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PAY

Sturgeon urges councils to increase pay offer

By Martin Ford | 18 August 2022

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has intervened in the council worker pay dispute, urging ...

LONDON COUNCILS

Navigating asylum

By Mark Conrad | 17 August 2022

How have councils reacted to the Government’s Full Dispersal proposals for a fairer distribution ...

HEALTH

Councils legally required to offer free period products

By William Eichler | 15 August 2022

Scotland today became the first country in the world to protect in law the right to access free p...

PLANNING

Town centres: balancing flexibility with long-term and meaningful change

By Rory Alexander | 12 August 2022

The impact of the Scottish Government’s second review of the Permitted Development Order introduc...

FINANCE

IFS: National Care Service could exacerbate service quality differences

By Paul Marinko | 11 August 2022

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned Scotland’s planned National Care Service ‘could...

WHITEHALL

Fury at short notice of asylum targets

By EXCLUSIVE By Mark Conrad and Dan Peters | 10 August 2022

Home Office chiefs were this week accused of dumping responsibility for strict new asylum targets...

PAY

Scottish strikes loom as councils prepare improved offer

By Martin Ford | 09 August 2022

Local government strikes loom in Scotland as councils attempt to put together an improved pay offer.

FINANCE

Scottish council asks for help to fill £14m budget gap

By Martin Ford | 03 August 2022

West Dunbartonshire's leader Martin Rooney has written to the Scottish Government appealing for f...

POVERTY

Scots councils moot winter warm spaces

By Paul Marinko | 01 August 2022

A string of Scottish councils is believed to be considering the introduction of warm spaces this ...

PAY

Council workers in Scotland vote for strike action

By Laura Sharman | 27 July 2022

Thousands of Scottish council workers have voted to strike in a dispute over the offered pay rise.

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