Tories in Ayrshire running scheme Ruth Davidson claims is “unworkable”

A TORY RUN COUNCIL operating the controversial ‘Named Person’ child protection scheme says its experience has been “generally positive” half a decade after the measure was first introduced.

The ‘Named Person’ scheme, part of the ‘Getting it right for every child’ government initiative, was vigorously opposed by Conservative leader Ruth Davidson during the election campaign, when she claimed it was “unworkable” and could end in “tragedy”.

A confident Ruth Davidson launched her party's Holyrood 2016 manifesto in Glasgow

THE SCOTTISH CONSERVATIVE 'manifesto for opposition' was launched in Glasgow with a focus on housing, mental health and low taxes.

Hovering at 15 per cent in the polls, both in constituency and list predictions, and with a new survey having placed leader Ruth Davidson higher in approval ratings than Labour's Kezia Dugdale, the Scottish Conservative manifesto launch had an optimistic air.

Scottish Tory leader says their campaign against second indyref must be "far, far better" than 2014's

THE BETTER TOGETHER campaign during the independence referendum was too negative, party leader Ruth Davidson has said, as she placed unionism at the heart of the Tory manifesto.

Speaking at the launch of the Scottish Conservative manifesto for the upcoming Holyrood election, party leader Ruth Davidson admitted that the party's campaign for a No vote in 2014 was "simply a matter of picking at the flaws" and left a negative legacy.

Labour leader's revelation means Scotland now has a majority of LGBT+ party leaders

KEZIA DUGDALE has spoken about the support she has received after revealing in an interview that she is in a relationship with a woman.

Dugdale joins Scottish Greens co-convener Partick Harvie, Scottish Conservatives leader Ruth Davidson and Ukip's Scotland leader David Coburn as openly LGBT leaders, meaning over half of the leaders of the major political parties in Scotland are LGBT+.

Attainment of poorer students has increased but is outstripped by performance of wealthier children

RESEARCH by the Scottish Conservatives has found that the educational attainment gap between poorer and better-off student is growing despite Scottish Government pledges to reduce educational inequality.

Police Scotland say they have completed their investigation and "no criminality has been uncovered"

POLICE Scotland have completed their investigation into comments made by Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson and have said they have found "no criminality".

The investigation was triggered by comments made by Davidson just after polls closed in the referendum campaign that No campaigners had been "taking tallies" of postal vote samples around Scotland.

Scottish Conservative leader will say that EU membership rewards "makers and sellers"

THE LEADER of the Scottish Conservatives is to make a speech in Brussels calling for politicians who favour remaining within the EU to make a positive campaign for the EU in advance of Britain's 'in/out' referendum, which will be held by 2017.

Davidson will tell the New Direction think tank that the strongest pro-EU arguments are the ones that stress Europe's economic benefits to Britain.

Scots react to the arrival of desperate refugees in Europe

THE PUBLIC debate on refugees arriving in Europe has been dramatically changed by the shocking images of a three-year-old boy dead on a beach in Turkey, having drowned in a bid to escape Kurdistan.

At least 350,000 refugees, mainly from Africa and the Middle East, have entered Europe since the beginning of 2015 and are mainly fleeing war, persecution and economic crisis.

CommonSpace looks at the response from public figures and campaigners in Scotland

Davidson believes future of Scottish politics is SNP versus Conservatives

SCOTTISH Tory leader Ruth Davidson has said that a No vote in a future independence referendum would be easier to win in 15 years than it would be within the next five years, due to the effect of falling oil prices and devolution of tax powers.