The Latest Breaking News from Scottish Government

SNP leadership contenders urged to ‘deliver for women’

Scottish Labour MSP Pam Duncan-Glancy called for the Scottish Government to change how social security payments are made.

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023

Vulnerable Scots to be offered spring Covid-19 vaccine boosters

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf confirmed top-up jags are expected to start before the end of the month.

Daily Record · Mar 7, 2023

Scots economist debunks 'urban myth' of GERS with game-changing research

A SCOTTISH economist is calling for alternative GERS figures to be produced after concluding an independent Scotland could walk into a surplus of…

The National (Scotland) · Mar 7, 2023

Single Scots woman who fled abusive relationship denied IVF because she's single

Anne-Marie Morrison, 36, went through the heartbreak of having NHS support pulled after she left an abusive relationship.

Daily Record · Mar 7, 2023

Farming project fulfils growing ambitions of Perthshire beef fan Beth

A woman who grew up farming in Perthshire has gone on to successfully explore new fields in the wider Scottish food production sector.

Daily Record · Mar 7, 2023

Scottish Government requests UK internal market exemption for deposit return scheme

Scottish ministers formally requested exemption in a meeting with their UK Government counterparts on Monday.

Daily Record · Mar 7, 2023

Business leaders tell Sturgeon that Deposit Return Scheme is ‘destined to fail’

Open letter to the First Minister and those looking to replace her states that pressing ahead with its introduction is 'reckless'

Insider UK · Mar 7, 2023

Glenkens action group welcomes consultation on forestry grants scheme

The Dalry Community Council forestry sub-committee wants greater involvement of local communities in woodland creation

Daily Record · Mar 7, 2023

Humza Yousaf pledges more action on Scotland's 'shameful' drugs deaths crisis if he becomes First Minister

EXCLUSIVE: The health secretary, one of three candidates vying to replace Nicola Sturgeon, admitted it was "shameful" how many Scots lose their lives each year to addiction.

Daily Record · Mar 7, 2023

Sturgeon’s successor ‘cannot survive’ without resolving NHS workforce crisis, Scottish Labour warns

Warnings come as an Audit Scotland report said recruitment targets were ‘unlikely to be met’

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2023