Contact tracing workforce safeguarded
Scotland's contact tracing workforce will remain in place until September 2022 through a funding commitment of 33.1 million.
Updated: Fri Nov 26 2021
Scotlands Winter Festivals
Scotland's Winter Festivals celebrating St Andrew's Day, Hogmanay and Burns Night are to share in up to 430,000 in Scottish Government funding.
Updated: Fri Nov 26 2021
Scottish Commission on Social Security scrutiny report on the draft Best Start Grants and Scottish Child Payment Miscellaneou
Scottish Commission on Social Security (SCoSS) scrutiny report on the draft Best Start Grants and Scottish Child Payment (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021.
Updated: Fri Nov 26 2021
Local Connections Fund: additional 840 grants made to community groups tackling loneliness through latest round of funding
Over 840 grassroots charities and community groups tackling loneliness in England have received a share of 2 million from The National Lottery Community Fund as part of a joint programme with Government to tackle loneliness.
Updated: Thu Nov 25 2021
Monthly GDP estimates for September
An experimental statistics publication for Scotland
Updated: Thu Nov 25 2021
New housing measures to protect poultry and captive birds against avian flu
Bird keepers should review biosecurity and house birds.
Updated: Thu Nov 25 2021
PM to announce electric vehicle revolution
Hundreds of thousands of extra charge points in the pipeline with new laws to supercharge the electric vehicle revolution.
Updated: Thu Nov 25 2021
Protecting Scotlands beaver population
New measures to expand numbers and restore biodiversity.
Updated: Thu Nov 25 2021
Social enterprise intermediary review: stakeholder views - research report
Results of research to understand the views of social enterprises and key stakeholders in the social enterprise sector regarding the role and nature of a new single social enterprise intermediary body.
Updated: Thu Nov 25 2021
APCC welcomes decision to ban practically medieval virginity testing
Police and Crime Commissioners welcome Parliament's decision to amend the Health and Care Bill to ban so-called virginity testing' in England and Wales, including making it illegal to offer such tests.
Updated: Wed Nov 24 2021
APCC welcomes decision to ban practically medieval virginity testing
Police and Crime Commissioners welcome Parliament's decision to amend the Health and Care Bill to ban so-called virginity testing' in England and Wales, including making it illegal to offer such tests.
Updated: Wed Nov 24 2021
Autumn/Winter vaccination milestone
One and half million third doses and boosters delivered.
Updated: Wed Nov 24 2021
CCRC referral sees another Stockwell Six conviction quashed
Another man, wrongly convicted in the 1970's, yesterday had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal, following a media appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) for him to come forward.
Updated: Wed Nov 24 2021
Closing the attainment gap
200 million to help children and young people impacted by poverty.
Updated: Wed Nov 24 2021
Commitment to future Citizens Assemblies
Innovative model reflected in Programme for Government.
Updated: Wed Nov 24 2021
Driving psychological therapies improvement
4 million for more mental health staffing.
Updated: Wed Nov 24 2021
Extra funds for Covid-19 response overseas
Total of 5 million committed to fight pandemic.
Updated: Wed Nov 24 2021
Negative test becomes part of certification scheme
Expanded testing needed to keep cases down.
Updated: Wed Nov 24 2021
PM remarks at Operation PITTING reception: 24 November 2021
Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke at a reception for personnel and officials who worked on Operation PITTING.
Updated: Wed Nov 24 2021
Licensing short-term lets
Legislation laid before Scottish Parliament.
Updated: Tue Nov 23 2021
Supporting sustainable local businesses
Scotland Loves Local Fund delivering grants.
Updated: Tue Nov 23 2021
Child Disability Payment opens for applications
Financial support for families of children with a disability available nationwide.
Updated: Mon Nov 22 2021
National Mission funding for community project
Charity will increase support for drug users in recovery.
Updated: Mon Nov 22 2021
The Queens Medal For Music 2021
The Queen has approved the award of Her Majesty's Medal for Music for the year 2021 to John Wallace CBE.
Updated: Mon Nov 22 2021
Ending conversion practices
An expert group will be established to advise the Scottish Government on the banning of conversion practices, which aim to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.
Updated: Fri Nov 19 2021