Local Government

Scottish Government announces measures to boost youth employment post-lockdown

Scottish Government responds to the Advisory Group on Economic Recovery report

Housing and homeless organisations call on Scottish Government to extend ban on evictions

They also want those with no recourse to public funds to be protected from forced destitution

Fund for 850 new teachers confirmed as plans drafted for reopening schools

£100m islands growth deal announced

MSPs to investigate the impact of coronavirus on council finances in Scotland

Frank McAveety to stand down as Glasgow council Labour leader

£90m growth deal confirmed for Falkirk

Bill to set out the role of councils in Scots law being considered by local government committee

SFHA and Homeless Network Scotland join forces to tackle homelessness

More than £15m in fraud and errors across Scotland’s public sector since 2018

UK Government should publish findings of devolution review, committee says

Comment: Ending poverty should be part of the new normal

Angus MacDonald to step down as MSP

Scottish housing organisations call for commitment to 53,000 new affordable homes in the next Scottish parliament

Scotland’s foodbanks see 62 per cent increase in food parcels for children

Associate feature: Online therapy lifeline for social care sector

Getting to know the frontline: Barnardo's children’s services manager Marie Pye

Supporting the homeless and vulnerable during lockdown

Second coronavirus bill put before the Scottish Parliament

North Ayrshire Council to take ‘radical’ new approach to economic recovery after COVID-19

Elma Murray appointed interim chair of the Accounts Commission

Coronavirus has amplified calls for a universal basic income

Comment: Creating change for the better

Fife to run first pilot of Scottish COVID-19 monitoring programme

Scrap ‘no recourse to public funds’ or make coronavirus spread worse, Priti Patel warned

Politicians and their pets: Councillor Julie Ford