Over recent months, Covid-19 and our response to it have understandably been at the forefront of everyone’s mind. However, the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government are continuing to take steps, across a whole range of areas, to improve the lives of people across the country.

The First Minister has today unveiled a number of tough measures to suppress Covid-19. In this blog post, I outline the changes and explain the reasons behind these decisions.

New figures released this month reveal that 31,970 households across South Lanarkshire were supported by the Scottish Government’s Council Tax Reduction Scheme in June 2020.