The SQA’s interim chief executive says the organisation cannot wait for a new law to change the way it operates.

GPs have called for an opt in system for doctors rather than medics having to actively object to participate in assisted ...

For Scottish voters, the level of support for Reform is at 14 per cent, above the Conservatives on 10 per cent and closing in ...

Ahead of the anniversary of the declaration, Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville touted the Government's action ...

Scotland's universities are facing a bill of £85 million after Sir Keir Starmer announced a new levy on international students, The Herald ...

A compulsory sale order (CSO) – promised since 2016 – would let councils force the sale of derelict land or buildings to a third party instead of compulsory purchase orders bringing unwelcome bits of ...

The Scottish Parliament’s vote in favour of the Assisted Dying Bill goes beyond devastation or heartbreak as I have seen others refer to ...

George Adam – whose wife Stacey lives with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis – delivered an emotional speech during ...

For almost two decades, Orkney MSP Liam McArthur has been quietly focussed on addressing local concerns on the islands he ...

Controversial proposals to legalise assisted dying face the threat of being dragged through the courts as experts warn almost ...

Care staff working at Enable Scotland are to go on strike in a dispute over pay in the first national care walkout in more ...

Leadbeater says hers is the only bill in the world with ‘three layers of scrutiny’ in the form of sign-off by two doctors and a High Court judge, and would offer the ‘safest choice’ for mentally ...