FOLLOWING the publication of the latest unemployment figures, the Scottish Government was keen to point out that "Scotland has a lower unemployment rate, a higher employme

Children in Scotland today have the best dental health since records began, the Scottish government says.

A new national body will oversee Scotland's children's hearing system, the Scottish Government announces.

The Scottish Secretary and First Minister have vied to claim the credit after Scotland was revealed to be the only part of the UK where unemployment is falling.

Scotland has higher employment rates and lower rates of unemployment than rest of UK.

"I am declaring war on youth unemployment. I can announce today that one of the first acts of a Labour government in Scotland will be to introduce a Scottish Futures Jobs

Unemployment has continued to soar in Scotland despite the rest of Britain seeing a fall in the number of jobless people, according to official figures just published.

Scottish Government urges council to address problems as matter of urgency.

Figures show a continuing rise in employment and a further fall in unemployment.

On Tuesday I wrote a post in the local government blogs section about the Scottish Labour and Liberal Democrat leadership campaigns. Yesterday I received this email from a reader:Much as I enjoyed your ‘A Super Scottish Summer' blog I felt its placement in the Local Government Blog section an insult to the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Parliament is not a local council. Scotland has loca...