Glasgow
Asylum, Housing and homelessness
Row erupts over firm’s briefings to MPs on asylum seeker housing
Organisations supporting asylum seekers have expressed concerns for the well-being of asylum seekers moved from flats into hotels in Glasgow.
Finance
Revealed: Scottish property worth billions owned by tax haven firms
Housing and homelessness
Emergency repairs leave tenants ‘locked out’ of their homes
Glasgow tenants said they were given no prior warning about the dangerous exterior of their buildings, after urgent repairs left many locked out for days during the coronavirus pandemic.
Housing and homelessness, Society
‘Left behind and ignored’ – Glasgow’s derelict buildings
Employment, Health, Society
Scottish cities see ‘much larger’ Covid-19 lockdown effects
Experts say that data harvested from people’s mobile phones show that city centre activity across Scotland has declined by around a third since strict rules on movement were introduced to manage the Covid-19 outbreak.
Finance, Health
PFI firms promote coronavirus donations but refuse NHS fee cut
Private finance firms profiting from Scottish hospitals have drawn criticism for seeking positive publicity for their response to the coronavirus epidemic in Europe whilst refusing to drop their charges in Scotland.