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Scottish Borders Council has agreed a cross-party budget proposal which commits to the delivery of planned projects and largely protects frontline services, despite continued rising costs. As part of the 2024/25 budget there will be:

Over 270,000 people in Scotland missed a council tax payment in 2023, analysis by Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) suggests. Analysis by the charity of polling it commissioned from YouGov suggests that 276,186 people in Scotland had missed a council tax payment at least once from December 2022.

Badenoch & Strathspey has become only the second part of Scotland to have a control zone for short-term lets (STLs) after the rules came into force yesterday.

Scottish Labour’s spokesperson for local government and housing visited local apprentices at Persimmon’s Royale Meadows development.

Age Scotland has identified £1,577,341.81 of unclaimed benefits for older people who called their helpline in 2023, more than double the figure for the previous year, and a record amount for the charity. Scotland’s national charity for older people said the amount – a remarkable 13

Time is running out to secure your spot at Share’s Annual Conference which takes place from the 15-16th March 2024 at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow.

Tenant engagement expert TPAS Scotland is working in partnership with the Scottish Government and the Scottish Housing Regulator over the next few months to gather insights from landlords, tenants and community groups to help inform their thinking around tenant participation. Two projects are curren

CIH Scotland will use its national conference today to declare that Scotland has moved past a housing crisis and is in the midst of a housing emergency.

There could be around 22,000 fewer homes available to rent in Scotland at the start of 2024 than just a year ago, according to a survey by the largest landlord membership body in the country. A survey of its members by the Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) also found the biggest reasons for th

An innovative new project aimed at bringing empty homes back to use in Dundee was announced at the 13th Scottish Empty Homes Conference in Glasgow.

Legally binding targets on fuel poverty and net zero will be missed without new, fit-for-purpose legislation on heat in buildings, the Existing Homes Alliance (EHA) has warned. Following hard on the heels of the news that nearly a third of Scotland’s households are now in fuel poverty, the All

For the first time in 10 years, Moray Council has set a cross-party budget. Support across the chamber has secured the local authority’s £278.8 million budget for the financial year ahead.

North Ayrshire Council has approved its budget for 2024/25 after a meeting of elected members. This was widely recognised as one of the most challenging budgets the council has had to set in recent times.

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar will use a further £2 million of reserves to balance the budget for the upcoming year. The Scottish Government’s 2024 Financial Settlement represents a real-terms reduction of £1.48m for the Comhairle, taking account of the money ring-fenced for emplo

Plans for two high voltage cable links to Europe which could help power millions of homes and harness the power of the North Sea have been recommended for approval by energy regulator Ofgem.