Reading Time: 4 minutes This 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.
Tag: Local Government
Climate Change and Scottish Parliament committees: Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Reading Time: 6 minutes SPICe 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 minutes Fifty 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.Â
Homeless temporary accommodation – policy and statistics
Reading Time: 4 minutes In September 2022 there were 14,458 households living in temporary accommodation, including 9,130 children. The number has increased despite policies aimed at improving homelessness prevention
Dachaighean falamh ann an Alba: firinnean, figearan agus poilesaidh
Reading Time: 5 minutes Tha 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 Â
Reading Time: 5 minutes This 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 minutes An introduction to gambling harms and public health in Scotland.
Second homes in Scotland – facts, figures and policy
Reading Time: 6 minutes Last updated 16 November 2023 This blog considers the number of second homes in Scotland and the policy measures that affect them. Second homes are
Local government elections May 2022
Reading Time: 5 minutes Local 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
Budget Bill Stage 1: an extra £120 million for local authorities
Reading Time: 3 minutes This blog looks at the announcement of an additional £120 million for local authorities in the Stage 1 Budget Bill debate.