Scotland's chief statistician has published the Council Tax Collection Statistics. The Statistics cover Council Tax collection figures for Scottish local authorities, up to and including the financial year 2023-24.
For the whole of Scotland in 2023-24, the total amount of Council Tax billed (after Council Tax Reduction) was £3.015 billion. Of this total, £2.879 billion, or 95.5 per cent, was collected by 31 March 2024.
Between 1999-00 and 2023-24, the overall total amount of Council Tax billed in Scotland was £50.974 billion.

The Scottish Government has opened a fund to trial new ways of combatting child poverty.
The Child Poverty Practice Accelerator Fund (CPAF) will enable up to £500,000 to be shared by local projects, with grants of up to £80,000.
Grants will be awarded to local projects that test and evaluate new approaches which target at least one of the three drivers of child poverty reduction: improving income from employment, supporting people with the cost of living, and increasing awareness and uptake of social security benefits.

The Scottish Government has published its quarterly Workforce statistics.
The statistics include the numbers of workers, staff sickness rates, and the diversity of staff up to the most recent quarter ending March 2024.
The statistics reveal that at the end of March 2024, there were 8,843 full time equivalent (FTE) directly employed staff, this is an increase on last year’s figure of 8,802 (0.5 per cent) at the end of March 2023. 99.4 per cent of directly employed staff were permanent and 0.6 per cent were temporary.

Surrey County Council has installed a pop-up solar car park and electric vehicle charging hub at its Depot Centre in Merrow, Guildford.
The  ‘Papilio3’ car park and electric vehicle (EV) charging hub by 3ti fulfilled the urgent need for EV charging infrastructure for Surrey County Council (SCC), which required an installation suitable for a compact area at the site.
Papilio3 is designed around a recycled shipping container, giving it the ability to be easily transported and lifted into place.

Football clubs and trusts across Scotland are set to receive additional funding in an effort to support children from families on low incomes.

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning, Julie James, recently visited a Welsh housing project provides essential services for those sleeping rough.

Thetford Town Council has hired private security for meetings after protesters caused disruptions at previous events.
Police were called during an April meeting of the council.
Protesters from Thetford Council Watch had objected to the council's decision to declare a climate emergency and also to then spend £30,000 on tackling it.

The Local Government Association (LGA) is calling for more support for unpaid carers following the publication of their white paper.

New data shows casualties have reduced on roads since the introduction of the new 20mph speed limits in September last year.