Committee members estimated it could cost between £24.3m and £40.6m in first year alone if proposals were passed.

He said it was the government’s view that “the bill in its current form is outside the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament”. Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur, who tabled the ...

SCOTS could be BANNED from owning cats under a new report sent to the Scottish Government. A group which advises Ministers suggested whole areas could be forbidden to felines to protect the ...

Two activists from Extinction Rebellion have attached themselves to the outside of the Scottish Parliament building in ...

A senior police officer has said “clarity” is needed over proposals that could allow terminally ill 16-year-olds in Scotland ...

Campaigners from RSPB Scotland - one dressed as a giant gannet - swooped on the Scottish Parliament, calling for action to save Scotland’s seabirds.

The caps and zones are at the heart of the Housing (Scotland) Bill now going through the Scottish Parliament. The legislation ...

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn was given permission by MPs to introduce the Women’s State Pension age (Ombudsman report ...