Ahead of a conference vote ruling out any electoral pact, Scottish Green co-leader Lorna Slater attacked the SNP’s environmental credentials

MEMBERS OF the Scottish Green Party have voted overwhelmingly to rule out any electoral pacts with the SNP or others at the party’s conference in Inverness today (13 October), citing the Scottish Government’s environmental record.

Children’s charities call on Scottish Government to invest in broader culture change to support ban on physical punishment

Concerns grow in Scotland and the EU over plans by Shell to abandon some North Sea oil infrastructure rather than dismantling it

The Scottish Greens have said they will not support the legislation unless it commits to more ambitious emissions targets

Neither the Scottish Government nor the Scottish Greens would confirm whether they would consider the abolition of private schools in Scotland after Labour backs new policy

Scottish Labour will join the Greens in backing a legal right allowing councils and co-ops to buy land at existing use price

New report from IPPR Scotland argues that reforming Scotland’s tax system and introducing wealth and green taxes are possible with Scotland’s current powers

The Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland has advocated blanket support for young people participating in this week’s protest from education authorities

Claims from First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that early closure of domestic oil production would result in higher emissions have been challenged by Oil Change International

Professor John Curtice comments: “It can no longer be presumed that Scotland would vote ‘no’ again in an independence ballot”