Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has urged Prime Minister Theresa May to change course to avoid an “utterly disastrous” no-deal Brexit if the Prime Minister’s plans are rejected by MPs in a crunch vote on 11 December – but Theresa May says the First Minister should listen to Scotland’s business leaders. Continue reading May tells Sturgeon: “Listen to the voices”
Granton Information Centre’s pioneering work is to be celebrated at an event at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood tomorrow. Continue reading Granton goes to Holyrood: GIC’s pioneering work to be celebrated at Scottish Parliament
A “second chance” plan for drug users and a target to slash drug deaths in half are at the centre of a new drugs strategy unveiled by the Scottish Conservatives today. Continue reading Scottish Conservatives unveil strategy to reduce drugs deaths
The UK Government’s proposed Brexit deal is ‘essentially dead’ because of ‘self-imposed draconian red lines,’ Constitutional Relations Secretary Michael Russell has said in a statement to the Scottish Parliament yesterday. Continue reading Brexit deal ‘essentially dead’ as May clings on
Much of Scotland’s land will remain outside the proposed Register of Controlled Interests in Land, whose purpose is to make land ownership more transparent, according to a report by the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee.
Continue reading Who owns our land? Transparency needed, says Holyrood committee
Continue reading Educate to Liberate: Local MSP backs plans for inclusive education
The Scottish Greens have hit out at the SNP for blocking a bid to give communities the same right as developers to appeal planning decisions. Continue reading Planning battle lost but the fight goes on
Scottish Ministers are being urged by the Scottish Greens to “fast-track action” on social care staffing, as new figures show a further rise in patients stuck in hospital – the vast majority of them waiting for social care. [1]
Continue reading Delayed discharges up: Greens urge social care staff boost
Holyrood’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee is launching a call for views on proposed changes that would remove the defence of ‘reasonable chastisement’ from Scots law. Without this legal defence, parents and guardians would not be able to physically punish their children. Continue reading Smacking: share your views
The names of all those who died serving on behalf of Scotland in the First World War will be projected onto the Scottish Parliament building on Sunday 11 November 2018 to mark the 100thanniversary of the Armistice. Continue reading THEIR NAME LIVETH: Names of WW1 fallen to illuminate Scottish Parliament
