These are the local authorities where elections are being held on May 1: There are six mayoral elections being held on May 1, ...

Winston Churchill named them ‘British Restaurants’. Once, there were more than 2000 of them run on a not-for-profit basis by local ...

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The RAC, which conducted the research, said it shows local authorities are “in a cycle of merely filling potholes rather than looking after their roads properly”. Its analysis of Government ...

Argyll and Bute Council, which serves citizens across a range of remote locations off Scotland’s west coast, has striven to ...

Strike action is looming over local government pay in Scotland after union members declared their readiness to walk out over employers’ 3% pay offer for 2025-26. Consultative ballots by UNISON and the ...

The union said more than 92% of its members in local government in Scotland supported walkouts in a consultative ballot. Unison has urged council leaders and ministers to get round the table and ...

Official figures from the Scottish Government show Edinburgh and Dundee have been the worst two council areas in Scotland for the ... to address this through local policing plans and by working ...

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Members of Scotland’s largest local government union have warned they could take strike action in a dispute over pay. A consultation by Unison found more than 92% of its members are in favour of ...