Anas Sarwar: Time is up for the SNP - holyrood.com
WEB4 hours ago · Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has said his party must “finish the job” it started at the recent general election by removing the SNP from power in 2026. Pointing to NHS waiting lists, high levels of rough sleeping and the persisting attainment gap, Sarwar said the “time is up for the SNP” while addressing Labour’s conference in ...
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WEBAssociate feature: Community Nurses Preventing Cardiovascular Disease. Scottish charity, the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS), has recently supported four community clinical nurse experts to become Queen’s Nurses and to deliver lasting change in the health of local people to prevent CVD. by Chris Kenny, Chief Executive, MDDUS.
High growth unlikely to reduce poverty, analysis finds
WEB12 hours ago · Rachel Reeves' growth strategy "will not move the dial on poverty" during this parliament, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). In her first speech as chancellor, Reeves said "sustained economic growth is the only route to the improved prosperity that country needs and the living standards of working people". But in new analysis, the JRF warns this may not benefit either working ...
John Swinney: We must ‘start focusing again’ on what Scotland …
WEB5 days ago · Scotland must “start focusing again on the things that we can” do, First Minister John Swinney has said as he marks a decade since the independence referendum. Labelling the last ten years as a “long, dark decade”, Swinney is to tell a group of independence campaigners that the referendum left an “overwhelmingly positive legacy”.
Public equally divided on Liam McArthur's assisted dying bill
WEB3 days ago · Early analysis of public views on Liam McArthur’s assisted dying bill has shown a near-equal split between those that support the legislation, which would give the terminally ill the right to choose when to die, and those that do not. Introduced by the Liberal Democrat MSP earlier this year, the bill aims to give people with “an advanced ...
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WEBOver 50 Labour MPs avoid vote on winter fuel payment cut. Holyrood.com is the website of Holyrood , Scotland's fortnightly political and current affairs magazine that keeps Scottish politics informed with its award-winning and thought-provoking editorial.
Majority of Scottish businesses feeling ‘little to no impact’ from ...
WEB6 days ago · The majority of Scottish businesses have felt “little to no impact” from the Scottish Government’s income tax policy, according to the latest Fraser of Allander Institute’s Scottish Business Monitor (SBM) for the second quarter of 2024.. The SBM found that 57 per cent of Scottish businesses from a range of sectors have not felt the effects, while 37 per cent say they have felt the ...
Richard Holden appointed Conservative party chair - Holyrood …
WEBNov 13, 2023 · Richard Holden has been appointed as the Chair of the Conservative Party without portfolio. Replacing Greg Hands, who held the role since February, Holden becomes the sixth chair since June 2022. The appointment follows a string of high-profile hirings and firings today during a major cabinet reshuffle undertaken by …
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Alba propose vote on devolving power to hold ... - Holyrood …
WEBNov 30, 2023 · Alba is now calling for a vote on whether Westminster should devolve this power to the Scottish Parliament permanently. It would seek to hold such a referendum on 19 September 2024.