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More than 43,000 payments have been paid automatically to help parents and carers with the cost of living and starting school, latest official figures show. The introduction of automatic payments means that tens of thousands of people getting Scottish Child Payment have been awarded Best Start Grant

Health and social care services need to change in order to meet the needs of people across Highland, according to the Highland Health and Social Care Partnership’s Strategic Plan for Adult Services. The strategic plan, which is published online, sets out the Highland Health and Social Care Par

As part of a series of planned visits, members of Aberdeen City Council's Anti-Poverty and Inequality Committee visited Aberdeen Cyrenians last week to hear from staff and volunteers.

Environmental charity Changeworks is urging local authorities to move forward with implementing their delivery plans once they have completed their Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategy (LHEES).

Owners of inherited croft houses should be banned from running the property as a holiday let during times of housing shortages, an MSP has suggested.

An Edinburgh sheriff has ruled that the former solicitor of a widow’s late husband who had been renting out a flat the couple owned without her knowledge was required to pay £14,4000 in rent payments from 2007 to 2009, plus over £17,000 in interest, after she raised an action for

Developer Parabola has agreed a deal with S1 Developments to create housing for sale at Edinburgh Park.

Turriff-based Neil Murray Housebuilders has entered liquidation, resulting in the loss of 20 jobs.

CIH Scotland has published a new paper to ensure that the voices of housing practitioners are reflected in upcoming legislation. The Scottish Government is expected to introduce a new Housing Bill ahead of the Parliament’s summer recess which is anticipated to cover some of the commitments set

New build starts in Scotland have experienced a significant decline of nearly a quarter over the past year, as reported by DJ Alexander Ltd.

A team of experts with personal and professional experience of homelessness is touring Scotland to find out what’s happening in services against a backdrop of unprecedented housing pressures. The All in For Change team will hold free events in Aberdeen, Greenock, Falkirk, Kirkcaldy and Clydeba

The boards of UK housebuilders Barratt Developments and Redrow have agreed a merger deal, which prices Redrow at £2,524 million.

The time required for Build-to-Rent (BtR) planning applications to be determined has significantly increased over the past decade, with 40% of sites achieving detailed planning permission last year taking at least a year to do so, according to the British Property Federation (BPF). Analysis conducte

The Council Tax freeze for next year will result in a further £1.4 million of budget savings being required in West Lothian next year, the local authority has warned. The Scottish Government announced in October 2023 that Council Tax rates would be frozen for all bands in 2024/25 and that full

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