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Being in the EU has been good for our environment. The EU has taken a lead on big global issues like climate change and pollution, it has guaranteed ambitious environmental standards across Europe and it has taken action to protect natural habitats.

Europe is good for Scotland. For Scotland’s families being in the EU means jobs, workplace protections, cheaper travel and consumer protection rights too.

Here are just some of the benefits of a Remain vote on 23 June for Scotland’s families.

Scotland’s EU membership gives our businesses access to the world’s largest trading area, while protecting jobs, supporting exports and boosting our economy.

Here are just five ways being part of the EU benefits Scotland.

Being part of the EU brings huge opportunities for Scotland’s young people, including the right to work, train, travel or study in 28 EU member countries.

Here are just five ways being in the EU is good for Scotland’s young people.

The SNP are committed to furthering gender equality in Scotland, and our actions build on protections put in place by the EU. By voting to Remain, we can protect these rights and build on them in the future.

Here are just some of the ways the EU has benefitted women in Scotland and across the UK.

On Thursday voters across the UK will decide whether to remain in the European Union. The outcome of this vote could have profound consequences for the social protections we currently benefit from, including the future of health services across the UK.

There are simply no words to properly describe the collective feeling of shock, horror and sadness that we all feel at the brutal killing of Jo Cox. My thoughts are very much with those closest to her – her husband, their two young children, and their wider family. The tragic events of last Thursday have…

It will come as no surprise to anyone that I believe countries should be independent—but I also believe that, in the modern world, independent countries must work together. The Leave campaign wants to focus on what we supposedly lose by being in the EU. I ask you to think more about what we have gained….

With just days to go until the EU Referendum, the result of the vote is in the balance. Polls showing a lead for ‘Brexit’ should act as a wake-up call to anyone who assumed that it would be an easy win for the Remain side.

I can remember it like it was only yesterday.

The crunching feeling in my stomach – nerves, excitement and just a little too much cheap rosé wine – as I approached the door of the first gay bar I would walk into.

I wasn’t sure what to expect. I had watched Queer as Folk and expected it to be something like that, but this was Glasgow, my home city. Could it really be that, well, camp and racy? (I needn’t have worried.)

During the last parliamentary stage of the Investigatory Powers Bill the SNP expressed grave concerns and committed to working towards amending it. We said that if it was not amended satisfactorily we would vote it down at a later stage. As the Bill reaches it’s final parliamentary hurdle tomorrow, It appears that stage has now…

I could not be more proud to be Scotland’s first ever Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform. From our land, air, seas, climate, flora and fauna, I think there are very few out there who will disagree with me when I say that Scotland’s stunning natural environment is one of our most precious assets.

Up and down the country, people are giving up their time and volunteering for good causes. Whether they’re doing local litter-picks, running local social groups, or volunteering overseas to help those in need, the efforts of volunteers make a huge difference. Volunteers’ Week, spanning from 1 to 12 June, is chance to celebrate the amazing…

Here’s just some of the support the SNP Scottish government is providing for families in Scotland. Free childcare will be almost doubled to 30 a week for all 3 and 4 year olds and vulnerable 2 year olds over By 2021, we will provide free meals to all 2, 3 and 4 year olds who…

Today Nicola Sturgeon set out the priorities that will guide the SNP in Government over the next five years. Here’s what you need to know:

Last December, David Cameron came to the House of Commons and argued for the United Kingdom to join the ill-advised coalition bombing campaign in Syria. The SNP made clear that the Prime Minister had failed to make the case for bombing, and that these actions would likely strengthen the terrorist organisation of Daesh, rather than usher in its defeat.

In exactly one month’s time the people of our three nations will be voting in a referendum that could prove to be defining for a generation.

As parties who share progressive values, a belief in equality and in protecting our environment, we believe that membership of the EU is an important part of embedding the rights and protections we rely on.

This week Nicola Sturgeon announced her new ministerial team and I am proud to have been appointed Minister for Mental Health.

This appointment makes Scotland the first and only country in the UK with a ministerial post dedicated wholly to mental health. This shows the importance this SNP government places on improving mental health services.

Today Nicola Sturgeon announced the new Scottish Government ministerial team. Here are the top ten things you need to know. 1. The new government reflects the priority Nicola Sturgeon has placed on education and tackling the attainment gap, with the appointment of Deputy First Minister John Swinney as Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills. 2….

Ahead of the State Opening of Parliament, the SNP has set out our progressive alternative to a ‘business as usual’ continuation of the Tory government’s failed austerity project.

At a time when the UK Government should be doing everything it can to reverse the fortunes of the UK’s flailing economy, it is instead consumed with bitter infighting and divisions within the Tory party over Europe.

Ruth Davidson spent the election campaign desperately downplaying her party affiliation. She hid the Tory label and David Cameron was even barred from the campaign trail! The Tories think that they can continue to deflect and divert from their party’s record. But they’re wrong.

Here’s just some of the things Ruth Davidson would rather you didn’t know.

The first 100 days of the re-elected SNP Government will see us working harder than ever to deliver for all the people and communities of Scotland.

I have already stated that my pledge to close the attainment gap in education – to ensure equal chances for all children, regardless of their background – will be the defining mission of this, the fifth session of the Scottish Parliament and the third term of an SNP Government.

From expanding free childcare to protecting low income households from increases in the cost of living, here’s how we’re helping Scotland’s families.

This morning Nicola Sturgeon held the first press conference of the new parliamentary term at Bute House, in which she set out initial priorities for an SNP government.

Here’s what you need to know:

Yesterday was Europe Day – the annual celebration of peace and unity in Europe. We marked 66 years since the Schuman Declaration, which set out the beginnings of the European Union.

What progress we have seen – the development of a community of 28 nations and a single market of 500 million people.

Today Scotland’s new MSPs begin arriving at Holyrood to get ready for the next five years.

There is something very invigorating about the start of the new parliamentary term – as new MSPs find their feet alongside old hands, everyone wants to repay the trust voters have just placed in them by making a positive impact.

The election campaign over the last six weeks brought out a lot of clear differences between the parties – but it also brought out many areas of common ground.

The SNP has won an historic third term in the Scottish Parliament with 63 MSPs, over a million votes in Scotland’s constituencies – a first – and the highest share of the constituency vote ever achieved.

This is the most important Holyrood election since we regained our national Parliament in 1999.

We will soon have new tax and welfare powers. And it is crucial that we have a government that is capable of using those powers properly.

And, I firmly believe, only the SNP has the policies, the experience and the vision to use those powers to take Scotland forward.