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A bid to reverse the coalition government’s refusal to include abolition of the Act of Settlement within the much lauded Freedom (Great Repeal) Bill has been mounted by an SNP MP ahead of the visit by Pope Benedict XVI.

Scotland's future will be at the heart of the campaign for the 2011 elections.

Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has called on opposition parties to put Scots health first as Parliament prepares to continue discussions on the proposal for a minimum price for alcohol.

Following on from reports today (Friday) that a ‘major’ discovery of oil in the North Sea, Aberdeen North MSP Brian Adam has renewed Prof. Josef Stiglitz call for an Oil Fund. The Nobel Prize winner and former Chief Economist of the World Bank, said on BBC Scotland’s Newsnight programme on Tuesday (24th August) that the UK had “squandered" it's oil wealth and that it is now "imperative" an oil fund is established to secure the wealth that remains under the North Sea for future generations.

SNP MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Angus MacNeil, highlighted soaring fuel prices and called on the Treasury to introduce an Islands’ Rural Fuel Derogation before the January VAT hike.

The SNP Government is helping deliver more low cost homes than at any time since the early 1980's, official figures confirmed today.

The UK has "squandered" it's oil wealth and it is "imperative" an oil fund is set up now to secure the wealth that remains under the North Sea for future generations according Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.

The SNP in government have helped people feel safer in their communities according to the latest Scottish Household Survey.

The SNP is commitmed to continuing the provision of essential services as Labour continued to threaten Scotland’s elderly with cuts to free personal care.

Two polls conducted in the last week – one by YouGov for the SNP and the other by IPSOS MORI put the party neck and neck with Labour.