Local Government

Associate feature: closing the implementation gap in public services

A CELCIS and Holyrood roundtable discussion on why the positive aims of transformational change often don’t turn into practice

Inclusive growth and the power of procurement: Scotland Excel conference 2020

Scotland Excel gather the experts to discuss how collaboration can ensure that the benefits of economic growth are shared fairly across communities

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

Edinburgh’s SNP politicians call on Scottish Government to regulate short-term lets

Milestones and green shoots: the Scottish islands since devolution

MSP launches consultation on remote rural communities bill

Associate feature: Wicked problems in the public sector and how to solve them

Highland Council hits back at ‘naïve’ call for end to road building