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The latest figures for 16 ScotWind projects show more money projected for the Scottish supply chain than three years ago, but total project expenditure has grown much faster. Manufacturing and fabrication account for only 20 per cent of the commitments
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Scotland’s First Drug-Checking Service Opens in Glasgow — But Home Office Licence Restricts Who Can Use It
Scotland’s first local drug-checking service will open in Glasgow on 5 October, allowing people to submit illicit drugs for rapid analysis and receive information about what they contain. But access will not be open to everyone: Home Office licence conditions restrict the service to adults who are dependent on one
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Labour Joins SNP and Greens as Holyrood Votes 84–18 for Scotland’s ‘Right to Decide’
Scottish Labour joined the SNP and Greens to back the principle that Scotland has the right to determine its own future, producing an 84–18 majority at Holyrood. The vote does not authorise another independence referendum, but it creates a much broader parliamentary majority around the question of who should ultimately
John Swinney Signed Scotland’s Local-Integration Reform in 2011. Now He Is Redrawing the System
Fifteen years after putting his name to a reform programme built around local integration, John Swinney leads plans for two
The Great Consolidation of Scotland’s Public Bodies
Scotland’s Public-Sector Reorganisation Now Reaches Local Government Scotland’s public administration is entering a five-year reorganisation affecting health boards, councils, environmental
NHS Scotland Awards New £100,000 Contract for Pelvic Mesh Removal
A new NHS Scotland contract will continue specialist pelvic mesh removal treatment for women living with complications from procedures that
Westminster Set India Trade Terms as More Than Half of Scotland’s £3bn Trade Projection Flows From India to Scotland
The Scottish Government presented India as a £3 billion opportunity for Scottish businesses. Its own central model tells a more
Scotland, Wales and Ireland’s Nationalist Movements Join Forces in Challenge to Westminster Rule
SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Féin sign Cardiff pact declaring ‘constitutional change is coming’ The leaders of the SNP, Plaid
Scotland Is About to Rewrite the Map of Its Public Bodies
The Scottish Government has begun a five-year programme to reduce a public sector landscape containing more than 130 national bodies.
Scotland Plans 150,000 Apprenticeships. Parliament Has Reopened the Question of Where the Money Goes
The Scottish Government intends to fund at least 150,000 apprenticeships over the next five years. As it prepares for that
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