Jenny Gilruth

Supporting women to leave an abusive relationship is a first step.

That fund has so far been capped – and there is unmet need.

For too many women, financial considerations can be a barrier to getting out of an abusive relationship.

No woman will be turned away from support.

Everyone knows that Westminster is heading for a hung parliament and the SNP will wield significant influence.

There is no doubt that our constitutional future is the dominant question of these islands.

We will be in the most powerful position at Westminster in our history, and Andy Burnham will not be able to ignore Scotland’s right to decide our own future.

As we head into SNP conference this weekend, we do so with independence once again in the lead and the SNP on course for an emphatic win at the Westminster election.

This poll makes it abundantly clear that if there is a Burnham bounce, then it stops at Berwick.

We welcome the polling around about support for independence and, of course, we would welcome an early General Election to solidify that support.

We would welcome an early election.

Democracy isn’t about half measures.

Westminster’s time is up.

It would be remiss of me not to mention that in Scottish Government we have been able to reduce the core workforce by 12.7% since March of 2022.

I think that is fair to say, because we need to invest in our National Health Service, we all accept that.

We’re not where we should be.

It can be Scotland and Wales that hold the balance of power.

Westminster is heading for a hung Parliament.

The next Westminster election, whenever they decide to call it, represents a moment of incredible opportunity for our nations.

I'm very pleased that we were able to secure a pause on the process.

Well, look, I think on Friday it was pretty fair to say we'd arrived at quite a challenging position, and whilst this is ultimately a matter for Glasgow City Council as the employer, I wanted to make sure that the workforce going into what…

I am pleased that Glasgow City Council has agreed to pause the process of dismissing staff so that all partners can get back around the table for intensive negotiations to focus on bringing a resolution to this dispute.

Given the significance of this situation and the impact on staff, I wanted to bring all parties together to make clear that I expect negotiations between the council and unions to continue so that a collective agreement can be reached and…

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