Scottish Government

More unpaid carers in Scotland could benefit from financial support as a key change in eligibility rules comes into effect from 6 April 2025. The earnings limit for Carer Support Payment will increase from £151 to £196 a week. This means that a carer can earn £45 more a week, after

​A scheme to help people in priority groups buy a home on the open market has reopened for applications.

The process of transferring over 66,000 adults in Scotland from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to the new Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance has begun. Payments will now be managed by Social Security Scotland instead of the Department for Work and Pensions.

A significant project to regenerate the Granton area of Edinburgh has received a grant of almost £16 million to enable the provision of new affordable, energy efficient homes.

A new Fairer Funding pilot to deliver on the Scottish Government's top priority of eradicating child poverty will provide additional multi-year funding in the form of 45 grants to organisations across Scotland.

Clearing derelict sites to make way for affordable homes in Dundee is one of a range of regeneration projects set to share £62 million from the 2025-26 draft Scottish Budget.

Scotland’s cities must be at the heart of economic success as “great places to live, work and invest”, minister for employment and investment Tom Arthur will tell a group of senior business leaders in London. At today’s Scottish Cities Week opening event, Mr Arthur will champ

More than 456,000 people are due to receive inter Heating Payments totalling £26.8 million this winter, social justice secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville will tell MSPs today. Updating the Scottish Parliament on support with fuel costs for people on low incomes, Ms Somerville will confirm the S

Views are being sought on ways to improve how communities will receive additional benefits from renewable energy developments. ‘Community benefits’ are provided by developers to local groups and can include funding, actions such as in-kind works, the direct support of projects, or other

A National Flood Advisory Service will be established to improve Scotland’s flood resilience and embed best practice on a nationwide scale. The service is one of the actions in Scotland’s first National Flood Resilience Strategy, published yesterday. It will provide support and advice on

The Scottish Government has been warned its cuts to grants housing associations receive to pay for adaptations for older and disabled tenants’ homes risks trapping patients in hospital amid record bed-blocking in the NHS.

The Scottish Government has reaffirmed its support for the construction of 2,800 mid-market rent homes with £100 million of investment. As announced as part of the 2024-25 Programme for Government, funding will be used alongside institutional investment – such as pension funds – to

Improved access to housing, education and health services and tackling discrimination are at the heart of a new Gypsy/Traveller Action Plan agreed between the Scottish Government and COSLA. The voices of Gypsy/Travellers have helped shape the Plan, which acknowledges improvements in many of these ar

Communities and businesses across Scotland will be given support and tools to help tackle the unavoidable impacts of climate change as part of the Scottish Government’s new National Adaptation Plan. The Scottish National Adaptation Plan 2024-2029 (SNAP3) sets out a comprehensive suite of more

Scotland’s new strategy to support refugees and people seeking asylum with settling into their community was celebrated with an event at the University of Glasgow. The New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy: Delivery Plan 2024-2026 - which is the most comprehensive of its kind worldwide - seek