Local Government

Power (closer) to the people: COSLA president Alison Evison on the status of local government

COSLA is hopeful that a member’s bill going through the Scottish Parliament will give councils legal status and more financial powers

Glasgow City Council must ‘act quickly’ to solve lack of temporary housing for homeless

A report from the Scottish Housing Regulator found improvements in providing accommodation since March was due to the use of vacant hotels and B&Bs.

Scottish Government condemns new Home Office plans to deport foreign rough sleepers post-Brexit

Aberdeen City Council launches journey planner app to encourage walking and cycling

UNISON calls for funding to back incorporation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Associate feature: A recovery we can build together

New £1m fund to support town centres and promote online businesses

Highland Council calls for clarity on tourist tax

Politicians and their pets: Councillor Alison Evison

New chief executive of Dundee City Council appointed

The arguments for change in the Scottish Parliament

Scotland on course to miss its child poverty target, Joseph Rowntree Foundation warns

Aberdeen City Council named Local Authority of the Year

COSLA calls for more budget flexibility to respond to economic crisis

Associate feature: Scotland Excel is ready to support the public sector with the challenges it faces post COVID-19

Making lasting change towards active travel and green transport

Plans for regulating short-term lets look good on paper

New leader appointed for Argyll and Bute Council

Alasdair Allan launches consultation on saving Gaelic as a community language

Scottish Government launches plans to regulate short-term lets by April 2021

Councils need more funding and power over taxes to deal with pandemic, COSLA says

In the frontline: a demanding year for councils and charities

Poverty commission 'shocked' at councils' low spend of Scottish Welfare Fund

New funding to get 23,000 low income households online

Renfrewshire Council introduces new cloud-based case management system for social work and social care

Councillor Chris McEleny calls on SNP national secretary to resign