Local Government

Poor outlook: The Holyrood baby approaches her fourth birthday

Holyrood takes a look at how well policy aligns with reality

Business groups unite to oppose devolution of business rates to councils

The call to retain a national business rates system has been backed by public finance minister Kate Forbes

Argyll and Bute Council appeals to Coll islanders to save air service by taking up airport safety roles

Shelter Scotland drops court action against Glasgow City Council

MSPs back plans to extend Scottish Parliament terms to five years

Scotland's councils call for £1bn increase to local government budget

Testing times: the delay to the UK budget has a severe knock-on effect in Scotland

Scottish budget to be published on 6 February despite delay to UK budget

UK Government approach to the Scottish budget ‘completely unacceptable’, finance secretary Derek Mackay says

Budget delay putting funding for thousands of services at risk, COSLA warns

CAS in call to increase funding for home energy efficiency

Despite recent media interest, Fife can feel removed from the rest of Scotland

Out in the cold: the gap between theory and practice in Scotland’s homelessness legislation

Associate feature: The key to addressing poverty is people

Scottish councils digging into reserves to cover budget cuts, Accounts Commission reports

Sight loss charity calls for ban on sandwich boards and on-street advertising across Scotland

Attainment gap persists in Scottish schools, new figures show

Forty-five homeless people died in Glasgow last year, according to official figures

Homeless people to get more support to keep their pets

New chief executive appointed for Argyll and Bute Council

Child poverty ‘could rise to record high’ if Tories win general election, Resolution Foundation warns

Nine out of ten Scottish social workers consider quitting

Concerns over ‘dangerous precedent’ after Court of Session rules Serco lock-change evictions lawful

Calls for Scottish Government to consider extending vote to asylum seekers

Aberdeen and Edinburgh ranked among top UK cities to live and work in

Local Government Committee calls for introduction of compulsory sales orders to tackle the blight of empty homes