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MSPs approve Bill on temporary freeze on rent and evictions

The Cost of Living (Tenants Protection) Bill will be in effect until March 31, with the ability to extend it for two six-month periods.

The Independent UK

Figures show more Scots living with long covid than residents in Aberdeen

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed today 204,000 people in Scotland are now living with the condition, several thousand above the 2020 population of Aberdeen which was about 198,500.

Daily Record

Website launched to alert Yessers to Supreme Court indyref2 verdict

A NEW website unveiled by Lesley Riddoch will allow Yessers to assemble at a spontaneous protest planned for the delivery of the Supreme Court’s…

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Senior nursing official has 'little confidence' in acceptable pay offer from Scots Government

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland opened a ballot of members on Thursday that could result in staff taking strike action for the first time in Scotland.

Daily Record

Radical Yes activists to picket Supreme Court for indyref2 showdown

GRASSROOTS independence campaigners plan to picket the Supreme Court on day one of the indyref2 legal showdown between the Scottish Government and…

The National (Scotland)

Douglas Ross accuses FM of trying to score 'political points' amid clash over A&E waiting times

While Ross focused his questioning on A&E waiting times, Anas Sarwar raised the cases of two patients who were left waiting for months for…

The National (Scotland)

Anger as housing estate refused by council is backed by Scottish Government

The council rejected plans in January by Taylor Wimpey to build almost 200 homes on a field at Sibbald’s Brae in Bathgate but it has been overturned

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Cinemas facing collapse may get state support to survive, says Nicola Sturgeon

FIRST Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said the Scottish Government will “consider whether there is any support” they can offer to two independent…

The National (Scotland)

Low-income families set to receive at least £130 cash boost before October school holidays

Eligible families with children getting free school meals will also receive £130 per child in December.

Daily Record

More families set to benefit from funded school-age childcare

MORE families are set to benefit from funded school-age childcare as part of a national mission to tackle child poverty.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish families to get cash boost next month if they have children under 16

Households in Scotland who have children under the age of 16 will qualify for a monthly benefit worth £25 per week administered by the Scottish Government starting next month

Edinburgh Live

People urged to talk about benefit payments to prompt friends and family to check eligibility for similar support

Families are being encouraged to discuss social security payments to help others claim benefits.

Daily Record

Nursing union leader says they had 'no option' but to urge strike action

NURSING leaders have said they had “no option” but to ask members to go on strike for the first time in their union’s 100-year history.

The National (Scotland)

Serco losing Caledonian Sleeper contract 'presents public ownership opportunity'

Current franchise will end next June, but it is not clear who will take over

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UPDATE: Swinney agrees to publish budget on 15 December

The Scottish Fiscal Commission requires 10 weeks notice of a draft budget

The National (Scotland)

Union leader: Downing Street sees us as the ‘enemy within’

THE head of the UK’s largest trade union is to attack Downing Street for seeing it as the “enemy within”, in contrast to the inclusive…

The Independent UK

Rent freeze Bill takes step forward as amendments considered

MSPs sat as a committee of the whole parliament to consider amendments to the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill.

Daily Record

Lanarkshire MSP welcomes rent freeze legislation from Scottish Government

If passed, the measures in the Bill, which will be debated this week, will provide vital protections for tenants over winter and last until at least March 2023.

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The National (Scotland)

Existing Highlands rent-to-own scheme 'beats Douglas Ross's hands down', says CEO

Ross touted a rent to own policy at the Tory party conference in Birmingham - but one is already in operation in Scotland

The National (Scotland)

Union flags taken down at embattled Ferguson Marine shipyard after Saltire row

UNION flags have been taken down at an embattled Scottish shipyard after complaints from the Alba Party.

Glasgow Live

Extra funding for West Dunbartonshire holiday hunger programme

More than a quarter of a million pounds will be put towards the programme, which aims to supoprt families and young children over the holidays.

The National (Scotland)

Tory budget makes life harder for Scots, say top economists as recession predicted

Researchers at the Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI) have revised down their forecasts for the coming months and have predicted the economy will…

The Independent UK

Swinney rejects accusation of ‘secrecy’ over resignations from Covid inquiry

The Deputy First Minister addressed an urgent question in the Scottish Parliament on the issue.

Daily Record

John Swinney denies 'political interference' in Scottish covid inquiry after legal team quits

The Deputy First Minister said he could not legally tell MSPs when the inquiry would begin hearing evidence.

The National (Scotland)

Scotland’s largest teaching union announces opening of strike ballot

SCOTLAND'S largest teachers union has confirmed a statutory strike ballot will open on October 12 after an “overwhelming” rejection of the…

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