Tag: UK government
Cross party motion of no confidence in the government lodged at Westminster
The SNP, Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Greens have tabled a vote of no confidence in the UK government.It follows an amendment from the opposition parties to Labour’s no confidence motion in the...
MSP says Scotland is ‘open for business’
FOREIGN INVESTMENT UP 7% ACROSS SCOTLAND
SCOTLAND SECOND MOST ATTRACTIVE PART OF UK FOR INVESTORS
MSP Gordon Macdonald says that new stats from business consultancy EY have named Scotland as the second most attractive part of the...
MSP accuses Tory welfare cuts for losses to Edinburgh
SNP MSP FOR EDINBURGH PENTLANDS GORDON MACDONALD DEMANDS DEVOLUTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY POWERS
Freedom of Information figures supplied by the Department for Work and Pensions have shown that Edinburgh has lost out on £4.1M because of Tory cuts...
Damian Green signs Edinburgh and South East Scotland City deal
The First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office, Damian Green signed the City Region Deal for Edinburgh and South East Scotland on behalf of the UK Government today.
We asked him for...
Scrap the Rape Clause Demo on Thursday
Tomorrow evening in George Square, Glasgow there will be a protest against the Family Cap and Rape Clause. More details on Facebook here.
The protest will be live streamed if you cannot attend.
Since 6 April...
Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship programme open now
The Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship programme is now open for applications.
There are up to 50 positions available across Scotland. The Civil Service is calling on ambitious people from all backgrounds to apply...
All Edinburgh MPs vote against Brexit bill
Edinburgh Members of Parliament have been unanimous in their opposition to the Brexit bill otherwise known more formally as the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill.
The bill was approved by Westminster on 1 February by a...
Trident missile failure: just how safe is the UK’s nuclear deterrent?
by Robert J Downes, King's College London
The Sunday Times has caused a furore by reporting that a 2016 test of the UK’s submarine-borne strategic nuclear deterrent ended in failure. After the submarine HMS Vengeance returned...
Happy New Year messages from the Prime Minister and First Minister
First of all Prime Minister Theresa May explains that we have made a momentous decision and set ourselves in a new direction.
She says in the video below: "This is the year we need to pull...
First Minister to make speech in London today
Later today the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will make a speech as one of the keynote speakers at the Institute of Directors Annual Convention asking that the UK Government steps in to prevent a...
Future of Energy in Scotland to be debated today
The effects the UK-wide vote to leave the EU will have on Scotland’s energy sector will be discussed at the first of two summits today in Edinburgh.
Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy Paul Wheelhouse...
A Week at Westminster
On Wednesday the Queen's Speech brought a little pomp and circumstance to Westminster.
Speaking ahead of the Conservative majority government’s first Queen’s Speech, Labour’s Shadow Scottish Secretary, Ian Murray MP, said:
“Today’s Queen Speech will confirm...
Government names more minimum wage offenders
The UK Government announced earlier in the week another 70 companies and businesses which have failed to comply with the minimum wage legislation which is the largest number yet. Today's announcement brings the total...
Ewing calls for return of coal cash
Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has accused the UK Government of showing ‘disrespect’ to coal communities across Scotland, as they fail to answer calls for £15m coal levies to be returned to Scotland – over...
Edinburgh MP’s anger over East Coast
Edinburgh East MP Sheila Gilmore has campaigned tirelessly alongside other local Labour politicians against the plans to reprivatise the East Coast line since these were announced in 2013, as they believe it would be...
Federation of Small Businesses Annual Dinner
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) held their annual dinner tonight in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. They listened to a speech by the Secretary of State for Scotland, Alistair Carmichael who brought the business...
Meningitis charity urge you to lobby your MP
Steve Dayman MBE who founded a meningitis charity following the death of his baby son says that babies and children are dying or suffering disabilities needlessly due to slow bureaucracy.
The UK has one of the...
Brown and Darling present motion to Westminster
Alistair Darling MP and Gordon Brown MP, the leader of the Better Together campaign and the former Prime Minister respectively, have lodged a motion at Westminster along with others demanding that a basic agreement...
Edinburgh MP challenges UK Government on green energy U-turn
At Prime Minister’s Questions today Mark Lazarowicz MP challenged the Prime Minister on his complete u-turn on green energy policy with the announcement last week that the Conservatives would axe support for new onshore...
The Scottish Independence Referendum this week
A resumé of remarks and comments and pointers to articles about the Scottish Independence Referendum during the last week.
People living in Scotland are invited to vote in the referendum on independence from the United Kingdom on...
UK Government bid to reduce long term sick-leave
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are to introduce health assessments for Scots who are absent from work for over a month.
The announcement follows the publication of DWP figures earlier today showing that around...
Record levels of renewable energy in Scotland
The Scottish Government has claimed today that more than 40% of electricity consumed in Scotland is generated from renewables
New figures show Scotland’s renewable electricity output was at record levels.
The figures, which were released this...
Syria – Views from the First Minister and others ahead of Westminster debate
Our Edinburgh MPs are making their respective ways back to Westminster tomorrow to take part in the debate over any action on Syria. When The Edinburgh Reporter met Sheila Gilmore MP the other day...
Closure of Remploy Edinburgh Factory condemned
The UK Government has taken a decision to close the Remploy plants in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Motherwell, putting 111 jobs at risk. Clare Adamson, a member of the Education and Culture Committee and...
Friends of the Earth welcome court judgement on solar tariffs
Friends of the Earth Scotland welcomed The Court of Appeal's unanimous rejection today of the UK government's attempt to overturn a High Court ruling stating that its plans to rush through sudden cuts to solar tariff...
Leith Biomass Plant turn attention to government subsidies
Protesters against the planned Leith Biomass Plant have turned their attention to government subsidies in the hope that they will be the key to preventing Forth Energy’s plans to build a power plant in...
Westminster launch pilot website for Public consultations
The Coalition Government has this week launched the first stage of plans to give members of the public the right to comment on every aspect of new legislation, in a step towards...
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