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Number of short-term let licences validated in Scotland last year revealed

More than 14,500 short-term let licences were validated by the end of December 2023, figures show ...

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Alarm as new figures show how many Scots died while homeless last year

A total of 244 people died while homeless in Scotland in 2022, figures have revealed.

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Edinburgh City Council set to formally declare housing emergency

THE City of Edinburgh Council is set to formally declare a housing emergency amid a “crisis” in the public and private sectors.

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Tory and Labour MSPs in eleventh hour appeal to Lord Advocate over short-term lets

TORY and Labour MSPs have asked the Lord Advocate to investigate if short-term lets licensing breaches human rights laws in a last-ditch attempt…

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'No brainer' independent Scotland could build more affordable homes, says minister

IT is a “no brainer” that Scotland could build more affordable homes if it had more borrowing powers with independence, the Housing Minister…

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Housing Minister condemns Labour for backing Tories on short-term lets block

LABOUR and LibDem MSPs are hoping for fast “political gain” by opposing the short-term lets licensing scheme, Scotland’s Housing Minister has…

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Tory bid to delay short-term lets scheme fails despite Labour and LibDem support

A TORY bid to delay the short-term lets licensing scheme deadline by a year has failed despite both Labour and the LibDems backing the move.

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Housing minister urges MSPs to tell hosts to ‘strongly’ consider joining scheme

HOUSING minister Paul McLennan has doubled down on the details of the short term lets licensing scheme and urged MSPs to encourage hosts to apply…

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Scots children living in temporary accommodation hits record high

HOMELESSNESS in Scotland has seen a large increase this year, with numbers now beyond pre-pandemic levels according to official figures released on…

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Inside the SNP's South Scotland regional assembly on independence strategy

Members had a “huge voice” at the SNP’s South Scotland regional assembly as they quizzed the First Minister on a variety of different issues…

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Cladding assessments are taking 'too long', admits housing minister

The Scottish Government is trying to speed up the remediation process for buildings affected by unsafe cladding, a minister has said.

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Ministers reach ‘in-principle’ deal with developers on cladding removal

Government will now move to agree a legally-binding contract for the remediation of developer-linked buildings with unsafe cladding

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'An attack on Scotland': Alex Cole-Hamilton comments spark backlash from fellow MSPs

THE leader of the Scottish LibDems has continued to face criticism after comments he made during a debate on independence.

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Bid for railway station to return to Scottish town moving forward

A CAMPAIGN for a railway station to return to a Scottish town is gathering pace.

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Meet the Scots women hoping to make public sexual harassment illegal

THE campaign to make public sexual harassment (PSH) illegal in Scotland is now in full swing, fuelled

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MSPs brace for new era in Holyrood as leadership contest comes to an end

MSPs are braced for a changing of the guard as Nicola Sturgeon’s defining era as Scotland’s first female First Minister draws to a close.

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Keir Starmer refuses to commit to handing Scotland more powers over energy

KEIR Starmer has been called out over his “mission” to make the UK a clean energy superpower when he is refusing to agree that Scotland should…

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian communities could share multi-million pound benefits from wind farms

Communities living next to renewable energy installations receive voluntary payments from the owners but new plans would see the funds split with some remaining in the community and the rest put into an East Lothian fund to support county-wide projects.

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UK planning another power grab on Scottish Parliament, Holyrood committee warns

A HOLYROOD committee has accused the UK Government of planning another power-grab on the Scottish Parliament.

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REVEALED: Anti-abortion lobbyists met MSPs more than 100 times

ANTI-ABORTION Christian lobbyists have met with MSPs from all the major political parties at Holyrood more than 100 times since the start of 2021,…

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Anas Sarwar told to apologise for trying to 'hoodwink' voters on sovereignty pledge

ANAS Sarwar has been skewered over making “disingenuous” promises to Scots over his priorities for the country.

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Tory economics led to decade of stagnation in UK economy, LSE report finds

A DAMNING report on the UK economy warns Scotland will continue to suffer no matter who wins the Tory tussle to be the next prime minister.

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United Kingdom reaching point of no survival, commission chief says

THE status quo of the Union is getting close to the point where it “simply can’t survive”, according to the co-chair of an independent…

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East Lothian Election 2022: Former Dunbar councillor hopes to return a decade after stepping down

Council leader Norman Hampshire is also standing in the election as he aims to continue representing the community he has served for nearly 35 years

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