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The changes within Scotland are widespread. Only ten constituencies will be unaffected - and for two of them in Orkney and Shetland and the western isles, it's because they are protected by law.
A new political map of Scotland's constituencies and regions has been submitted to ministers ahead of next year's Holyrood election. Boundaries Scotland has carried out its first review of the ...
As Scotland’s local authorities consider dramatic hikes in council tax to make the books balance and keep lifeline services running, it’s past time for some serious, strategic thinking about ...
Council tax rises in Scotland - local authority brings in biggest hike of 15%. It comes after John Swinney urged local authorities to limit increases and had said 10 per cent hikes would be too high.
Research has shown Birmingham comes first of all UK local authority areas with 875 locations. Glasgow follows with 685, trailed by Leeds (670), and Manchester (615).
East Lothian first local authority in Scotland to confirm 10% council tax increase. The Scottish government’s flagship council tax freeze was dropped for the nation's draft 2025-26 budget.
Scotland AME Zion – a church on the side of Seven Locks Road with a rich, but little-known history – was damaged in 2019 by a catastrophic flood.
A pensioner has said he has been “blown away” by the response to a map of Scotland he made using rocks collected on geology trips over almost 30 years, after his grandson’s post about the ...
Stirling Council has to make £2.6 million of cuts to plug a £13 million hole in its 2025/26 budget, and is contemplating axing £250,000 from its music education budget to do so.
Boundary Commission for Scotland The general election on 4 July will be the first contested under a new electoral map in Scotland and across the UK. Scotland will return two fewer MPs to the House ...
His grandson, Harry Jefferies, posted photos of his grandfather with the rock map to X, formerly known as Twitter, with the caption: “My grandpa who is 85 started making this rock map of Scotland in ...
A pensioner has said he has been “blown away” by the response to a map of Scotland he made using rocks collected on geology trips over almost 30 years, after his grandson’s post about the ...