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Council tenants in Dundee, including residents at a sheltered housing complex, will see improvements to their homes if councillors accept a series of tenders next week. More than £430,000 worth of work in Charleston, Lawton Road and at Corso Street sheltered lounge will improve roofs, stairs, boile

Jeane Freeman Minister for social security Jeane Freeman has expressed strong opposition to the UK government on its proposal to limit the number of children in families who can qualify for Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit.

Persimmon’s new regional base in Perth has helped the housebuilder increase revenues and homes completions compared to last year. A trading update issued by the firm this morning revealed that revenues for 2016 of £3.14 billion were 8 per cent higher than the prior year (2015: £2.90bn) with lega

Plans have been submitted to rejuvenate a derelict Dundee city centre site with new flats and a retail unit. Dundee architects James Paul Associates has lodged proposals for the creation of an eight-storey block of 28 flats and a ground floor retail unit on the corner of Trades Lane and Seagate.

Glasgow construction firm City Building has joined a mentoring project designed to prevent young people in the care system dropping out of school. The arm’s length agency of Glasgow City Council, which has formed a groundbreaking joint venture with Wheatley Group, will provide guidance and work ex

A homeless charity has not been left short of shortbread, as a famous Scottish brand delivered pallets of the stuff for those in need. Aberdeen Cyrenians staff and service users will be treated to the traditional biscuit or meringue nests after Walkers Shortbread made the towering donation.

Dumfries & Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP) has been fined £8,000 for allowing renovations to take place that put residents at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. Dumfries Sheriff Court heard that the housing association had allowed chimneys to be removed from properties on two separate occas

Plans have been revealed to build almost 1,200 private flats and student rooms on land that once housed a Glasgow department store. Proposals have been lodged to develop the site of the former Goldberg’s department store, which has been left largely derelict since the closure of the store in 1990

(from left) Clive Feeney, head of operations at SPA; Kate Christie, development officer at Lintel Trust and Robert McDowall, chairperson of Lintel Trust Lintel Trust has been appointed on a two-year contract to manage the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) Community Benefit Fund which will invest u

Bruce Forbes The director of Angus Housing Association in Dundee has warned that changes to welfare payments could plunge some of the city’s poorest people further into poverty.

Graham Simpson Scottish Government officials have been accused of meddling in local democracy after new figures revealed they overrule councils on planning appeals as often as they side with them.

Sajid Javid A £7 billion programme to deliver more than 200,000 new affordable homes in England has been unlocked by communities secretary Sajid Javid in a dramatic expansion of the UK government’s affordable housing programme.

Developers are ready to press ahead with the first phase of a 1,500-home project in Oudenarde near Perth, 20 years on from when it was first mooted. Perthshire developer GS Brown Construction has teamed up with Taylor Wimpey to submit an initial planning application for 159 two, three and four bedro

Plans for a new waste incinerator which could help to heat homes and businesses have been submitted to Dundee City Council. The proposals from MVV Environment Services Ltd, which intends to take over the running of the site from the council-owned firm DERL, would see a new energy-from-waste facility

Lintel Trust is holding its annual ‘Great Big Lintel Jam Night’ fundraising event next month. The event is set to be a fantastic night with The Sensational David Bowie Tribute Band headlining, as well as regular favourites MacBlondie, The Regenerators, Aye Candy, AChoired Taste as well as specia