Tag: Scottish government

By Thomas Connolly The row over the highly-charged role of the Treasury's specially created referendum unit - first revealed by Newsnet Scotland - has deepened...

By a Newsnet reporter  Scotland’s most senior trade unionist, Grahame Smith, has given his support for the Scottish Government’s timetable for the 2014 independence...

By Martin Kelly  First Minister Alex Salmond has outlined the Scottish Government’s detailed proposals for the independence referendum in the much anticipated consultation document. Announcing...

By G.A.Ponsonby The Scottish Government could be forced to seek permission from London before it can engage in talks with foreign governments in...

A £200,000 grant from the Scottish Government to help Shetlanders insulate their homes against the winter cold has been welcomed by Shetland Islands Council...

By G.A.Ponsonby  Scottish government Ministers are thought to be considering re-visiting the 2007 parliament decision to back the Edinburgh trams project after Labour and...

The breaking story this morning is that opponents of a single police force for Scotland – the policy of the SNP Government and the...

Scotland’s High Court of Justiciary must be the final court of appeal in Scots criminal law and not the UK Supreme Court, First Minister...

SPORT IN SCOTLAND – DOES IT MATTER? The main debate at Parliament this morning is on a Government motion about moving “Faster and Further...

Comment by Mark Irvine COSLA - the umbrella body for Scotland's councils - has been all over the airwaves today blathering on about...