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Local Government

The latest news, opinion and analysis on issues impacting on COSLA, housing and Scotland’s 32 councils

Councils and trade unions hit out against 'top down' local government reform
Local Government

Councils and trade unions hit out against 'top down' local government reform

Cosla, Unison, GMB and Unite join forces
by Staff Reporter
Collette Stevenson: 'You have to learn resilience - and how to laugh at yourself'

Collette Stevenson: 'You have to learn resilience - and how to laugh at yourself'

Andy Burnham: Manchester-style approach can clean up Glasgow
Justice

Andy Burnham: Manchester-style approach can clean up Glasgow

Charity warns of ‘increasing disconnect’ over Scottish Government poverty action
Society & Welfare

Charity warns of ‘increasing disconnect’ over Scottish Government poverty action

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James Adams MSP: Reform? The Conservatives are more sensible
Kirsteen Paterson
by Kirsteen Paterson

James Adams MSP: Reform? The Conservatives are more sensible

Holyrood's newest member on football, friendships and the best thing about being from Fraserburgh
Glasgow City Council to fire and rehire workers as equal pay talks break down
Kirsteen Paterson
by Kirsteen Paterson
Local Government

Glasgow City Council to fire and rehire workers as equal pay talks break down

Senior official accuses Unison union of 'betraying' members
Local Government

Local government reform must find consensus and not lead to a further centralisation of powers
Local Government

Scottish Government reveals council reform proposals
Communities, Housing & Planning

Glasgow City Council hits ‘critical’ moment, watchdog warns
Local Government

Glasgow council staff face pay cut in new equal pay deal
Local Government

Scottish local government needs more than a mirror of Manchester’s mayor
Local Government

Elected mayors – of value or a distraction?
Local Government

Scottish Government announces fire relief funds
Education

Aberdeen Council chief executive named Dundee University principal as strikes loom
Local Government

Reform councillor censured for ‘aggressive’ shouting at official
Local Government

Staying afloat: If Scotland's getting free swimming lessons, it needs pools too
Justice

Council worker sentenced for embezzlement
Local Government

Watchdog warning as councils’ budget gap hits half a billion pounds
Education

Edinburgh bans mobile phones for school pupils
Local Government

John Swinney: Beastie House horror reveals Scottish child protection failures
Local Government

Local Authorities Guide: Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles)
Local Government

Local Authorities Guide: West Lothian Council
Local Government

Local Authorities Guide: West Dunbartonshire
Local Government

Local Authorities Guide: South Lanarkshire Council
Local Government

Local Authorities Guide: South Ayrshire Council
Local Government

Local Authorities Guide: Shetland Islands Council
Local Government

Local Authorities Guide: Scottish Borders Council
Local Government

Local Authorities Guide: Orkney Islands Council
Local Government

Local Authorities Guide: North Lanarkshire Council
Local Government

Local Authorities Guide: Moray Council
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