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Staff at Kalisgarth and Very Sheltered Housing on Westray in Orkney are “dedicated, compassionate and genuinely care for the people they support” and those receiving care feel “respected and valued” and are “very happy” with the service, according to the Care Insp

Dumfries and Galloway Council's Finance, Procurement and Transformation Committee will hear an update later this month on the local authority’s Medium Term Financial Strategy, which outlines the budget position and financial projections over the next three years. Prudence will be required from

The non-urgent repairs service for council homes in South Lanarkshire will re-open from Monday 18 September.

Two projects in the east of Glasgow have been praised by the chair of Wheatley Foundation for helping families access affordable food. Professor Paddy Gray OBE visited the Sandyhills Larder and Ruchazie Community Pantry.

Increasing council tax on the highest bands could impact more than 80,000 low-income households, according to new analysis.

The High Court of Justiciary has tripled a fine imposed on a care home that pled guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 following the death of a resident after the Crown challenged the original level of fine as being unduly lenient.

The site of a former day care centre in Clydebank could be transformed into social housing after it was sold to a developer. West Dunbartonshire Council has sold a site at Auchentoshan Estate for a price of £225,000 plus VAT. The site was home to a day care centre until it closed in

The site of the former Auchinairn Primary School in Bishopbriggs is to be developed for affordable housing, a new council report has confirmed. A report to East Dunbartonshire Council’s PNCA Committee this Thursday will confirm the local authority's decision earlier this summer to tr

The transformation of Whitlawburn is now complete thanks to a unique partnership approach by South Lanarkshire Council, CCG, hub South West and West Whitlawburn Housing Co-op.

Community groups in West Dunbartonshire have benefited from more than £103,000 in council grants to support vulnerable and disadvantaged residents.

Scottish Labour has urged the Scottish Government to offer real support to homeowners after new analysis revealed that around 6,900 Scottish households could already be in arrears. With thousands more expected to suffer as mortgage rates continue to rise, Scottish Labour’s Mark

Thenue Housing Association has been granted planning permission to deliver 41 units for social rent in Dalmarnock.

Residents are being encouraged to join in the conversation about West Dunbartonshire Council’s budget for 2024/25 as work gets underway to close an £11.8 million gap.

The membership body for Scotland’s largest free advice network has called for more sustainable funding for advice, and multi-year funding to give advisers job security.

Members of Highland Council’s Economy & Infrastructure Committee have agreed two reports that relate to developer contributions and the next steps for the preparation of a new style Development Plan for the region. One of the reports confirmed how a new Development Plan aims to represent a