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By electing Lorenzo, voters in Portobello/Craigmillar have demanded radical change in Scotland’s capital.

What's more, it looks like the only reason we are being told that Scotland should have two health boards is so that the SNP can dodge having a vote in Parliament.

Portobello-Craigmillar is now the first ward in Edinburgh to be represented by two Green councillors.

For the first time ever our capital has elected a Scottish Green councillor at a by-election, showing the failing Labour administration that Edinburgh demands better.

The imperative now is that action is taken to learn every lesson and that no stone is left unturned in that case.

I stand by my categorisation of the family C case as a catastrophic failure.

Midwives across Scotland are being left to their own devices in ensuring babies born under a surrogacy arrangement receive uninterrupted care and treatment.

My position is clear — we should follow our EU partners in Spain, France and Germany in banning surrogacy and at the very least we should work in this place to prevent the harms caused by international surrogacy.

The growing number of babies being born as a result of surrogacy arrangements poses a serious issue that we as legislators must address.

Our ambition, and our intention, is that more people in Scotland get a home that they can afford.

If John Swinney is serious about finally reforming the public sector, then he needs to rein in salary costs which are continuing to spiral.

This is further proof of Scotland’s bloated public sector being completely out of control under the SNP.

Labour’s VAT raid on school fees is looking increasingly indefensible, yet they seem determined to plough on regardless of the mounting evidence that their policy is hurting families and schools.

Whether it’s bought with a stolen SNP credit card or Reform’s dodgy donations, this campervan seems to keep winding up in the wrong hands.

Instead, he’s shamefully once again preferring to grandstand on the international stage at a time when Scots are sick of paying more but getting less.

John Swinney should be prioritising bringing down people’s bills, growing Scotland’s economy, restoring standards in schools and backing new drilling in the North Sea.

I have been very open about the fact that I think public sector employment will fall over the course of this parliamentary term.

Our proposals are ready. It is important to work in a coordinated, substantive, and realistic manner.