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More resource needed to ensure 2021 elections can take place

26.11.2020

New measures to make sure next year’s Scottish Parliament elections take place have been scrutinised by Holyrood’s Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee.

Recruitment of first-ever Scottish Biometrics Commissioner gets underway

26.11.2020

A recruitment competition has begun to appoint the first-ever Scottish Biometrics Commissioner.

Scottish Commission for Human Rights - Recruitment: 2 Part-Time Members

20.11.2020

A recruitment competition is underway to appoint two part-time members to the Scottish Human Rights Commission.

Spotlight on obstacles facing BAME women in the workplace

19.11.2020

Better support is needed to help BAME women in the transition from school to the workplace, according to a report issued today by a group taking part in a Scottish Parliament project aimed at increasing women’s involvement in politics.

‘Positive view’ needed to tackle Scotland’s challenges of the next decade

18.11.2020

Scotland’s Futures Forum, the Scottish Parliament’s in-house think-tank, is today publishing the findings of its 2030 programme...

MSPs say dealing with financial challenges facing local government will be ‘major task’ of next Parliament

17.11.2020

Tackling the huge financial challenges facing local government exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic will be a “major task” and addressing them should be an early priority in the next parliamentary session...

Holyrood Election Bill – Views Sought on Proposals

17.11.2020

Ensuring next year’s Holyrood election can take place is the focus of a new Bill being considered by the Scottish Parliament’s Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee.

Author and activist Elif Shafak joins Festival of Politics line up

15.11.2020

The Scottish Parliament’s Festival of Politics will close with an ‘in conversation’ event between award-winning Turkish-British writer and activist Elif Shafak and the Presiding Officer, Rt Hon Ken Macintosh MSP.

MSPs call for action to tackle ‘institutional racism’ in public sector employment

15.11.2020

MSPs have called for public bodies to be compelled to publish employee ethnicity pay data to address “institutional racism” and tackle the “unacceptable” levels of unemployment and in-work poverty among minority ethnic communities in Scotland.

Holyrood’s Culture Committee calls for 6-month Brexit grace period for businesses

13.11.2020

The Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee has today written to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster calling for a 6-month grace period to support businesses after the Brexit transition period ends in January 2021.