New national leadership group to strengthen community justice in Scotland
21 August 2019
The National Community Justice Leadership Group will be co-chaired by Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf and Councillor Kelly Parry of COSLA
Legal bid to stop Boris Johnson suspending parliament begins in Edinburgh
13 August 2019
The case involves the same group of pro-EU politicians involved in a case at the European Court...
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Committee demands ‘answers’ over allowing prisoner voting in Shetland by-election
8 August 2019
The committtee has written to Scottish Constitutional Relations Secretary Mike Russell, asking...
Prisoners allowed to vote in Shetland by-election
1 August 2019
The Scottish Government’s remedial order will give prisoners a vote in the by-election
Justice Committee to investigate overcrowding in Scottish prisons
30 July 2019
The committee wants to hear about staffing levels in prisons, over-crowding, drugs use, safety and...
Losing sight of women’s rights: policy capture and public policy
29 July 2019
Dr Kath Murray and Lucy Hunter Blackburn from the University of Edinburgh have written a new report...
Scottish trans policy 'detrimental' to women and girls
29 July 2019
A new report by University of Edinburgh academics argues that policy makers are overly influenced...
Prison overcrowding needs ‘immediate action’, HLS warns
25 July 2019
Prison service “forced to concentrate on internal day to day operational issues” at expense of...
MPs to take UK Government to court over power to suspend parliament ahead of Brexit
22 July 2019
The cross-party group wants to the court to rule that it is beyond the powers of the government to...
Dog control laws not fit for purpose, warn MSPs
18 July 2019
Following a review MSPs warned of an “unacceptably high prevalence of dog attacks"
MEP brands US migrant detention centres 'concentration camps'
17 July 2019
The newly elected Lib Dem MEP plans to use her debut speech to criticise US treatment of asylum...
Brexit has challenged intergovernmental relations ‘within an inch of their lives’
12 July 2019
UK and Scottish government relations are “under pressure like never before”, SNP MP Pete Wishart...
Sexual health charities urge Scottish Government to proceed with Gender Recognition Act reforms
11 July 2019
The charities say it is “essential” that new legislation is introduced as soon as possible
Blogger ordered to pay Kezia Dugdale's legal costs in defamation case
9 July 2019
The Wings Over Scotland blogger says he expects the final legal bill to be in the region of £100,...