Urgent action by West Lothian Council has reduced the local authority's projected overspend by £2.3 million to £5.8m, councillors will be told. An update on the council's current financial position for the Council Executive meeting of 4 February shows an improvement in the council's proj
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More than 10,000 children are living in temporary accommodation across Scotland after an increase of 6% over a period of 12 months, new figures have revealed.
Investment of almost £18.5 million will be made to local council housing after Stirling Council agreed a 7.2% rent rise for 2025/26. Councillors approved the rise at a special meeting yesterday, increasing the average rent by £6.09 per week over the 48-week rental period, from £84.
Royal Bank of Scotland, which is part of the NatWest Group, has announced an updated package of targeted lending and support for UK social housing, aimed at supporting local housing authorities and homeowners alike in the face of ongoing economic pressures.
The average price of a property in Scotland reached £189,000 in December 2024, an increase of 6.9% when compared to the same period a year earlier, new UK House Price Index figures have revealed.
Councillors in Glasgow have agreed a 7.5% increase in Council Tax - 2.5% higher than assumed in last year's budget, with the additional revenue ringfenced to hire hundreds of additional staff in cleansing, parks and other vital services.
Stirling Council has approved a budget for 2025-26 that addresses a significant shortfall, protects key services and delivers major investment towards achieving council priorities. At a meeting of the council last week, councillors agreed the revenue and capital budget for the next financial year, i
Homes for Scotland (HFS) has welcomed a reduction in average decision timescales for major housing applications but warned that the determination times still far exceed the statutory period of 16 weeks. New planning application statistics published yesterday covering the period Q1 and Q2 for 20
Children First has published a new report showing the positive impact the charity has made on the lives of thousands of children and families across Scotland.
Perth & Kinross Council has reached two key milestones in the process of preparing the Local Development Plan 3.
A Dundee sheriff has refused an appeal by a trust against a decision of the Scottish ministers to allow a community body to exercise the right to purchase derelict land in St Andrews owned by the trust, in the first appeal of its kind in Scotland. Forthtay Ltd Employee Trust, which owned a plot of l
Household bill arrears among StepChange Scotland clients have surged to an average of £5,193, according to the charity’s newly published 2024 Scotland in the Red report, marking a staggering 65% increase from £3,147 in 2023. Nearly seven in ten (68%) of those seeking help from Step
Harris House has received a positive report from the Care Inspectorate following an inspection carried out in February 2025. In the report, Harris House was assessed to be good or very good in the two measured criteria and was judged to have met three areas for improvement that had been identified f
Argyll and Bute housing associate Fyne Homes has officially opened its No’s 1-8 Wilkie Houses, Townhead development in Rothesay.
Ten suppliers have paid more than 34,000 customers a total of £7 million in compensation and refunds after overcharging some customers in error, following a compliance review by Ofgem. This issue specifically impacted customers with ‘Restricted Meter Infrastructure’ between January

