This week Michelle Ballantyne, MSP for South Scotland, spoke in the Scottish Parliament debate entitled ‘A New Approach Needed to Tackle Scotland’s Drugs Crisis.’

A Scottish Government Minister has revealed this week that the SNP Government will not assist East Lothian Council in repairing potholes in the area.

Statistics revealed this week have highlighted there have been a high number of teacher posts which have been re-advertised in Midlothian.

Figures published by Police Scotland highlight that the number of police officers in the Lothians and Scottish Borders police force is at its lowest level in nearly decade.

Figures published by the NHS’s internal accounting unit this week show that NHS Lothian has had a record number of cancelled operations due to capacity reasons.  

The SNP government has admitted it has no idea where in Scotland it’s going to place hundreds of new staff working for the country’s new benefits agency.

An estimated 400 staff will be hired to work in councils across Scotland to help deliver the newly-devolved powers to communities.

New analysis has revealed that Scotland’s block grant from Westminster is going up – both in cash and real terms.

The figures show increases in both measures, despite the SNP claiming that the UK Government is cutting cash to Scotland.

Borderers are still in the dark about SNP plans to introduce a 'rural tax' on areas with new wind farms in Scotland.

Education Secretary John Swinney has been urged to scrap testing for five-year olds in their first year of school. This comes after teachers and parents sent in dozens of complaints about the tests.

A written question submitted by the Scottish Conservatives at the beginning of this year showed that NHS Borders has no Changing Place Toilets (CPTs) in its hospitals.