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Scottish Labour leadership contest builds momentum »

Updated (1/12/2011) - The campaign for the Scottish Labour party leadership reached its climax as voting opened this week. With 13,000 ballots distributed to party members, and a further 270,000 sent out to trades unions, candidates for the l...

Wed 30 Nov 2011 by Owen Miller | Read more »

No RUK fees respite for Scottish Government as students march in Edinburgh »

Protesters march against rest-of-UK (RUK) fees

Edinburgh students last week staged another demonstration in the Scottish capital, the latest in a series of recent protests against rising tuition fees and swingeing cuts to higher education. The march from the Scottish Parliament to the Scotland Off...

Mon 28 Nov 2011 by Marcus Kernohan, Greg Bianchi | Read more »

Alcohol Bill to be passed by Scottish Parliament »

Alcohol - wine bottles

A bill proposing a minimum price per unit of alcohol has been submitted by the SNP to battle the misuse of alcohol in Scotland. The party hopes to “tackle problem drinkers” who purchase “cheap supermarket white ciders, larger and va...

Wed 16 Nov 2011 by Dominique Cottee | Read more »

Controversial competitor for Scottish Labour deputy leadership »

It has been announced that Ian Davidson, MP for Glasgow, will become the fourth contender in the race for deputy leader of the Scottish Labour Party. Also competing for the position are Dumfries MSP Elaine Murray, MSP for North-East Scotland Lewis MacD...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 by Megan Wells | Read more »

Elder Miliband returns to the limelight at Edinburgh University »

David Miliband MP appeared in a packed-out George Square Theatre on 26 October to field questions from an audience of students. Starting at 4pm the Question and Answer session lasted an hour and covered diverse areas such as capitalism, nuclear weapons...

Wed 02 Nov 2011 by Greg Bianchi, Tom Nutland | Read more »

Where is Scottish Labour going? »

Ken Macintosh MSP

  Embarrassing. Historic. Theoretically unusual. Many things passed through the minds of Labour supporters in Scotland during the parliamentary elections in May. The Scottish National Party (SNP) won over the country, long a bastion of support ...

Wed 05 Oct 2011 by Jonathan Baldie | Read more »

Scottish Labour figures throw their hats into leadership ring »

After Scottish Labour failed to win the general election to Holyrood in May, Iain Gray's resignation has raised the question of who will take up the leadership. However, only a few MPs and MSPs have registered interest in becoming the next Scottish La...

Wed 14 Sep 2011 by Jenny Kassner | Read more »

National Politics News Shorts »

1 – Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray said that his party was “a party for all of Scotland” in a live webchat last month, responding to comments posted on the website of The Scotsman newspaper. Mr Gray said: “[Scottish Labo...

Wed 04 May 2011 by Jonathan Baldie | Read more »

Scottish Tories not in favour of Reclaim Your Voice campaign »

It emerged last week that the Scottish Conservative party will not be supporting NUS Scotland’s Reclaim Your Voice campaign. This means the Conservatives will not be following in the footsteps of their fellow rivals Labour, Scottish National Part...

Wed 04 May 2011 by Hannah Raine | Read more »

Big choices, high stakes »

And so Scotland goes to the polls once again on Thursday. We all have an opportunity to elect the new Scottish Parliament. But what is at stake? The answer to that question depends on which of the two main contenders you ask. For the Scottish National...

Wed 04 May 2011 by Nicola McEwen | Read more »

Gray: Clegg broke a promise worth £800m - the SNP broke one worth £2 billion »

Iain Gray in an interview with The Journal

There are over 80,000 students living and studying in Edinburgh, and over 250,000 in the whole of Scotland. Theirs is a demographic likely to prove crucial in deciding the outcome of 5 May's general election - that much is, by now, received wisdom, but...

Sat 16 Apr 2011 by Jonathan Baldie | Read more »

Labouring the point »

Last weekend, the Scottish Labour Party performed a surprise U-turn, reversing its stance on university funding and pledging not to introduce either tuition fees or a contribution for Scottish students in the next parliament. The party’s intentio...

Wed 09 Mar 2011 | Read more »

Lessons learned on Scottish education »

Education opens doors. It has the power to transform lives, to open horizons and knock over barriers. The Labour Party has always striven to keep a fair and dynamic education policy agenda as a key driver in moving Scotland forward. We will continue to...

Wed 10 Nov 2010 by Des McNulty | Read more »

SNP shelve independence referendum »

The Scottish National Party (SNP) has announced its plans to leave their independence referendum until after the May elections. In a public statement, Scottish Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that her party would "let the people decide" on ...

Sun 12 Sep 2010 by Jonathan Baldie | Read more »

Labour: "BNP members should not be allowed to teach in Scotland" »

BNP in schools and colleges

The General Teaching Council’s (GTC) code of conduct is strong enough to prevent BNP members from becoming teachers in Scotland, according to Scottish Labour. The comments come following a speech by schools secretary Ed Balls to the Labour confe...

Wed 14 Oct 2009 by Constantine Innemée | Read more »

Tenants to have deposits secured under new government rules »

Edinburgh flats

A national scheme for safeguarding rent deposits is to be introduced in Scotland, the housing and communities minister Alex Neil announced last week. The scheme introduces a third party who hold the deposit throughout a tenancy and acts as an independ...

Wed 07 Oct 2009 by Joe Pike | Read more »

SNP's plan to curb anti-social behaviour unveiled »

ASBO's

The Scottish government have drawn up a new framework to combat anti-social behaviour with more preventative measures to be taken. Fergus Ewing, community safety minister, announced the plans last week outlining his party's intention to tackle the "bl...

Mon 23 Mar 2009 by Matthew Moore | Read more »

Calls for a "Victims' Commissioner" in fight against crime »

Gordon Brown

Scottish Labour has demanded the establishment of an dedicated commissioner to champion the rights of victims of crime. Accordingly, the Consultation of the Victims’ Commissioner (Scotland) Bill is to be launched by the party within the next for...

Sun 11 Jan 2009 by Anthea Humphreys | Read more »

Scottish Labour leader spared by Electoral Comission verdict »

Wendy Alexander

Wendy Alexander, the Scottish Labour Party leader, has been cleared by the Scottish Electoral Commission of “intentional wrongdoing” after accepting an illegal campaign donation in the build-up to the Scottish Labour party leadership contes...

Fri 15 Feb 2008 by Helen Walker | Read more »

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