Local Government

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

"The messaging is that there is more money for essential services each year despite this not being the case"

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

The Accounts Commission said local authorities were now entering the 'most difficult budget-setting context seen for many years'

Comment: Ripping up red tape requires a radical overhaul

Labour wins Tory backing to oust the SNP from City of Edinburgh Council

Councils face ‘volatile, unprecedented and unpredictable environment’

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

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?