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All of Scotland's 32 local authorities have chosen to freeze Council Tax rates at last year's levels following a Scottish Government commitment to compensate those who do so.

Phil O’Brien reflects on the affordability of housing as an ongoing issue in Scotland and how the Scottish Government have recently announced future plans to tackle the issue of affordable housing. The Scottish Government has announced plans to invest £3.4 billion in affordable hous

Glasgow City Council has agreed a budget that targets poverty reduction and a green, community-focused recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Councillors passed a joint SNP / Green package that will freeze Council Tax bills in the next financial year and protects education and social care budgets.

Fife Council has set its budget for the year ahead, with a pledge that "fixing Fife is the priority" for spending. Following the council's recently agreed approach to recovery and reform, yesterday's budget has allocated investment to the three priority areas of supporting local economic recovery, t

Highland Council’s housing and property committee has agreed for the projected year-end Housing Revenue Account (HRA) surplus to be added back to the budget for housing repairs and maintenance for financial year 2021/22. Committee members recognised that a reduced level of council house repair

Perth & Kinross Council's Net Revenue Budget for 2021/22 of £387 million was agreed by councillors on Wednesday this week. A Council Tax freeze for 2021/22 had previously been agreed on February 24. Budget savings, additional Scottish Government funding and the use of reserves will be used

Stirling Council has approved a suite of targeted financial supports to protect vital services and bolster the council’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The council has announced that council tax rates will be frozen at 2020/21 rates while a revised living wage will be implemented for all c

E.ON is working with the Highland Council and the Scottish Government to offer eligible residents in the Highlands up to 100% funding towards the cost of installing a solar PV and battery storage system on their property. By installing solar panels on their homes, residents will be able to generate

Bank of Scotland owner Lloyds Banking Group has delivered £9 billion to the UK's social housing sector in three years. Since 2018, the bank has provided £9bn of funding to the UK’s social housing sector, outstripping its original £2.25bn funding commitment by £6.75bn ov

People who are homeless in England are to be prioritised for the coronavirus vaccine after the UK Government accepted advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). In a letter to secretary of state for health and social care Matt Hancock at the start of the month, the JCVI

Olympian Sir Chris Hoy has teamed with up with Social Bite to launch a £1 million fundraising campaign which aims to replicate the charity's Granton village for homeless people in Glasgow and London. The six-time gold medal cyclist will take part in the Break The Cycle campaign, which is

An ambition to achieve ”world leading" levels of digital inclusion is at the heart of plans to equip Scotland for the technological transformation of the post-coronavirus world. The updated Digital Strategy, developed by the Scottish Government and COSLA in consultation with business and the t

Every employee of the City of Edinburgh Council will earn at least the Scottish Local Government Living Wage (SLGLW) in their base pay from April 1.

A new strategy for Scotland’s rented sector will improve accessibility, affordability and standards, as part of a new 20-year route map for housing to be published next week by the Scottish Government. The Rented Sector strategy will be a key element of Housing to 2040 - Scotland’s first

Hanover Scotland has received planning approval from Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park for its first social housing development to be built to Passivhaus standards.