Scottish Government

SFT chairman Sir Angus Grossart launching the toolkit with The City of Edinburgh Council employee Graham Murdoch An easy-to-use toolkit has been launched to give Scotland’s local authorities real-time information on how many millions they would save by phasing in energy efficient LED street lights

The Scottish Government’s Planning and Architecture Division has launched a survey into planning in Scotland. A short three question Planning Improvement and Good Practice Survey invites views on how the planning system might be improved.

John Swinney A number of projects to construct new health centres and schools with money from the private sector are to be put on hold amid contractual problems.

John Swinney The Scottish Government has announced an extra £20 million to address fuel poverty and energy efficiency.

Angela Constance MSP Three schools in Dumfries and Galloway will be rebuilt or refurbished by 2018 following a £21 million investment by the Scottish Government.

The Scottish Government has said a decision has not yet been made on the planned women’s prison in Greenock. The £75 million HMP Inverclyde has been widely opposed by campaigners and opposition parties who say the focus should be on reducing the number of women being

Derek MacKay An additional £3 million is being invested by the Scottish Government in the A83 in the coming year.

Angela Constance MSP The Scottish Government has established a group to assess and report on the condition of school buildings.

Philip Hogg The Scottish Government has commissioned Homes for Scotland to research how alternative construction methods can be used to create a lasting transformation in the way new homes are built.

Margaret Burgess The Home Report has cut the number of surveys which buyers have to commission and helped stop artificially low asking prices since its introduction in 2008, new research has found.

Alex Neil The Scottish Government is investing £25 million next year in charitable bonds that could lead to up to 450 affordable homes being built, social justice secretary Alex Neil confirmed today.

Nicola Sturgeon First minister Nicola Sturgeon has unveiled plans for a major crackdown on Scotland’s leading ­landowners and £30 million of funding for the Help to Buy (Scotland) shared equity scheme as she set out her first programme for government.

Margaret Burgess The Scottish Government has announced a £14 million cash boost to transform disadvantaged areas in Scotland.

Margaret Burgess A £200 million increase in Scottish Government funding to stimulate Scotland’s housing industry will safeguard construction jobs and is expected to deliver thousands of new affordable homes.

Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen was under the spotlight last week, as part of the world’s biggest architecture festival.