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Aberdeen City Council has agreed to rejoin the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) after a two year absence. Councillors made the decision at a meeting of the full council yesterday as the local authority installed co-leaders for the first time in its history.

Ashley Campbell CIH Scotland has welcomed the Scottish Government’s focus on creating a new social security system based on human rights, dignity and respect but has raised concerns about how the principles will be applied and measured.

Councillors have deferred a decision over the development of 231 affordable homes in Turriff after concerns were raised about the viability of the plans. Lodged by Springfield Properties for an agricultural site at Meadowbank Road, the proposals were recommended for approval by Aberdeenshire Council

Helen Moore Following Harry Woodward’s blog on Tuesday, Helen Moore offers her reflections on Paul Sng’s documentary Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle.

New ways of offering people more choice and control over their social care can make a real difference but further work is needed to ensure everyone can benefit, according to a report out today. Since 2014 councils have been responsible for implementing Self-directed Support (SDS), which offers peopl

East Lothian is set to benefit from substantial new investment from the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region (ESESCR) Deal, councillors were told this week. The Heads of Terms for the £600 million deal, signed by six local authorities and Westminster and Scottish governments last month, s

LinkLiving has signed up to the Kiltwalk which makes its return to Edinburgh on Sunday 17 September. The popular fundraising event gives participants a chance to explore rural and well-known areas of Edinburgh while raising funds for a charity of their choice.

(from left) John Haliburton, Morgan Low, Max Fichera, Barry Johnston, Alan Brown and Carol Sweeney Pink wigs, leather jackets and a liberal application of hair gel was the dress code in Dundee on Saturday when a group of talented performers with various disabilities dazzled in a Grease-themed musica

Just one fifth of Scots claim to already live in their dream home as planning applications for home improvements slow to their lowest ebb in five year growth to stand at just 3%, new data has shown. According to Halifax Insurance, since 2012 just over 92,000 planning applications have been submitted

The Scottish Housing Regulator is to continue its engagement with Viewpoint Housing Association to addresses outstanding weaknesses identified in its performance reporting and governance. A medium level of engagement has been put in place for the financial year 2017/18 to allow the Regulator to get

Pitstops graduates new and old celebrated with guests Robert Tamburrini, CEO ng homes, Bob Doris MSP and Jack Lewars, COO School of Hard Knocks Seventeen graduates have celebrated completing the first all girls cohort of an ng homes project which uses rugby as a creative social engagement tool.

Sheltered housing support services across South Lanarkshire have received glowing reports following recent inspections by the Care Inspectorate. The council’s services were graded ‘Very Good’ across all three themes – Quality of care and support, Quality of staffing and Quality of management

Tenants in Scotland rent on average for 18 months, while the average length of rental tenancies across the UK is now almost two years, according to new data. Figures from estate agency network Your Move have revealed that the average tenancy length in the UK is now 20 months, up 18% from 2014.

The rights of disabled people to independent living are being continually eroded as health and social care budgets are slashed, the UK’s equality and human rights bodies have warned. As the United Nations (UN) prepares to examine the UK’s track record on disabled people’s rights today, new ana

A Glasgow charity which provides practical support for people who are homeless is to offer free sanitary products to combat ‘period poverty’ among the city’s growing number of female rough sleepers. The products are being added to the kit used by Simon Community Scotland’s street team, which