The Scottish government has declared a national housing emergency. The announcement came during a Labour-led debate at Holyrood calling for the move. SNP ministers have cited UK government budget ...

The Scottish government has avoided defeat in a vote on whether it had failed to tackle the country's housing emergency.

Researchers have published historic Scottish government records online for the first time after a four-year long project. Historians from the University of Stirling and the University of Dundee ...

“Embedding and prioritising CKD in government and public health policy is the only way forward.” Professor Hughes said that in the early years of the new Scottish Parliament, patients and eminent ...

A pilot scheme to hold trials for serious sexual offences without a jury has been scrapped by the Scottish government. The proposal would have seen a single judge decide whether people are guilty ...

MSPs have called for “substantially improved relations” between Creative Scotland and the Scottish Government, a year after a commitment to increase investment in culture by £100 million ...

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Prisoners in Scotland serving less than a four-year sentence could be released earlier under new plans announced by the Scottish government. Justice Secretary Angela Constance revealed proposals ...

Jamie Livingstone, Head of Oxfam Scotland, said: “The Scottish Government’s abandonment of its legal 2030 and annual emissions reduction targets is a reprehensible retreat caused by its ...

The Scottish Government said it was working with UK officials to return Mr Salmond’s body to Scotland. A spokesperson said: “The Scottish Government has been in regular dialogue with the ...

The Scottish government followed a number of local councils by declaring a housing emergency in May The Scottish government has avoided defeat in a vote on whether it had failed to tackle the ...