SCOTTISH Labour leader Iain Gray has ruled out any additional funding for Edinburgh's beleaguered trams scheme if his party returns to power after next year's Holyrood
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Scotsman on 2nd Sep 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
A 'super hospital' could become the new Holyrood project after ministers admitted its construction is running two years late, the Tories have warned.
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Telegraph on 25th Nov 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
THE £2 billion plans for a new Forth Road Bridge smack of the Holyrood building fiasco, a local MSP said today.
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Scotsman on 15th Jan 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
HOLYROOD will be handed a new power to vary the date of its elections by up to six months if it clashes with a Westminster poll, the UK government has announced.
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Scotsman on 18th Nov 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
THE last few weeks have been a frustrating time to be an MSP.
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Scotsman on 29th Sep 2008 (via news.scotsman.com)
The Scottish Liberal Democrats have radical plans to shift control of most taxes to Holyrood.
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BBCPolitics on 5th Mar 2009 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
The majority of Scots want Holyrood to be given the power to make decisions about income tax and old age pensions, a BBC Scotland poll suggests.
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BBCPolitics on 29th Jun 2009 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
AN INFLUENTIAL Holyrood committee has been accused of ignoring evidence against controversial plans for a power line upgrade through Scotland.
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Scotsman on 3rd Jul 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
The project aims to cover 15% of Europe's electricity needs by 2050 by importing renewable energy, primarily solar power (see EurActiv LinksDossier on 'Solar power') via a high voltage cable. It utilises concentrating solar thermal power (CSP), which collects sunlight via mirrors to produce steam, which then drives turbines to generate electricity. The Desertec project, which aims to p...
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EurActiv on 23rd Feb 2010 (via euractiv.com)
THE SCOTTISH Parliament was left without web access for a day, because of remedial work on the troubled trams project.
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Scotsman on 20th Sep 2011 (via news.scotsman.com)
FORMER Tory Chancellor Ken Clarke says a UK Conservative government would bring forward its own proposals on more powers for Holyrood "as quickly as possible".
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Scotsman on 28th Nov 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)