John Swinney tells headteachers to continue with P1 testing following Holyrood defeat
The Education Secretary told schools to continue with controversial tests after Holyrood voted to scrap them.
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Scottish Parliament publishes new Gaelic promotion plan
A new five-year plan for promoting Gaelic has been unveiled by the Scottish Parliament.
Railway police merger legislation might not be enacted – Justice Secretary
Controversial legislation to merge the British Transport Police and Police Scotland might never be enacted, the Justice Secretary has said.
Justice Secretary facing questions over paused railway policing merger
Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf is facing questions from MSPs after controversial plans to merge transport police with Police Scotland were called to a halt.
Parents have ‘little hope’ when choosing schools because of a lack of information, says Dundee professor
A Dundee professor says parents have “little hope” of making informed choices about schools because the vast majority fail to publish data on their curriculum and performance.
Education reforms risk harming efforts to tackle child poverty, say councils
Councils have warned John Swinney his education reforms threaten the campaign against child poverty.
Decades-long mystery into death of grandfather solved for former Fife politician
Former Scottish Parliament presiding officer Tricia Marwick has hailed the kindness of strangers for helping her discover how her grandfather died .
READERS’ LETTERS: Scotland’s interests are still being ignored
Sir, – To believe Theresa May’s deeply divided cabinet could go to the country for a day and come back with an agreed plan for the future of the nation was a stretch.
MSPs demand RBS branch closures abandoned for ‘proper study’ into impact of cuts
A review of at-risk RBS branches should be shelved so the impact of years of bank closures can be fully investigated, say MSPs.
Dundee City Council condemns UK government over Holyrood ‘power grab’
Dundee City Council's chief executive has been instructed overwhelmingly to write to the UK government condemning a "Westminster power grab".