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Labour calls for second homes to be stripped of additional heating payment

A debate is to take place in Parliament next week calling for the Scottish Government to strip second home owners of multiple payments designed to help with increasing costs. The UK Government announced that households will receive a £400 payment to ...

20 Jun 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Cladding removal delays putting lives at risk, claims Labour

Delays to removing risky cladding from buildings in Scotland are a “dangerous waste of time and money”, Labour has said. The party claims the budget for removal work is worse off by £10 million as a result of what it called “dithering and inaction”....

15 May 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Swinney: Giving council finance directors extra cash would ‘starve the NHS’

John Swinney has acknowledged warnings from council finance chiefs who said vital services could be cut due to a budget gap of £1 billion – but warned it would be “impractical” to follow all of their recommendations. All 32 of Scotland’s council ...

06 Dec 2022 at 17:28

Scotland

Extension of rent freeze for private tenants planned

An emergency rent freeze for private tenants remains “necessary and proportionate”, a minister said as he outlined plans to extend the legislation. Tenants’ rights minister Patrick Harvie delivered a statement in Holyrood on Thursday confirming ...

12 Jan 2023 at 16:55

Councils facing real-terms cut even with tax increase, says think tank

Councils in Scotland would still be facing a real-terms cut to funding even if council tax is increased by 5%, a think tank has said. Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), published on Friday, said local authorities face a 0.8% ...

03 Feb 2023 at 19:47

Scottish Labour unveils policy to sell empty homes for £1

A Scottish Labour government will buy up empty homes and sell them off for £1, the party’s leader has announced. Labour estimates around 27,000 homes in the country are considered to be empty, and Anas Sarwar used the first day of the party ...

17 Feb 2023 at 17:08

Scotland

Target to build 110,000 affordable homes by 2030 may be missed – report

There is a high level of risk that targets to build 110,000 affordable homes by 2032 will be missed, according to a Government document. The risk register report, obtained through freedom of information by Scottish Labour, notes there has ...

13 Jul 2023 at 17:05

Scotland

Minister ‘concerned’ about time taken for planning applications to be decided

Scotland’s public finance minister is “concerned” about the length of time it takes for projects to get planning permission. Ivan McKee spoke out after figures revealed average decision times were longer than they were before the Covid ...

11 Nov 2024 at 14:14

Scotland

Health workers to have duty to ‘ask and act’ to prevent homelessness

Public bodies including the health service will have a legal duty to “ask and act” under plans to prevent homelessness, a minister has said. Housing Secretary Shona Robison set out the Scottish Government’s proposals during a Holyrood ...

02 Feb 2022 at 17:28

Scotland

Ministers accused of ‘dragging their heels’ on removing Grenfell-style cladding

Scottish ministers have been accused of “dragging their heels” in replacing Grenfell-style cladding as the bulk of the removal work is earmarked for 2025. The Scottish Government’s spending review pledged £180 million over three ...

21 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Labour to make second attempt to declare housing emergency in Scotland

Scottish Labour will this week make a second attempt to declare a housing emergency. The party will use its debating time on Wednesday to push the Government to acknowledge the extent of the crisis in housing across the country....

14 May 2024 at 10:58

Scotland

Scottish Government warned against council tax hikes

Scottish Labour have warned ministers not to hike council taxes on the highest bands, claiming such a move could impact the poorest in the country. A consultation document published last month suggested the Scottish Government ...

21 Aug 2023 at 00:01

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