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Half of Scots councils are ‘mismanaging’ community funds
The value of common good funds created to benefit local communities has plummeted by nearly £8m in four years.
Councils could be “massively underestimating” their climate emissions
Concerns have been raised that Scottish local authorities are “massively underestimating” their carbon footprints, after an external review of one council’s climate pollution saw its reported emissions quadruple in one year.
FFS explains: What powers do councils have?
Ferret Fact Service looks at what powers councils have, ahead of the upcoming local elections.
Councils spent almost £300m on private firms ‘profiting from misery’ of homelessness
Councils have been accused of a “moral failure” to provide decent housing to homeless people and of overseeing a “fiscal disaster” as costs top quarter of a billion.
More than half of Scots councils do not publish data
Over half of councils do not make data publicly available and Scotland is “lagging behind other countries”.
Most Scots councils use paint which may contribute to global warming
Scottish councils still overwhelmingly use paint for road markings that damages the environment, The Ferret can reveal.
Homeless people owe £34m debt to councils for ‘highly questionable’ charges
Homeless people across Scotland owe councils over £34million in “highly questionable“ charges for temporary accommodation, according to research by a Glasgow-based public law firm, which alleges local authorities may be acting unlawfully.
Councils failing to tackle climate crisis, says report
Plans by Scottish local authorities to cut carbon pollution are “deeply insufficient” and will cause Scotland to keep missing climate targets.
Councils offering “lucrative loopholes’ to developers, says housing charity
A major developer which bought land from a golf club will not have to build affordable housing due to a "loophole".
