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Scottish government ends free bus travel for asylum seekers: 'Disappointing and devastating'
a blue bus in Scotland
Social Justice

Scottish government ends free bus travel for asylum seekers: 'Disappointing and devastating'

Free bus travel boosted mental health and integration for asylum seekers, refugee organisations said. But the Scottish government has ended a £2million pilot
Postcards From Scotland by Grant McPhee review – a bittersweet tribute to Scottish indie bands
Books

Postcards From Scotland by Grant McPhee review – a bittersweet tribute to Scottish indie bands

Still no opening date set for UK's first drug consumption room
Drugs

Still no opening date set for UK's first drug consumption room

Scotland's national poet Kathleen Jamie on why book festivals are wrong target for climate activism
Books

Scotland's national poet Kathleen Jamie on why book festivals are wrong target for climate activism

Inside the years-long pay row in Scotland risking the futures of working-class students
Education

Inside the years-long pay row in Scotland risking the futures of working-class students

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UK needs 120,000 new rental homes to cut record-high rents, Rightmove warns
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RENTING

UK needs 120,000 new rental homes to cut record-high rents, Rightmove warns

Walt Disco: 'Politicians would rather talk about trans people than things affecting everyone'
Walt Disco. Credit: Izzy Leach
Music

Walt Disco: 'Politicians would rather talk about trans people than things affecting everyone'

John Swinney on poverty, independence and wanting Scotland to be the best place in the world to grow up
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John Swinney on poverty, independence and wanting Scotland to be the best place in the world to grow up

Free bus travel could lift young people out of poverty and unpick cost of living crisis. Here's how
A bus on Manchester’s new Bee Network
General election 2024

Free bus travel could lift young people out of poverty and unpick cost of living crisis. Here's how

Taylor Swift is showing just how bad Edinburgh's housing emergency really is
Taylor Swift
Alison Watson

Taylor Swift is showing just how bad Edinburgh's housing emergency really is

Scotland needs real-time rough sleeping count to save lives
rough sleeping and temporary accommodation in Scotland is under the spotlight on Buchanan Street in Glasgow
homelessness

Scotland needs real-time rough sleeping count to save lives

Scottish government is declaring a national housing emergency – but what does it actually mean?
Scottish first minister John Swinney
Housing

Scottish government is declaring a national housing emergency – but what does it actually mean?

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2024
Homelessness

Homelessness facts and statistics: The numbers you need to know in 2024

Humza Yousaf has resigned – but rent controls 'can't be allowed to go with him', campaigners say
Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf is set to resign
Humza Yousaf

Humza Yousaf has resigned – but rent controls 'can't be allowed to go with him', campaigners say

Village of 'beautiful homes' for homeless people to be built in Lanarkshire by Social Bite
Social Bite Josh Littlejohn
Homelessness

Village of 'beautiful homes' for homeless people to be built in Lanarkshire by Social Bite

New play Capital! explores Edinburgh's financial history through eyes of Big Issue vendor
Theatre

New play Capital! explores Edinburgh's financial history through eyes of Big Issue vendor

More than half of people on universal credit going without food because they can't afford it
Trussell Trust food banks
Food banks

More than half of people on universal credit going without food because they can't afford it

Renters in Scotland face 'tidal wave of evictions' as rent cap and eviction ban comes to an end
Scottish renters want Patrick Harvie and other ministers to take action to protect them from end of the rent cap
RENTING

Renters in Scotland face 'tidal wave of evictions' as rent cap and eviction ban comes to an end

Homelessness set to soar by a third in Scotland in two years – but it 'doesn't need to be this way'
man experiencing homelessness
Homelessness

Homelessness set to soar by a third in Scotland in two years – but it 'doesn't need to be this way'

Social media and closure of youth 'safe spaces' could lead to surge in violent crime, research warns
Youth centres

Social media and closure of youth 'safe spaces' could lead to surge in violent crime, research warns

'You can have a life-changing experience for the price of pizza': Why Sneaky Pete's is vital to Scottish music
A packed crowd enjoying Fatherson playing at Sneaky Pete's
Venue Watch

'You can have a life-changing experience for the price of pizza': Why Sneaky Pete's is vital to Scottish music

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Late Scottish artist's powerful sketches of homeless people discovered in attic after 30 years
Robert McKee homelessness art in Dundee
Art

Late Scottish artist's powerful sketches of homeless people discovered in attic after 30 years

Here's when people in Scotland will get the winter heating payment in 2023 and 2024
winter heating payment
Cost of living crisis

Here's when people in Scotland will get the winter heating payment in 2023 and 2024

Allowing asylum seekers to work will help tackle growing refugee homelessness crisis, says minister
refugee homeless, Emma Roddick
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Allowing asylum seekers to work will help tackle growing refugee homelessness crisis, says minister

This Scottish music venue changed a disabled teen's life – but may run out of money in months
woman playing a keyboard and singing, MacArts centre, man in a hat at a microphone
venue watch

This Scottish music venue changed a disabled teen's life – but may run out of money in months