Scottish ministers' team of top economic advisers say a loans scheme, repayable over several years, is needed to entice people into making energy efficiency moves.
Analysis: For someone who is known as a straight talker, David Davis’s resignation speech, delivered on the steps of the Commons because he was refused permission from the Speaker to address the chamber, displayed the hubris that typifies the man.
The SNP government is determined to give 16-year-olds the vote and is demanding that Westminster hand over the power to allow this, it was claimed yesterday.
Profile: David Davis, once seen as the natural inheritor of the
Conservative leadership, might just have gone for a long walk into the political wilderness by resigning as an MP.
The government was yesterday facing demands to apologise to Scottish students over the pre-election promise to "dump the debt" after new figures revealed that the total amount owed has passed the £2bn mark.
Pupils at St Mungo’s Academy in the east end of Glasgow yesterday welcomed the plans, which they said would help tackle voter apathy and give young people the opportunity to have their say on issues that affect them.
Holyrood sketch: If there is a joke with the punch line Clostridium Difficile I don't want to hear it. Contrary to all those edgy comedians, some things just aren't funny. The fact can put a crimp in your basic jolly sketch.
Holyrood last night rejected the idea that some MSPs would become "second-class citizens" as its members voted through a new package of allowances that would allow better pay for staff.
By ROBBIE DINWOODIE, Chief Scottish Political Correspondent
Ministers have rejected a proposal to decriminalise sex between young teenagers, opting instead for a compromise involving referral to the childrens’ hearing system.
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