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First Minister’s Christmas message

24 December 2019

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has wished everyone a very Merry Christmas.

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First Minister announces schools investment

10 September 2019

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited Peterhead Academy to announce the first schools to be built as part of a nationwide £1 billion investment programme.

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FM marks 20 years of devolution

28 June 2019

Twenty years on from the official opening of the Scottish Parliament, First Minister NIcola Sturgeon has highlighted her top 20 achievements.

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Expansion of free personal care

27 March 2019

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Health Secretary Jeane Freeman visited the Capability Scotland Edinburgh Hub this morning ahead of the extension of free personal care

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Muriel Spark announcement

Book Week Scotland

26 November 2018

Book Week Scotland takes place every year during November and is organised by Scottish Book Trust. Events are held across the country to share and

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Green transport funding pledge

3 September 2018

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in Cambuslang to announce £16.7m increased funding for green transport. The money will be

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Opening of new Largs Campus

13 June 2018

The First Minister visited North Ayrshire to officially open the new Largs Campus – as the total number of new or refurbished school buildings exceeded

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Investing in new hospital facilities

22 March 2018

The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon met with NHS Lothian staff and patients during her visit to the newly opened East Lothian Community Hospital Out-Patients Department in

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The Scottish Government has lodged a Legislative Consent Memorandum (LCM) with the Scottish Parliament, recommending that consent cannot be given to the UK Government’s “inadequate and damaging” Brexit deal with the EU. More information: gov.scot/news/brexit-de… pic.twitter.com/aF6hfFmDqX

First Minister @NicolaSturgeon has addressed the Zero Carbon Forum and committed to working with our European partners to fight climate change. We are delighted that Mayor @AnneHidalgo signed the Edinburgh Declaration on biodiversity this week, on behalf of the city of Paris. pic.twitter.com/V87NNkLQ2V

We have a winner! Sophie Blackett, Age 10 from Calderwood, East Kilbride has designed the First Minister's 2020 Christmas card.🎄📨 Well done Sophie and thank you to everyone who took part, we had almost 700 fantastic entries.🌟 Sophie's design along with the message inside⬇️ twitter.com/ScotGovFM/stat… pic.twitter.com/EjBNmEaPk4

“We want Scotland to be regarded internationally as a leader on human rights issues.” – First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during a message to mark #HumanRightsDay Watch the full message⬇️ pic.twitter.com/6NXzsQISfR

First Minister @NicolaSturgeon has met staff co-ordinating the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh. The hospital is one of 23 centres where priority groups will be vaccinated against coronavirus. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/36OawE6 pic.twitter.com/pH0jRSvGgD

The First Minister @NicolaSturgeon delivered a speech at the @USChamber Space Summit, and underlined that Scotland is keen to work with partners around the world on a what is a priority area for inward investment. twitter.com/USChamber/stat…

Entries can be scanned and emailed to firstminister@gov.scot with the subject heading 'Christmas Card Competition' 🖥️ Or posted to St Andrew’s House, Regent Road, Edinburgh, EH1 3DG marked 'Christmas Card Competition' ✉️ Good luck! 🤞

Then make sure they enter before midnight on Monday November 30. ⏰ Pictures should be no larger than A3 and drawn in pen/pencil/crayon/paint only. No stickers or glued on pieces please. ✏️🖍️🖌️🎨

The First Minister is looking for a picture that represents kindness to use for her Christmas card this year.🎄📨 Do you know a young person under the age of 16 who can present the perfect festive picture to wrap up 2020? 🎁🎀

The original artwork for the First Minister's 2019 Christmas card will go to auction on Friday 27 November, Lot 870: bit.ly/361HnoO twitter.com/ScotGovFM/stat…

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