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Angus North and Mearns MSP Mairi Gougeon rises to the top with new role in Nicola Sturgeon s cabinet

© SYSTEM Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The SNP’s Mairi Gougeon has experienced a speedy rise to the top with a promotion in Nicola Sturgeon’s new government. The 36-year-old politician is the new Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands following a government reshuffle on Wednesday and takes over from SNP veteran Fergus Ewing who left his post. Dunfermline MSP Shirley-Anne Somerville was also appointed to the high-profile role of Education Secretary, after John Swinney was shifted to the new post of Coronavirus Recovery Secretary.

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Dick Bequest: George Alexander seeks talks on funds tied to slave trade

George Alexander has called on the Moray Council to consider its involvement in an education fund that has been linked to the slave trade.

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Holyrood: MSPs to take oaths in Scots, Gaelic and Urdu at swearing-in ceremony

NEWLY elected MSPs will be sworn into the Scottish Parliament tomorrow, taking their oaths in languages from Scots to Zimbabwean Shona.

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New Holyrood MSPs to take oaths in Scots, Gaelic, English, Urdu and Zimbabwean Shona

New Holyrood MSPs to take oaths in Scots, Gaelic, English, Urdu and Zimbabwean Shona © DCT Media Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, will recite his oath in Doric. On Thursday all the newly elected MSPs will take their oaths or affirmations at Holyrood as they are officially sworn into the Scottish Parliament. Taking the oath or affirmation is the first thing all the MSPs must do before they can start their parliamentary business, and although it officially has to be done in English, many are planning to repeat it in Scots, Doric, Orcadian, Gaelic and even Zimbabwean Shona. The oath has members “swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth” and ends with the statement “so help me God”.

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Maggie Chapman wants slavery-linked education cash sent to Caribbean

Maggie Chapman wants slavery-linked education cash sent to Caribbean Newly-elected Green MSP Maggie Chapman has backed calls to send a £1.7 million north-east education fund to the Caribbean, after it was linked to the slave trade. © David Mcfadden/AP/Shutterstock Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Newly-elected Green MSP Maggie Chapman has backed calls to send a £1.7 million north-east education fund to the Caribbean, after it was linked to the slave trade. The former co-convener of the Scottish Greens spoke out after we revealed the truth about the origins of the Dick Bequest, which has been used to support teacher training and the purchase of school equipment in Moray and Aberdeenshire for almost two centuries.

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