Scottish Labour

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Anas Sarwar MSP marked Scottish Housing Day last week by meeting Persimmon Homes apprentices building new skills on site. The Scottish Labour Party leader hears how the apprentices are growing their skills and gaining valuable experience in the housing sector at Persimmon’s Castle Gardens deve

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A “perfect storm” of soaring house prices and rising interest rates is putting home ownership out of reach for many, Scottish Labour has warned. New statistics from the ONS have shown that between May 2021 and May 2023 average house prices in Scotland rose by £23,929.

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A Scottish Labour government would create a scheme that would acquire empty homes and sell them to future homeowners for just £1, party leader Anas Sarwar has revealed. Labour estimates around 27,000 homes in the country are considered to be empty, and Anas Sarwar used the first day of th

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Almost £20 million has been lost in tax breaks for short-term lets like AirBnBs in a single year, according to new figures. Many short-term let operators register to pay Non-Domestic Rates rather than Council Tax – but few have to pay this in full, with more than 80% receiving a full dis

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Abolishing mandatory evictions is the subject of the latest episode of the SHN podcast. Co-host Jimmy Black predicts dramatic change will result ... A cynic might think that decades of rent controls, different rent controls, no rent controls and better tenancies have made little difference …

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Scottish Labour has published its manifesto for the upcoming Local Government elections with a pledge to make housing a national priority. According to the party, affordable housing “helps tackle poverty, improves health and wellbeing, and provides the stability and security people need for a

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