Holyrood committee backs outdoors education Bill despite funding ‘challenges’
A Holyrood committee has narrowly backed a Bill that aims to ensure all school children can benefit from outdoors education – ...
Calls for digital infrastructure investment as Fergus Ewing MSP is urged to back Highlands petition
A petition calling for a new Digital Connectivity Plan for the Highlands and Islands is set to be considered by the Scottish Parliament’s Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee on ...
ScotGov firm admits to risk of further delay to ferry fiasco ship
Scotland's ferry fiasco took a new twist as it emerged the second of the lifeline vessels is at risk of further delay.
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Why even more delays to Glen Rosa ferry would create huge, unavoidable election issue for SNP
Shipyard boss is unable to say whether a possible delay to the delivery of the Glen Rosa ferry, due in September, could be ‘weeks or months’ ...
HMP Glasgow: Cost of replacement jail for HMP Barlinnie soars to almost £1bn
The cost of HMP Glasgow has more than doubled from its 2019 estimate of £400m to £998.4m. This is nearly 10 times the ...
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Assisted dying Bill costings ‘not sufficiently comprehensive’, says committee
Cost estimates for legislation on assisted dying are “not sufficiently comprehensive”, a Holyrood committee has said. The ...
New update for WASPI women as Lib Dems seek answers to State Pension age compensation decision
Steve Darling MP is hoping to find out why there was a breakdown in communication between the Ombudsman and the previous ...
Half of Scotland will remain playground for super-rich 'due to weak land reform plans'
EXCLUSIVE: Scottish Labour MSP Mercedes Villalba hits out at 'watered down' SNP legislation which she says fails to get tough ...
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Barlinnie prison replacement will cost £1bn, nearly 10 times initial estimate
The replacement for Barlinnie prison will cost almost £1 billion, almost 10 times the initial estimate. The updated cost was ...
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Almost £1bn cost to replace Barlinnie prison is critical investment – Constance
The Justice Secretary has defended the near £1 billion cost of the replacement for Barlinnie prison, almost 10 times the ...
'Massive' MLA pay rises unlikely under new plans - Long
Assembly members (MLAs) are unlikely to receive "massive" pay rises as a result of the introduction of new plans to set pay ...
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Justice secretary defends £1bn cost for HMP Glasgow
In a letter to Holyrood's Justice Committee, cabinet secretary Angela Constance has confirmed that costs have now risen to ...