A Scottish Labour MSP said the Education Secretary must explain to MSPs why she missed her own portfolio questions.

SNP ministers sat in silence after being challenged to defend their bumper £20,000 pay rises during a Holyrood debate. Former Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross urged Nats rivals to explain why ...

The Nats minister ... last Thursday. A Scottish Government spokesperson said that “diary commitments” were the reason that Ms Gilruth was unable to attend the parliament.

Last week, the Scottish Government lost a high-profile case at the UK Supreme Court to campaign group For Women Scotland.

and the Social Justice Secretary will give a statement to the Scottish Parliament next week on the judgment, subject to Parliamentary approval. “Ministers will also meet with the Equality and ...

Scottish ministers have called for an urgent meeting with the UK Government on the implications of the Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of a woman. Scotland’s Social Justice Secretary ...

“Scottish Ministers have now written to the UK Government to seek an urgent meeting to discuss the implications of the judgment, and the Social Justice Secretary will give a statement to the Scottish ...