The Scottish Parliament has confirmed that it has withdrawn from LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall’s Diversity Champions programme, joining a raft of organisations that have distanced themselves from the ...

A survey of former MSPs has found wide-ranging criticism of the way the Scottish Parliament operates and concerns about the quality of its politicians. Think tank IPPR Scotland carried out a series of ...

Andy Burnham has an ambition to get the high streets buzzing again. In an early speech, the prime minister promised “good growth in every postcode and hope in every heart”, backed by a Number 10 North ...

What was the first record you bought? It was Kylie’s I Should Be So Lucky on vinyl. It was amazing. I remember it really clearly: I bought it at Woolworths, and it was the record [cover where] she had ...

Have well-intentioned changes to who can apply for social housing heaped further pressure on a system already in crisis? There were groans across the chamber as Malcolm Offord, Reform’s leader in ...

The Scottish Conservatives have challenged John Swinney to reveal public sector reform details to parliament. The first minister announced sweeping changes to public services in his Programme for ...

The Scottish Government’s “choices and delays” on efforts to tackle violence against women “have been fatal”, Jackie Baillie has told John Swinney. Speaking at the first FMQs back after summer recess, ...

Alyn Smith has been appointed as the new Minister for Innovation, Technology and Tertiary Education. The MSP succeeds Ben Macpherson, who resigned last week saying he wanted “more time to be able to ...

AI use by MPs has quadrupled in four years – but few admit to using it, according to a new study. Researchers used specially designed AI detectors to analyse motions presented at the UK Parliament.

There is “no reliable picture” of the scale of group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation in Scotland, a review has found. The review was ordered by the Scottish Government in December amidst ...

At SGN, we operate the gas network that delivers energy to 1.9 million customers across Scotland. While our day job is keeping that network safe and reliable, we’re also preparing for a lower-carbon ...

The UK's first sovereign artificial intelligence data centre powered by renewable energy will be built in Scotland. The development, which will be jointly delivered by Argyll Data Development (Argyll) ...