local government

Scotland's Budget needs to end a freeze on council tax and must not cap possible increases, local government body Cosla says.

Month by month, the savings that Rosaline George scraped together in her years as a journalist and local government employee have been dwindling as the 97-year-old pays out of pocket for hourly care.

This caused the local government to suspend its vaccine program briefly.

The country has been struggling with a number of serious issues, including an ongoing property market crisis, weak domestic demand and growing local government debt.

It has won praise for the way it has run some local governments.