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Crack down on drive-throughs and retail parks under Scottish Government plan

NEW drive-through facilities and out-of-town retail developments face being curbed in the Scottish Government’s new planning framework.

The National (Scotland)

Risk fear in rollout of 1,140 childcare hours for Scots parents

The call was made amid concern over staffing capacity

Daily Record

Government considers tax on cruise ship visitors

Under the Local Visitor Levy Bill, councils could be given the power to charge overnight stays in hotels

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Council industrial dispute at an end as pay talks are concluded

The deal will see an extra £2,000 per year for workers earning under £20,000

Insider UK

SNP Government considering 'cruise tax' on wealthy boat visitors to Scots areas

EXCLUSIVE: Under the Government’s Local Visitor Levy Bill, councils would be given the power to slap a fee on overnight stays in hotels.

Daily Record

Unions warn threat of Dumfries and Galloway bin strike could return

Officials say their mandate for strike action remains live amid of potential issues in their pay dispute with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

Daily Record

Nearly 6,000 council jobs could be axed after years of 'SNP Government neglect'

EXCLUSIVE: A COSLA paper obtained by the Record shows councils are poised to slash jobs and cut services

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Glasgow 'nightmare before Christmas' as cleansing workers miss out on backpay

Union leaders sad they were concerned COSAL was looking to u-turn on the pay settlement agreed earlier this year to end strike action, after staff missed out on 'hundreds of pounds' of back-dated pay

Glasgow Live

Bin strikes could be back ON as pay dispute with council chiefs erupts again

A bitter row has broken out between unions and COSLA over whether elements of the deal are time-limited.

Daily Record

Falkirk Council's 'net zero' plans at risk over £50m funding shortfall

A new climate change report shows the scale of the challenge facing Falkirk in its fight against climate change

Daily Record

National Care Service plans attacked over fears they could slash council jobs across Scotland

Trade unions and councils claim the claim service plans are "unnecessary" and will disrupt existing services.

Daily Record

Perth and Kinross schools could close as teachers set to be balloted for strike action

Scotland's leading teaching union the EIS has issued Perth and Kinross Council with formal notice it will open the statutory ballot on October 12

Daily Record

Unions vote to accept council pay deal

Both Unison and Unite's local government members have now accepted the latest deal

Insider UK

Renfrewshire Council workers accept pay offer following strike threat

Unite and Unison unions revealed their members had voted for the deal which would see the lowest-paid workers receive an additional £2,000 per year.

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The Independent UK

Scotland’s largest union votes to accept council pay deal

Unison members have joined Unite and the GMB in accepting a pay deal which will see an extra £1,900 for all council workers earning under £39,000.

The National (Scotland)

Members of Scotland's largest teaching union vote to strike over pay dispute

SCOTLAND'S largest teaching union has voted to go on strike and reject a five per cent pay offer, following a huge member turnout.

Edinburgh Live

Over a third of Scottish high school teachers could strike after rejecting pay offer

The news comes in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis caused by rising inflation and increasing energy prices, with Cosla locked in industrial disputes with education staff and cleansing workers

Insider UK

Scottish secondary teachers back strike action

70% of union members rejected the 5% pay offer

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Secondary teachers reject pay offer as 70 per cent back strike action

THE secondary school teachers’ union has rejected a 5 per cent pay offer, with 70 per cent saying they would back strike action without an…

Daily Record

Schools and bins disruption put on hold as unions secure revised public pay offer

The disruption was set to impact primaries, nurseries, ASN settings and a number of Stirling secondaries - with bin collections also set for cancellations.

The Independent UK

Nicola Sturgeon: Scottish Government will not ‘press down on pay’

The First Minister addressed her intervention in the pay dispute between trade unions and local government body Cosla in her Programme for Government.

Daily Record

Dumfries and Galloway bin strike called off after new pay offer made to unions

Meetings between unions, COSLA and the First Minister have led to a new deal being put to members

Daily Record

Bin strikes in West Dunbartonshire called off as new pay deal thrashed out

The region was set to be the latest to join councils across the country which have seen rubbish pile up in streets in a row over pay.

Daily Record

Lanarkshire schools to remain open this week as planned strike action is cancelled

Bins will also be emptied this week following a more 'credible' pay offer from COSLA

Insider UK

Council worker pay offer 'should have come sooner'

Opposition parties criticise government handling of local authority negotiations with unions

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