Local Government

UK Government launches fund to help communities buy at-risk buildings and sports grounds

The £150m Community Ownership Fund will help community groups take over local assets that are at risk

Scottish Government plans for affordable homes ‘not quite good enough’

The Scottish Government has committed to 100,000 new affordable homes over the next ten years

Scottish housing organisations call for commitment to 53,000 new affordable homes in the next Scottish parliament

Scotland’s foodbanks see 62 per cent increase in food parcels for children

Associate feature: Online therapy lifeline for social care sector

Getting to know the frontline: Barnardo's children’s services manager Marie Pye

Supporting the homeless and vulnerable during lockdown

Second coronavirus bill put before the Scottish Parliament

North Ayrshire Council to take ‘radical’ new approach to economic recovery after COVID-19

Elma Murray appointed interim chair of the Accounts Commission

Coronavirus has amplified calls for a universal basic income

Comment: Creating change for the better

Fife to run first pilot of Scottish COVID-19 monitoring programme

Scrap ‘no recourse to public funds’ or make coronavirus spread worse, Priti Patel warned

Politicians and their pets: Councillor Julie Ford

Associate feature: Building capacity in the south of Scotland

Home deliveries of essentials begin for those at greatest risk from coronavirus

Dr Sarah Gadsden appointed chief executive of the Improvement Service

Nearly a million people claim Universal Credit as coronavirus outbreak worsens

Politicians and their pets: Lorna Slater and her lizard, Bellamy

Expansion of free childcare delayed due to coronavirus

Associate feature: closing the implementation gap in public services

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

Aileen Campbell to stand down at 2021 election

Scottish budget passed by MSPs

MSPs back stage one of the Scottish Government budget