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Over 1,000 of the lowest-paid workers in Dundee City Council’s workforce could be in line for a boost as it is proposed to fully embed the Scottish Local Government Living Wage into its pay and grading structure. Councillors will hear that council officers and the trade unions have been workin

Group Captain Robert Kemp CBE QVRM AE DL has been appointed chairman of Veterans Housing Scotland, succeeding Lieutenant Colonel Richard Callander LVO OBE TD who retired following ten years as chairman. Established in 1915, formerly Scottish Veterans Garden City Association, Edinburgh-based Vet

Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) is changing the way it engages with its tenants with the appointment of Kerry Hague, a customer and community engagement officer.  Kerry Hague took up the new role this week and the principle aims of her appointment will be to deliver BHA’s strategic

Clydebank Housing Association has announced it will apply a rent increase of 0.7% across all tenant rents for the year 2021-22. The Association made the announcement after an extensive consultation exercise with its tenants, sharing owners and tenants groups and an overview of its budget settin

A Scottish Parliament Committee has criticised the implementation of the 2015 Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act saying that not enough has been done to empower people from deprived backgrounds to take action in their communities. The report by the Local Government and Communities Committee reflec

Plans are in the pipeline for a mixed-use development including 235 apartments for a large vacant site beside Glasgow's High Street station.

Structured House (Merchant Point) Ltd has submitted new plans to build an 11-storey build-to-rent apartment block with commercial space in Glasgow city centre following a change of architect from previous proposals.

A parliamentary inquiry into the impact of COVID-19 on human rights has called on the Scottish Government’s recovery plan to ensure that those people who have already experienced disproportionately negative effects as a result of the coronavirus crisis do not suffer further. The rights of wome

Angus councillors will be asked to consider a range of measures proposed by the council on Thursday. These include budget proposals which seek to keep costs to residents low while encouraging businesses and improving infrastructure, as well as to support those in need and ensure excellence in educat

A survey has been launched by Dundee City Council to gather the public’s views about current and future housing needs across the city,

Representatives from the Scottish social care sector have told the Scottish Parliament's Health and Sport Committee that proposals to reform the sector should be implemented as soon as possible, and not be another positive set of words with no action. The views of the care sector are highlighted by

Eighteen energy suppliers are issuing refunds and redress payments worth £10.4 million after Ofgem found the companies did not adhere to price protection rules.

Excess heat recovered from the sewage treatment process could be used to power more than 2,000 homes thanks to a new carbon-cutting partnership between Thames Water and Kingston Council.

Tenants of Glasgow-based Thistle Housing Association today completed their transfer from the troubled landlord to Sanctuary Scotland. More than 92% of Thistle tenants who voted in an independent ballot last September supported the transfer to Sanctuary.

Proposals for the delivery of a £275 million residential-led mixed-use development and relocation of existing farm space to new state-of-the-art facilities have now been submitted to West Lothian Council.