Local Government

That Sinking Feeling: The SNP's difficult year

Following a bruising year and heavy general election losses, Holyrood finds a demoralised SNP in need of a lift

Council changes hands as Scottish Labour quits leadership in shock announcement

Surprise move made 'with immediate effect'

Scottish budget will cause ‘cuts in every community’, Cosla warns

‘Only a matter of time’ until first Scottish council goes bankrupt, ministers warned

Stirling Council names new provost

Scotland doesn't have powerful local government - it's time we did

Scottish councils risk bankruptcy, Cosla claims

Reshaping Scottish public services: What should reform look like?

Councillor Heather Anderson: 'Dundee is 24 square miles of perfection'

The gulf between what the SNP says and does is increasingly obvious

Council tax hike for second homes in Scotland put before MSPs

Cosla's Steven Heddle on growing up punk in Orkney and changing the Scottish national anthem

'I'm the first Lib Dem councillor elected in West Lothian for 30 years'

Verity House Agreement: What is it and has it been broken?

SNP councillor Jacqueline Cameron: People are always interested in the Franz Ferdinand song about me

SNP councillor censured after calling Wings Over Scotland ‘scum’

Scottish council in budget warning as it forecasts a £70m gap

‘No agreement’ to freeze council tax, says Cosla

Wheels in Motion: Should Scotland take the same route as Greater Manchester on public transport?

Scottish school strikes 'to go ahead' after eleventh hour talks fail

Councils need 'radical' change, spending watchdog warns

Stephen Flynn: SNP will 'hold balance of power' in Westminster at next general election

Thousands of council jobs at risk, Cosla paper warns

Councils call for clarity from Scottish Government over 'confusing' funding messages

Scotland’s councils facing ‘increasingly difficult choices’ on spending

Teaching strikes: Scottish education secretary urges unions to reconsider