Efforts to eradicate homelessness will be stepped up in 2020 as all measures in the £50 million Ending Homelessness Action Plan are progressed. An estimated 170,000 children will be eligible for the new £10 weekly Scottish Child Payment when it goes live later this year. Housing, regeneration and industrial and commercial developments are being supported by investments of £100 million through the Building Scotland Fund. Read all the week's stories and more |