Nicola Sturgeon

Homes for Scotland has written to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to request a phased return to work to enable the country’s housebuilders to put the ‘finishing touches to around 6,000 largely completed homes’.

Measures to help curb global warming were laid out by Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon as she issued the administration’s latest legislative programme.

Moves to significantly increase spending on infrastructure and legislation for a Scottish National Investment Bank that will play a key role in the initiative were both highlighted as the government announced its priorities for the year ahead.

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has made it clear that she may back calls for new planning powers to control the rise in short-term lettings of homes, particularly in tourist hotspots such as the capital.