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The Scottish Borders Council has revealed that a 5% Council Tax increase, which is half the rate of inflation, will be put forward as part of budget plans for 2023/24 later this month. The local authority said that income generated from this will help manage a significant financial gap in council bu

Over the past five years, Glasgow Credit Union has donated £170,000 to community groups and charities, with £30,000 to be donated this year. The credit union has announced it has donated over £10,000 to 33 Glasgow charities and causes since October 2022, benefiting 4,000 children a

West Scotland MSP Pam Gosal visited Persimmon’s Kelvin Gait development in Kirkintilloch and met with workers and apprentices to hear about the home builder’s investment in East Dunbartonshire and across West Scotland. Kelvin Gait features 84 energy-efficient new homes, ranging from one

People are being invited to give their views on making it easier to access Portobello town centre by walking, wheeling cycling and public transport and improving the quality of the streets and public spaces.

A scheme which has helped over 10,000 Dundee households facing fuel poverty with their energy costs has reopened to new applications.

A community group set up to direct large-scale, strategic investment proposals in Douglas Valley is looking for new members. The Douglas Valley Advisory Group (DVAG) is a constituted group, representing Coalburn, Douglas, Glespin, Lesmahagow and Rigside, currently comprising of representatives from

Kingdom Housing Association is celebrating being the first housing association in the UK to achieve the prestigious Investors in Young People (IiYP) Platinum accreditation. Headquartered in Glenrothes, the Association has become one of only ten organisations in the country to achieve the top level o

Caledonia Housing Association (CHA) has created two new roles in the key areas of climate change and frontline services. Eileen McMahon has taken on the newly formed role of climate change coordinator following three years as business improvement officer. Drawing on more than 20 years’ experie

Updated proposals by Cruden Homes for the delivery of 76 homes for social rent for Eildon Housing Association on the site of a former primary school site in Jedburgh are to go on show to the public.

The ground has been officially broken at East Ayrshire Council and CCG (Scotland)’s new housing development on Kilmarnock Road, Mauchline. The site includes an assisted living development and three wheelchair-accessible bungalows, which are being built for the East Ayrshire Health and Social C

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) is warning that some people may be “left behind” in the policy response to the cost of living crisis.

Planning permission has been granted for 132 homes with associated infrastructure and landscaping at a site in Eliburn, Livingston.

The ongoing regeneration of Dalmarnock and the surrounding area has long fascinated Jimmy Black, both from a personal and professional point of view, so we decided to speak to two people at the heart of it. Until recently, Martin McKay was the executive director of regeneration at Clyde Gateway, the

A care home has been fined £100,000 for health and safety failings which led to the death of an 85-year-old woman. St David’s Care Forfar Limited, who run St David’s Residential Home in Forfar, pled guilty to a health and safety at work breach committed in January 2017.

Aberdeenshire Council has agreed a 4% rise in Council Tax for the coming year amid ever-increasing pressures to balance its budgets. It means that a Band D property (considered to be the ‘average’) will be set at £1,393.42 for the year. In context, that means it would go up by &pou