THE death on October 24 of East Lothian Council leader Willie Innes brought to a close a remarkable life of extraordinary public service.
I WRITE at the start of a dramatic last week of this Parliament, with scandal, speculation about the First Minister’s future, a no confidence motion, and the Government publishing an independence referendum bill. Who knows where we will be when you read this?
AT THE start of this week, Anas Sarwar delivered his first major speech as leader of Scottish Labour.
THE Scottish Budget will be finalised this week, setting the spending priorities for the year ahead. As I write this column at the start of the week, a number of related developments are taking place.
MARCH 1 to 5 is Scottish Apprenticeship Week, the annual campaign to help demonstrate and promote the value apprenticeships can bring to individuals, employers and the economy.
EDINBURGH’S Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion was deemed unfit for purpose in 2015, with plans agreed in 2018 for a replacement.
THE past few weeks have seen the Covid vaccination programme dominate the news, Parliament and my local casework.
THE rollout of the vaccination programme has dominated my enquiries from constituents over the last few weeks. While I welcome the fact that the numbers of vaccinations in Scotland are now starting to head in the right direction, there is no doubt that progress here has been slower than in other parts of the UK.
THERE had been a lot of hype about last week’s Scottish Budget being the most important in 20 years of devolution.
WITH the political and media focus understandably continuing to be on the response to the pandemic, the public could be forgiven for thinking that little else has been happening recently in Parliament.
