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Patrick Harvie

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Scotland will be able to build an energy-efficient future - Hugh Franklin

Former finance secretary Derek Mackay arrives at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh, to give evidence before the Public Audit Committee as part of its inquiry into the delays and overspends at Ferguson Marine in September.

Derek Mackay: 'I am contributing to society and getting on with life'

As rent controls continue, there are signs of an impending collapse in housing supply

Brian Monteith: Controlling rents even worse than the bombing of houses

The King's coronation should spark a national discussion on the future of the monarchy, the Scottish Greens have said. Issue date: Saturday April 22, 2023.

Coronation should spark debate on future of monarchy – Patrick Harvie

Scottish Greens co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater are ministers in the Scottish Government after striking a deal with the SNP (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

How much damage will Green chancers do before they’re called out? – Brian Wilson

Co-leader of the Scottish Green Party Patrick Harvie at the 2023 Scottish Green Party Spring Conference at the Golden Jubilee Conference Centre in Clydebank.

Patrick Harvie: Kate Forbes victory would have ended Bute House Agreement

The leadership candidates - (from left to right) Kate Forbes, Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf. Picture: Getty Images

New leader must ‘pick up the pieces’ of Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘woeful record’

Co-leader of the Scottish Green Party Patrick Harvie at the 2023 Scottish Green Party Spring conference. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Patrick Harvie: Scottish Greens will re-evaluate the Bute House Agreement

The Scottish Government is consulting on plans to protect large areas of the sea (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Victory for Forbes could end SNP coalition with Scottish Greens – Brian Wilson

Co-leader of the Scottish Green Party Patrick Harvie at the 2023 Scottish Green Party Spring conference (Pic: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

SNP leadership: Greens’ clearest signal yet they wouldn’t work with Kate Forbes

Lorna Slater

SNP-Green deal 'would end if Kate Forbes pushed ahead with key pledge'

On Friday, the First Minister will carry out her last official engagement after her her final 286th FMQs.

An emotional Nicola Sturgeon delivers final address to Scottish Parliament as FM

David Alexander is CEO of DJ Alexander Scotland Ltd

Inevitable increase in evictions shows need for a new approach - David Alexander

Kate Forbes, Humza Yousaf and Ash Regan

Humza Yousaf apologises for NHS waiting times during last SNP TV debate

Deputy First Minister John Swinney has announced he will step down as Deputy First Minister (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Why are top-tier SNP people stepping away?

Finance secretary Kate Forbes. Picture: PA

Kate Forbes's views 'could see SNP split' if she became First Minister

David Alexander

What do we want? 700,000 new social housing properties - David Alexander

The Scottish Government has announced the rent cap will be extended.

Holyrood committee meeting postponed due to legal action

Picture: John Devlin

Landlords push forward with court battle over rent controls and eviction ban

Picture: John Devlin

Rent rises to be capped and eviction ban extended in Scotland

Scottish Greens co-leaders Lorna Slater and Patrick Harvie outside Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, during their party's Autumn conference in 2021.

'De-facto' referendum is 'last ditch' attempt for indy - Scottish Green leaders

David Alexander

Government sleight of hand on real rental costs - David Alexander

Scotland's rental market has seen a number of rises across the different regions.

Cost of living crisis: Seven areas in Scotland see above-inflation rent rises

Labour’s Anas Sarwar has been named the Scottish Politician of the Year, becoming the first person from his party to scoop the coveted prize for more than decade.

Labour’s Anas Sarwar named Scottish Politician of the Year

David Alexander

Freezing rents will only make the situation worse – David Alexander

Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater. Picture: PA

Analysis: Why Green Yes paper is a waste of paper, time and words

Scottish Green Party co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater launched the first 'Green Yes' paper.

Basic Income 'more affordable' than benefits despite no costings, Greens claim

A congested section of shared path used by walkers and cyclists beside the Armadillo venue at the SEC in Glasgow. Picture: Cycling Embassy of Great Britain

More light and space is needed if we are to commute by bike or on foot

Rev. Franklin Graham

Thank goodness we have Scottish courts defending free speech

King Charles III (right) during a special episode of The Repair Shop as part of the BBC's centenary celebrations. Picture: PA

Rent freeze becomes law in Scotland

Landlords are seeking legal advice around the Scottish Government's rent freeze bill.

Landlords seek legal advice in first rumblings of court fight over rent freeze b...

Scottish Green Party co-leader Patrick Harvie led the debate on an emergency rent freeze bill

One million will have rents capped as emergency rent freeze bill passed by MSPs

Scottish Green Party co-leader Patrick Harvie is leading the government's rent freeze bill

Ministers 'confident' rent freeze bill safe from legal challenge

Patrick Harvie, Scottish Greens co-leader and Minister for Tenants’ Rights.

