New analysis by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) highlights slower start up rates for businesses in rural Scotland compared to the country’s cities.
The Shadow Minister for Social Security and South Scotland MSP, Michelle Ballantyne, has welcomed the UK Government’s decision to increase funding to provide support to disabled people with the greatest barriers to work.
This week figures from the NHS’s internal accounting division highlight a rise in waiting times for patients attending accident and emergency units at in NHS Borders.
A report published this week by independent think-tank, These Islands, has criticised the SNP’s plans for an independent Scotland as “unrealistic” and “misleading”.
Today I asked the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response to accidental drug deaths involving antidepressants used without a prescription, and about the publication of the Scottish Government's upcoming drugs strategy.