Gordon Macdonald MSP

The Scottish Government has set to support 6,821 school children in Edinburgh with £698,000 of support to buy school clothes through the School Clothing Grant. The School Clothing Grant was increased this month by the Scottish Government and provides families with primary school children with £120 per child and £150 per child in secondary school. The support helps families pay for school clothes and shoes. Applications are still open for eligible parents to apply for the star

Edinburgh Pentlands MSP, Gordon MacDonald, has welcomed the announcement from First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that Edinburgh will move from Level 2 to Level 0 on Monday 19th July, as will every other local authority in Scotland, if they are not already there. Moving to level 0 means that 8 people from 4 households will be able to meet indoors and 10 people from 4 households in an indoor setting such as a pub or restaurant. 15 people from 15 households can meet outdoors; up to

NHS Lothian has been given £27 million in extra COVID-19 funding from the Scottish Government as part of a £380million package allocated to health boards across Scotland. This comes on top of the £1.7 billion already provided to health boards and Health and Social Care Partnerships last year. The additional funding includes ongoing support for the vaccination programme, the Test and Protect system, and personal protective equipment for health and care workers. Commenting, SNP