'Good landlords have nothing to fear from new bill', says Harvie

Members of the public queue to pay their respects to the Queen as she lies at rest at St Giles' Cathedral

Readers' letters: The right to protest is fundamental to democracy

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during a visit to Shelter Scotland in Edinburgh

Nicola Sturgeon: We have ‘moral duty’ to take action on rent prices

Scottish Conservative MSP for Lothian Miles Briggs, shadow secretary for social justice and housing, is backing a drive to see liquid petroleum gas (LPG) and its renewable alternative included in the supported options for rural homes when moving away from traditional fossil fuel energy sources

Cost of living crisis: Fears for rural Scots in green heating drive

How the re-painted junction might look. Visualisation: Gavin Munro/The Scotsman

Make cycle lanes far more conspicuous to keep drivers clear – Alastair Dalton

A fully operational prototype module has been constructed by Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) at its site near Hamilton, giving people a chance to see or themselves how the innovative new timber kits can be used to transform existing buildings into modern, sustainable and energy-efficient workplaces in out-of-town locations

How wooden pods in a kit can turn old buildings into climate-friendly premises

Secure bike storage provided in the Gorbals, Glasgow

Third of residents in Scotland ‘have no safe place to store bike’

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar will call for cooperation between the UK and Scottish Governments in a speech in London today (Photo: Andrew Milligan/ PA).

Sarwar to call for cooperation between UK and Scottish governments

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon wants the next general election to be a "de facto" vote on Scottish independence if Supreme Court judges do not look favourably on her plans to hold a referendum in October 2023.

Leader: Camps must know where they stand

Nicola Sturgeon, with Scottish Green leader Patrick Harvie, launched plans for a second referendum on Scottish independence (Picture: Russell Cheyne/pool/Getty Images)

Green vote would count for independence mandate, says party co-leader

Scottish Green Party co-leader Patrick Harvie at the Glasgow City Council count at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, in the local government elections

Scottish Greens fined £2,300 after breaching electoral law

Energy ministers past and present have agreed that a rush to condemn the North Sea oil and gas industry to early extinction is misguided - but how much sway does Green government minister Patrick Harvie have on this issue?, asks Brian Wilson.

Do Greens have a veto over future of North Sea? - Brian Wilson

A passionate Nicola Sturgeon talks Indyref2 at a news conference yesterday (Picture: RussellCheyne/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Vote Yes to Sturgeon’s Scottish Fantasyland?

Picture: Russell Cheyne/PA Wire

What have we learned and what big questions remain about independence?

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks at a news conference on a proposed second referendum on Scottish independence, at Bute House. (Photo by Russell Cheyne - Pool/Getty Images)

Analysis: Why no-one will be fully satisfied with stay-tuned indyref2 approach

Nicola Sturgeon will set out the first of a series of papers which will outline the arguments for an independent Scotland (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/WPA pool/Getty Images).

When is Nicola Sturgeon speaking ahead of independence papers update today?

Nicola Sturgeon will launch a new independence campaign on Tuesday

Nicola Sturgeon to launch new Scottish independence drive

Outgoing active nation commissioner Lee Craigie has called for the role to be bolstered. Picture: Chris Watt

Dithering over ‘desperate’ need for another cycling champion - Alastair Dalton

A unarmed Trident II (D5) ballistic missile is fired from HMS Vigilant

SNP youth wing backs Nato membership in significant policy shift

Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater says the number one issue for everyone in Scotland's latest local elections is the rocketing cost of living, which she says her party can help alleviate. Picture: Ilona Amos

Windfall tax on oil and gas firms could ease 'suffering', says Slater

Smoke rises from the building after a huge fire engulfed the 24 storey residential Grenfell Tower block in Latimer Road, West London in the early hours of this morning on June 14, 2017.

Grenfell Tower: Scottish ban on combustible cladding on high-rise buildings

Greens co-leader Lorna Slater, who is also a Scottish Government minister

'Unhelpful' Greens are polarising trans debate, says Anas Sarwar

Greens co-leader Lorna Slater, who is also a Scottish Government minister

Nicola Sturgeon backs Lorna Slater over controversial trans comments

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Hull 802 under construction at the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow in April with sister ferry Glen Sannox afloat behind. Picture: John Devlin

Troubled shipyard Ferguson Marine hails apprenticeship applications deluge

Humza Yousaf addresses the Scottish Parliament at First Minister's Questions

FMQs: SNP 'tone deaf' on LEZ as Yousaf accused of ignoring homeless charity

Union chiefs have demanded action over reports of violence

Airport check-in staff assaulted and abused by ‘thuggish’ passengers – GMB union