THE actress, writer and poet Gerda Stevenson will be joined by fellow poet Magi Gibson in what could prove to be the highlight of ScotlandsFest which starts on the Edinburgh Fringe today.
COMMUNITIES Minister Aileen Campbell slammed the Home Office last night for denying Glasgow cash paid to its English counterparts.
FIVE projects were announced yesterday that will aim to help hundreds of homeless people across five cities in Scotland off the streets and into a secure tenancy with support.
ALMOST 40 children became homeless in Scotland each day last year, charity Shelter has revealed.
THE UK Immigration Minister, Caroline Nokes, will meet the Scottish Government today as the row over the planned eviction of asylum seekers in Glasgow continues. Nokes will be in the city as questions continue over the Home Office’s treatment of…
SIX social enterprise programmes are set to share more than £637,000 of grant funding as a reward for reinvesting profits to address problems in society.
THE Westminster government has unleashed yet another tragedy on Glasgow. Three hundred and thirty asylum seekers are set to be forcibly evicted from their homes. Hundreds of vulnerable people will be made homeless, creating a humanitarian crisis.
IT has been claimed “local arrangements” are to blame for leaving 330 asylum seekers facing homelessness. Home Office contractor Serco made the claim yesterday in a letter to Glasgow City Council leader Susan Aitken.
TOMMY Sheppard MP makes a spirited, and on the whole accurate, defence of the SNP’s decision to vote for a motion of no confidence against the 1974/79 Labour government, following the craven failure of that government to deliver a Scottish Assembly…
TREACHEROUS Tuesday happened this week – the last day of the UK parliamentary term before the summer recess when the government slipped out a huge number of “difficult” policy announcements, as usual. In Scotland the focus was on the betrayal…
