Local Government

Council sick leave at record high as strain falls on ageing workforce, watchdog finds

Call for 'robust' planning to include 'meaningful' engagement with staff

Blow to Scottish Labour as councillor defects to Reform UK

Former rising is the first to switch between the parties

SNP councillor suspended over housing scheme row

Stirling councillor Paul Henke: 'At heart I’ve always been a Conservative, even in Wales'

Leadership of Scottish council changes hands with a cut of cards

Council tax war as opposition try to freeze Argyll and Bute leaders out of office

All Scottish town halls to freeze council tax as Inverclyde leader agrees 'reluctant' U-turn

Council tax freeze U-turn vote called as Scottish Government agrees more cash for rebel authority

Councillor Lisa Marie-Hughes: Renfrew is a slice of the high life

Councillor Altany Craik: Dinosaurs, Dysart and Dougray Scott

Gang of Four: What do Scotland's Lord Provosts really do?

We should back our councils as they stand up to government on funding

Scottish council tax freeze falters as local authority announces 10 per cent increase

Cosla seeks meeting with First Minister amid funding row

Scottish Government health spending will be lower than Budget papers say, think tank claims

Go Bust: The £2.5m choice facing a Highland community

Councillor Sally Cogley: 'The biggest challenge we face is addressing poverty'

Edinburgh council chief announces retirement

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