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New figures from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) show that local government budgets shrank faster than the Scottish Budget over the past two years. Local government budgets shrank by 4.6 per cent between 2013/14 and 2016/17, while the Scottish Government's budget decreased by just

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A team of researchers at a university in England have revealed that people who rent their homes for longer have more symptoms of depression and lower levels of wellbeing, while the opposite is true for those who live in owned homes for a longer part of their lives. The team at University of Manchest

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South Ayrshire Council has approved the construction of 290 new homes on a 49-acre site stretching from land off Main Street in Barassie to the north-eastern edge of Troon.

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Sheltered housing saves the UK's cash-strapped NHS and social services at least £486 million per year, according to cross-party think tank Demos. In a new report, the think tank urges the UK government to exclude older people’s housing from proposals to cap Housing Benefit for people in sheltered

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