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Aquaculture planning improvements announced
Proposals for planning improvements to help develop Scotland’s aqu...

No plans for Glasgow Council audit
Audit Scotland has no plans to hold a special investigation into Glasgow...

Pay freeze for council chiefs
Local authority chief executives will no longer receive a planned 2.5 pe...

Civil law reform to create 'litigation industry'
The Scottish Government is using the reforms to civil justice in order t...

First Minister's Questions
Scottish Labour's leader in the Scottish Parliament Iain Gray leadin...

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HolyroodDaily: PM Gordon Brown announces that this year's budget will be held on Wednesday 24 March

HolyroodDaily: Document proposing planning improvements for Scotland's aquaculture industry published by Scottish Government http://bit.ly/ct3JQ6

HolyroodDaily: Scottish Government will launch a new skills strategy this spring, Education Secretary Michael Russell tells Holyrood magazine conference

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HolyroodDaily: Audit Scotland has "no plans to carry out any new audit work" at Glasgow Council but will "look carefully" at requests about concerns

 

In today's issue of Holyrood Magazine editor Mandy Rhodes interviews Education Secretary Michael Russell about the challenges he faces as he tackles his brief and Education Correspondent Cera Murtagh examines the debate on how education can be delivered in this country, and elsewhere.

Public Health Minister Shona Robison expresses doubt over whether a minority SNP Government would have been able to pass a ban on smoking in public places.


COSLA President Pat Watters says that current tensions between local authorities and the Scottish Government does not mean the Concordat will be scrapped.


In our opinion columns, former First Minister Henry McLeish explains why he supports a minimum price for alcohol and Jim Sillars attacks Labour's economic record.

 

 
 
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