles likes Body Boosting Bingo!
Miles Briggs Conservative MSP for Lothian has developed a love of bingo. But fear not, this game has a real benefit other than winning cash prizes!
Miles is...
Scottish Government to launch a scholarship to honour Gordon Aikman
The Scottish Government has announced a new £25,000 scholarship in memory of Gordon Aikman who died at the beginning of the month.
The scholarship will...
Scottish Conservatives launch environment paper
A series of new initiatives designed to protect Scotland’s environment and tackle climate change have been published today by the Scottish Conservatives in a...
MSP gets Twitter to join in Edinburgh conversation on mental health
Scottish Conservative mental health spokesman Miles Briggs MSP has managed to get the support of Twitter to organise a conference on mental health this...
MSPs highlight Tesco Neighbourhood Food Collection scheme
As Christmas approaches, Tesco is asking shoppers to support people in need by donating food to the Neighbourhood Food Collection as part of their...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
#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...
#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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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