Daily News Location: Scotland

Rise in older Scots feeling financially strained

Scotland Daily News – plus our first LGIU@40 collection on participation. 

Glasgow IJB approves drug consumption room plans

Scotland Daily News – plus our Global Local on the power of participation. 

Councils could impose pay deal to end strikes

Scotland Daily News – plus our latest IFS Deaton Inequality Review on the distribution of public service spending.

First Minister makes last-minute appeal to stop school strikes

Scotland Daily News – plus a new briefing on homelessness in Scotland.

Scotland Weekly Digest: LGIU latest and Daily News

Your Daily News plus an overview of all the latest resources and insights from LGIU, including a new housing and planning round-up, an interview with Oxfordshire County Council on local climate action, and last week's And Finally.

Experts say council tax reform plans ‘detached from reality’

Scotland Daily News – plus explore your LGIU Scotland membership.

£5m fund to support local authorities in running bus services

Scotland Daily News – plus a repeat of our previous briefing on what a section 114 means for local government.

Schools to close as union rejects pay offer

Scotland Daily News – plus a new case study on the war on drugs in the UK.

New pay deal considered to avert school strike action

Scotland Daily News – plus our new Global Local on building consensus for net zero.

Lord Hardie’s Edinburgh tram project report published

Scotland Daily News – plus a new briefing on the night-time economy and local government.