Local Government

Councils face ‘volatile, unprecedented and unpredictable environment’

The Accounts Commission has warned councils are dealing with increasing demand, service backlogs and high absence levels

The deal-making: Scotland's councillors get to work

The people changing the face of local government in Scotland

Comment: Labour’s ‘grown-up politics’ is all talk

Greens pave the way for another minority SNP administration in Glasgow

In context: Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) Bill

What next for Alex Salmond and the Alba Party?

Scottish Local Government Elections 2022: The Need for a Long View

Scottish council elections: SNP 'won the election by a country mile' says Nicola Sturgeon

Alex Salmond vows Alba Party will continue despite council elections wipe-out

Election issues dominate as party leaders vie for votes in eve-of-poll First Minister's Questions

Parties set out stalls on last day of council campaign

Scottish council elections: SNP boosted by 'battle within unionism', expert says

Does Scotland need more local government?

1,2,3, easy as S.T.V: What are the Scottish council elections really about?

First Minister launches SNP council manifesto with cost-of-living pledge

Alba Party will make 'political breakthrough' at council elections, Alex Salmond predicts

First Minister ‘dodging scrutiny’ at launch of council election campaign

Scottish Tories commit to single-sex spaces to protect women from ‘predatory men’

Poll: SNP on track for record council results in May

Comment: Where power lies

Council awards Volodymyr Zelensky the Freedom of the Highlands

On the doorstep: What are the issues at stake in the council elections?

Ross gives commitment that Tory councils will swerve controversial workplace parking levy

'A sense of joy': Embracing community spaces in planning

More support needed to prevent homelessness among veterans

Nearly half of Scots support directly elected mayors