Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog post is published in advance of the final debate on the Visitor Levy (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill which will take place on Tuesday 24 March.
Tag: Local Government
Can they fix it? CMA report looks at property factoring arrangements on housing estates
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis blog looks at the Competition and Markets Authority’s analysis of the private management of amenities on housing estates and how its conclusions apply to Scotland.
Climate Change and Scottish Parliament committees: Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Reading Time: 6 minutesSPICe will be producing a series of blogs to illustrate the links between climate change and the policy areas covered by each subject committee.
This blog illustrates the links between the remit of the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee and climate change.
Community Councils at 50 – the forgotten front-line of democracy?
Reading Time: 5 minutesFifty years ago, the Local Government (Scotland) Act created community councils, in order to provide a ‘bridge’ between communities and local authorities. In May 2023, the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee held an evidence session to both celebrate this milestone and to hear from a range of community councils about what difference they make in their communities.
Homeless temporary accommodation – policy and statistics
Reading Time: 5 minutesPost updated 1 October 2024 In March 2024, just over 16,000 households lived in temporary accommodation, including over 10,000 children. The number has increased and
Dachaighean falamh ann an Alba: firinnean, figearan agus poilesaidh
Reading Time: 5 minutesTha am blog seo a’ coimhead air meud duilgheadas nan dachaighean falamh ann an Alba agus ceumannan poileasaidh gus dèiligeadh ris. Cia mheud dachaigh fhalamh
Empty homes in Scotland: facts, figures and policy
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog provides an overview of the scale of empty homes in Scotland and the policy measures to tackle them.
Gambling harms: a public health challenge for Scotland
Reading Time: 5 minutesAn introduction to gambling harms and public health in Scotland.
Second homes in Scotland – facts, figures and policy
Reading Time: 6 minutesLast updated 16 November 2023 (note a newer version of this blog was published on 13 May 2025) This blog considers the number of second
Local government elections May 2022
Reading Time: 5 minutesLocal elections were held in Scotland on 5 May 2022. Voters elected councillors for individual wards who then represent the ward on their local authority’s