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George Osborne Chancellor George Osborne has scrapped plans to save £4.4 billion by cutting tax credits following wide criticism and a rejection by the House of Lords.

A new website for all planning applications in Scotland will be launched in January. From 13 January 2016, anyone submitting a new planning application will be directed to the ePlanning.scot web site.

Big Lottery Fund Scotland has opened a new five-year £250 million funding scheme with a focus on helping people and communities who are most in need. Between now and 2020 groups across the country can apply for grants from £10,000 to £1m to help finance projects which are community led or will im

Paul Bradley Our society is facing major challenges in responding to the consequences of a housing crisis with poor quality housing coupled with a serious lack of affordable housing damaging the health and life chances of thousands of people in Scotland.

Staff at the grand opening River Clyde Homes’ new main public access office in the town centre of Greenock is proving to be a great success with over 230 customers accessing services in its first week of opening.

Fanchea Kelly, chief executive at Blackwood A housing support service has been heavily praised by the Care Inspectorate after it received a six star review for some of its services.

Eydent, the alliance of Ayrshire housing associations, is planning to use the feedback from its housing conference to ensure that future events are even better. A total of 112 delegates attended the conference at the Gailes Hotel, Ayrshire on Wednesday 18 November 2015 and heard keynote speakers Ray

(left to right) Rohini Sharma Joshi, equality, diversity & inclusion manager at Trust, minister for housing and welfare Margaret Burgess MSP and Trust’s chief executive Rhona McLeod Trust Housing Association welcomed minister for housing and welfare Margaret Burgess MSP to a celebration markin

Working households on Universal Credit are set to lose an average of £1,000 in 2020, rising to £1,300 for those with children, despite the welcome reversal of the main cuts to tax credits announced in the Spending Review. New analysis by the independent think-tank the Resolution Foundation has not

Christine Macleod The Scottish Housing Regulator has given evidence to a Scottish Parliament committee which has been looking at issues facing Gypsy/Travellers.

Celebrity Gok Wan has called on members of the public to ‘get yer baffies oot’ in a bid to raise money for Shelter Scotland to help homeless and badly housed children and their families. According to the charity, 100,000 children across Britain – almost 5,000 of them in Scotland – will go to

Terrie Alafat The UK government’s ‘pay to stay’ policy will discourage people living in social housing from increasing their earnings or finding work, housing professionals fear.

Looking west along Froghall Terrace Plans have been revealed for hundreds of new homes, some of which will be affordable, on the site of a former BT telephone exchange in Aberdeen.

West Lothian Council is to invest £900,000 in decorating the homes of tenants who are less able to do the work themselves. The three year Assisted Decoration Scheme will help tenants who are either senior citizens or have limited physical capacity.

Andrew Burns Partners behind the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Deal hope to have a deal agreed by early next year after both the UK and Scottish governments showed their commitment to the £1 billion project.