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Your top Sunday stories ☀️ More than 1300 eviction orders given in Scotland despite 'ban' MORE than 1300 evictions were granted during Scotland’s so-called eviction “ban” while many tenants were forced to rack up thousands in debts before being offered social housing, a major new investigation by The Ferret has found ... How a new approach to housing in Scotland could stop evictions When we arrive at Megan’s small two-bed house in Cumbernauld she’s already peering out of the window and she waves. Until recently she wouldn’t have done that. She owed about £1800 in rent arrears and, living in fear she would be evicted, kept the curtains shut tight ... Scotland's housing in graphs: Rent rises, home ownership and more How much have rents gone up by, and what are the average costs in Scotland? What does home ownership look like in 2024? These graphs look at the big issues affecting housing today. What is the Scottish Government doing about private rent costs? THE Scottish Government’s regulation of the private rental sector has faced criticism in recent years from both tenants and landlords. 'Slap in the face': Scottish Labour's newest election candidate is based in London LABOUR have been accused of “parachuting in paper candidates” after a raft of their Scottish General Election picks were revealed to be based south of the Border ... Andrew Tickell: Claims of 'east coast Cabinet' misinterpret geographical truths I CAN’T remember who it was who first coined the idea that Scotland is made up of a loose confederation of “city-states” – but the notion always appealed to me. The phrase might more naturally conjure up Machiavelli’s Italy and the warring Italian republics of the 15th century rather than Aberdeen, Glasgow and Dundee – but it nicely captures something of the many distinctive civic and regional identities which make up the complex geographies of our Secret Union polling campaign over as MP slams UK Government A CAMPAIGNING MP has lashed out at the UK Government for covering up secret polling about the Union as he surrendered his five-year battle to have the data released.

🗣 To blether about on Sunday How to fix Scotland's housing crisis? Force owners of abandoned homes to sell up WHILE it may seem like a simple solution, opponents claim it may be incompatible with human rights ... Ruth Wishart: The guard may change but roadblocks to independence stay the same IT was TW3 in shorthand. And for my generation, tuning in to That Was The Week That Was was required viewing. Now only the Americans do late-night satire, but TW3 was ground-breaking in Britain, though it would have had no little difficulty in satirising this past week. Andrew Tickell: Claims of 'east coast Cabinet' misinterpret geographical truths I CAN’T remember who it was who first coined the idea that Scotland is made up of a loose confederation of “city-states” – but the notion always appealed to me. The phrase might more naturally conjure up Machiavelli’s Italy and the warring Italian republics of the 15th century rather than Aberdeen, Glasgow and Dundee – but it nicely captures something of the many distinctive civic and regional identities which make up the complex geographies of our David Pratt: Gaza fallout is as much diplomatic as humanitarian THE fallout and list of countries and political entities impacted grows by the day. Israel, America, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Hamas, the Palestinian Authority (PA), and so the list goes on. Rhoda Meek: Hebrides and Canaries have this challenge in common MY perfect escape isn’t a Scottish island. It’s a warm European city. Lying on a balcony and sunning myself like a lizard while deciding between good coffee or good wine is, frankly, heaven. Read more

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