Local Government

Associate feature: Beyond targets: responsible tourism and climate action - interview with VisitScotland chairman Lord Thurso

VisitScotland is leading a sustainable revolution in tourism by asking how they can go further

Talking point: (Un)fair play

Understanding nursery funding for all three and four year olds in Scotland isn't quite child's play

Showtime: what the future holds for Scotland's travelling showpeople

Philip Braat elected as Glasgow’s new Lord Provost

Getting to know you: Scottish Parliament head of visitor services Gordon Stewart

Centred on success: a regional focus on central Scotland

Poor outlook: The Holyrood baby approaches her fourth birthday

Business groups unite to oppose devolution of business rates to councils

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