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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

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

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

Families ‘paying the price’ as SNP fails to deliver affordable homes – Labour

Ministers have been accused of failing to build affordable homes, with Scottish Labour claiming working-age families are “paying the price” as the number of Scots renting from private landlords has soared. According to census ...

26 Aug 2024 at 00:01

Scotland

Labour fails in bid to declare housing emergency across Scotland

An attempt by Scottish Labour to declare a housing emergency in Scotland has failed. The party sought to follow Argyll and Bute and Edinburgh city councils with the declaration, but their motion fell at Holyrood by 63 votes ...

22 Nov 2023 at 19:47

Scotland

Anger as local government faces ‘funding freeze’ in spending review

Indicative plans from the Scottish Government project a funding freeze for local authorities until 2026/27. The spending review outlined on Tuesday by Finance Minister Kate Forbes has set out indicative plans for the ...

31 May 2022 at 17:37

Scotland

Government boosts support for new fire alarm regulations

The Scottish Government has increased funding for the most vulnerable to help compliance with new fire alarm regulations. The change is due to come into force on February 1, despite opposition calls for a further ...

30 Jan 2022 at 16:55

Scotland

Affordable housing targets in tatters, Labour warns ministers

The Scottish Government’s targets on affordable housebuilding are in “tatters”, Labour has said in calls for urgent action. Ministers have pledged to build 110,000 affordable homes by 2032, however Labour has ...

07 Apr 2024 at 00:01

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